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, <a...@adambowie.co.uk> 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 tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > 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 tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAK5Q1Bohm9gVaXKCJ2McbLS4Nsu%2B44iw%3Dk2X5P65YrFzx2yzSw%40mail.gmail.com.
