The largest press microphones that I can find are only slightly wider than the arm of Biden's suit.
There is a chance this can be explained away if the White House press have suddenly started using MASSIVE microphones, but I've searched for images of this group and can't find any evidence of that.
I thought at first maybe they got too close with the mics but nope, slowed it down to 0.25x speed and his hands clearly overlap and pass through them and they stay blurry even when they look to be practically touching him yet he's in perfect focus. Even my fiancee noticed it without me pointing it out.
I believe what we are looking at are mics with big wind-breaking 'furry covers' on them, used specifically outdoors when there are strong winds (or helicopters :) ). The 'furry edges' wreak havoc with video compression algorithms.
Sure... how do you explain the blurriness around the microphones, when they’re moving around in the video as well??
And the sharpness between the microphone and his suit jacket as well??
Also, microphone gets bigger as his hand moves behind it a few seconds later... funny... thought it would be smaller if it was closer to him rather than larger
It all looks pretty normal to me, but the mic going behind the hand does look a bit odd. I think in cases like this, we have to ask ... what's the point in faking something like this? Since this was a live moment in time, we will NEVER KNOW the exact scenario; either we see multiple other angles, or, someone does a reconstruction to prove it IS possible - but no one is ever going to do that so plan B - ask what is achieved by faking this.
I used to do a lot of video work, and played around with compression settings. Amazing, weird things manifest themselves when you over-compress (and RE-Compress). These days, with a lot of 'cell phone video' material, we have a heavily compressed 'source' (compressed on the fly as it was recorded) which is then streamed over a compression-heavy medium (video streaming services). I've seen situations where someone's eyes (sharp, well-defined objects) appear to 'float' independently on the person's face (soft, ill-defined object) because the eyes get updated often, while the face gets updated less often. Weird stuff!
I just wouldn't call it 'proof' of anything; rather, a wild speculation.
Original source: Press Gaggle: Joe Biden Speaks to the Press Before Marine One Departure - March 16, 2021
Backup of video: https://files.catbox.moe/vrabxf.mp4
Archived YouTube source: https://archive.is/5AZo2
Screen capture of YouTube source: https://files.catbox.moe/ivhm7j.jpg
The press microphones are large, but they aren't that massive!
More photos of press microphones.
The largest press microphones that I can find are only slightly wider than the arm of Biden's suit.
There is a chance this can be explained away if the White House press have suddenly started using MASSIVE microphones, but I've searched for images of this group and can't find any evidence of that.
I thought at first maybe they got too close with the mics but nope, slowed it down to 0.25x speed and his hands clearly overlap and pass through them and they stay blurry even when they look to be practically touching him yet he's in perfect focus. Even my fiancee noticed it without me pointing it out.
I believe what we are looking at are mics with big wind-breaking 'furry covers' on them, used specifically outdoors when there are strong winds (or helicopters :) ). The 'furry edges' wreak havoc with video compression algorithms.
Sure... how do you explain the blurriness around the microphones, when they’re moving around in the video as well??
And the sharpness between the microphone and his suit jacket as well??
Also, microphone gets bigger as his hand moves behind it a few seconds later... funny... thought it would be smaller if it was closer to him rather than larger
It all looks pretty normal to me, but the mic going behind the hand does look a bit odd. I think in cases like this, we have to ask ... what's the point in faking something like this? Since this was a live moment in time, we will NEVER KNOW the exact scenario; either we see multiple other angles, or, someone does a reconstruction to prove it IS possible - but no one is ever going to do that so plan B - ask what is achieved by faking this.
I used to do a lot of video work, and played around with compression settings. Amazing, weird things manifest themselves when you over-compress (and RE-Compress). These days, with a lot of 'cell phone video' material, we have a heavily compressed 'source' (compressed on the fly as it was recorded) which is then streamed over a compression-heavy medium (video streaming services). I've seen situations where someone's eyes (sharp, well-defined objects) appear to 'float' independently on the person's face (soft, ill-defined object) because the eyes get updated often, while the face gets updated less often. Weird stuff!
I just wouldn't call it 'proof' of anything; rather, a wild speculation.
Nope. It's a composite. The mic appears behind his hand, then in front of his hand. It's fuckery alright.
FUCKERY AFOOT
Chopper is also off so no strong winds there