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 <east...@mcd.on.ca> 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, <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 > <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 tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAD_sJGA4B4OuZRSvCg9Sw%2BNDJj9xZNvQGidgj95unWkAsquqcQ%40mail.gmail.com.
