Coincidence that the same weekend we are watching the events unfold in CA (Canada) that the NFC Championship Game is being played in CA (California) by two California teams in the same stadium where the Super Bowl will be played two weeks from now? Will this be the Super Bowl that will be made to look "like a puppy party?" by the events/storm swirling around it?
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Speaking of NFC game, did anyone else watch it and notice that at times- when the camera angles would switch, that things would look like cgi? Like touchdown replays and some sideline shots. My wife (who is awake but def on the normie side) noticed it first (she was the one who wants/cares to watch), and after TD said “weird, why did it switch to like a game?” And sure enough, when I looked it clearly looked different than previous/subsequent shots, happened throughout the game with no reference. Anybody else notice this? Is it just different cameras? Seemed pointless but couldn’t shake the thought that they would try to just sneak deepfakes in subtly to condition us/see if we notice.
The multi-camera technology they use has 55 cameras around the entire perimeter of the stadium. On replays, particularly where they change the vantage point during the replay, you can sense the digitization as the reconstructed images look a bit artificial.
https://www.sportingnews.com/us/nfl/news/cbs-super-bowl-55-cameras-end-zone-trolley-cam/xheukgny7vpu1t61dol714p6g
They're using shallow depth of field .{if I remember my training}. Plus it's 4k digital so back in the day when we used film and shallow depth of field it still didn't look like this does.
Looks like a video game when on the field.
I’ve been trying to figure this out myself as I see footage of Xiden from the Annex. Something is off w the depth of field. It’s my photographers eye and tech experience. Broadcast from the field may be shot in 8K and down scaled to 4K and 1080i/p. But that wouldn’t change the depth of field. It could be done digitally. Unless something new came up in the laws of photography, I don’t get some of the imagery I see on TV.
Usually the lens would change the depth of field such as a wide angle as opposed to a telephoto
Telephoto lenses run at higher F stop (exposure) which has a much longer depth of field. Shorter, wide angle lenses can run “faster” ie greater exposure. When you get into low f lenses <F1.8 the depth of field becomes very shallow. I think w the video I see from WH and in sports the unnatural depth of field. All that said, there are still a hundred other technical innovations and changes I’m sure I’m not aware of - stadium cameras w image stitching, 12K VR, all sorts of CGI tools. So I dunno…
That’s along the lines of what I was thinking. I haven’t watched in years but mult times (for pointless shit on the sidelines/endzone) it just looked off. And not zoomed out ‘regular view’ but up closer to players. My tv hasn’t changed so figured 4K cameras wouldn’t make much of a difference. Thanks fren. 4k + shallow FoD prob explains it
Something else I noticed as well. Some shots on the field have the focus on only the player. The background with the crowed is blurred.
I stopped watching the NFL two year ago. Just thought it was weird and different than in the past.
They’re using large sensor cameras on gimbals with wide aperture lenses, for many of the ‘candid’ shots. This creates that shallower depth of field where only the subject is in focus. It generally makes the picture quality a little softer which is more flattering when filming people, esp in 4K+
The lens is what creates depth of field. Or CGI.
Glad you’re here I didn’t want to have to type anything
Yea exactly, haven’t watched in forever but the fact that my wife brought it up first caught my attention, def looked weird afar times