I've noticed that WWE has been using a shallow depth-of-field (8K) camera for wrestler entrances for the last few weeks - example: https://twitter.com/WWE/status/1350274983197618179?s=20 (More here: https://www.essentiallysports.com/wwe-news-roman-reigns-wwe-introduces-a-massive-change-to-superstars-entrances-with-the-new-8k-feature/)
Frankly, I find it distracting - it looks too much like a video game cut scene to my eye. (For comparison's sake - https://youtu.be/D_-WcOY5kgo?t=10261 - if the "share link" function didn't properly save my start point, fast forward to 2:51 for a proper comparison.) On Monday, February 1, 2021 at 6:40:04 AM UTC-5 Adam Bowie wrote: > 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. But it >>>>> has >>>>> been really obvious in today's CBS game, and while the shots in theory >>>>> look >>>>> gorgeous, in practice, they're just out of focus. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Adam >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>> Groups "TVorNotTV" group. >>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>>> an email to [email protected]. >>>>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>>>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAD_sJGCziEFgD%2B-7Jzi5N49nfrqRxtSer6hnpnve6SknC9wO7A%40mail.gmail.com >>>>> >>>>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAD_sJGCziEFgD%2B-7Jzi5N49nfrqRxtSer6hnpnve6SknC9wO7A%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>>>> . >>>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>> Groups "TVorNotTV" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>> an email to [email protected]. >>>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAK5Q1Bohm9gVaXKCJ2McbLS4Nsu%2B44iw%3Dk2X5P65YrFzx2yzSw%40mail.gmail.com >>>> >>>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAK5Q1Bohm9gVaXKCJ2McbLS4Nsu%2B44iw%3Dk2X5P65YrFzx2yzSw%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>>> . >>>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "TVorNotTV" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to [email protected]. >>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAD_sJGA4B4OuZRSvCg9Sw%2BNDJj9xZNvQGidgj95unWkAsquqcQ%40mail.gmail.com >>> >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAD_sJGA4B4OuZRSvCg9Sw%2BNDJj9xZNvQGidgj95unWkAsquqcQ%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>> . >>> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "TVorNotTV" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> > To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAH5J8yz6LOHPQ2gJ6GAkfDtj3RDU7P2FtnUwjvxpyZBq3TYi9g%40mail.gmail.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAH5J8yz6LOHPQ2gJ6GAkfDtj3RDU7P2FtnUwjvxpyZBq3TYi9g%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. 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