Because I read these kinds of sites, here's a piece that details the 120 cameras CBS will be using for the Super bowl: https://www.newsshooter.com/2021/01/31/cbs-will-use-120-cameras-to-cover-super-bowl-lv/
The piece notes that CBS will be using two Sony VENICE cameras to capture endzone celebrations, and includes an embedded Tweet from the SEA/WAS game to give an example of the footage. It was these cameras that CBS has been using that I referred to in this thread originally. Fox has been doing something similar using a Sony A7IV camera, which is actually a consumer-grade camera for their coverage. Certainly a light package to run onto the field with though. Lots of 4K cameras in use, but not 4K feed this year. Adam On Mon, Jan 11, 2021 at 8:16 PM Steve Timko <[email protected]> wrote: > I will bet a week's pay it's a stylistic choice. There is super fast > autofocus now. The camera operator frames the picture, I bet, and someone > in the booth controls the lens focus. And the rest of the background is > bokeh. They want a different look. > > On Mon, Jan 11, 2021, 4:32 AM Adam Bowie <[email protected]> wrote: > >> You can see an example at this point in the YouTube highlights of the >> game: https://youtu.be/S1TsLvj2tG8?t=506 >> >> That said, it's one of the better examples. Most of the rest of that >> video are from the fixed cameras, and it was only the mobile cameras that >> seemed to use it. >> >> >> >> >> On Mon, Jan 11, 2021 at 12:25 PM Doug Eastick <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Hmm. Wish I had noticed. >>> But perhaps it was because I was listening to the games on SiriusXM all >>> weekend. >>> >>> Maybe I'll Rewind the TiVo from the weekend and check. I'm curious now. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On Sun., Jan. 10, 2021, 6:18 p.m. Adam Bowie, <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> I've been watching some of the NFL Wildcard games this weekend, and I >>>> can't help but notice that in the Bears/Saints game, CBS seems to be using >>>> lots of "shallow depth of field" cameras with their mobile sideline >>>> cameras. >>>> >>>> It's unusual because 99% of sports coverage uses quite narrow apertures >>>> in cameras. In other words, nearly everything is in focus no matter how >>>> near or far it is from the camera. >>>> >>>> CBS seems to be shooting "wide open" which results in what should >>>> theoretically be quite cinematic shots, because it's what many movies and >>>> TV dramas use. The subject of the shot is in focus, while the background is >>>> blurred - "bokeh" in photographic parlance. >>>> >>>> The problem is that the zone of focus when you shoot wide open is >>>> really tight, and if you've got a camera operator moving, plus the players >>>> they're focusing on moving at the same time, even with high end TV cameras' >>>> autofocus, it's incredibly hard to keep the image sharp. >>>> >>>> CBS seems to have had this problem quite a lot, and it's really obvious >>>> on big HD (or better) screens. Dramas, of course, have the benefit of shots >>>> being planned in advance, with actors required to hit their marks. >>>> >>>> Maybe CBS has been doing it before today, and I hadn't noticed. They >>>> may be trying something out ahead of their Super Bowl coverage. 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