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.
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.
Chopper is also off so no strong winds there