88BenM wrote:Terrible performance aside, the last 2 weeks this camera man has been giving me motion sickness! Zoomed so far in that the only piece of play you can see is what is happening on the ball. No way of seeing the bigger picture, what is happening off the ball with players in space, making runs etc. It must also make analysis difficult to disect, that Bradford 2nd goal, the lad appeared from out of shot and he'd put it past Stech in seconds.
Is it just me? I realise we aren't running with Sky Sports, but it wasn't like this last season! Can somebody have a word and tell him/her to zoom out?
part time pete wrote:Give the lad a break he is still learning the job, a bit like GC.
Martin Shaw wrote:the cameraman is provided by IMG who are contracted to provide the footage for Sky Sports, Quest etc etc. There is only one camera in the gantry (in Covid times). I've no idea if he is the same cameraman for home games as last season and previous seasons. To me, it looks similar in terms of zooming in/out to previous seasons at home games. He made a very bad error in the first 25 minutes of the Exeter game when he was out of focus, and you could hear him apologising to the studio at half time on the footage.
the analyst films the game from the West Stand, on a much wider zoom.
Bradders wrote:In the Conference days I was sometimes drafted in to do the filming. You're at a disadvantage with one camera, because you're constantly deciding how far to zoom in. Leave it too wide angle and there's not enough detail to see what's going on, zoom in too close and you may miss something important. Give the guy a break, it's tricky.
I was happy enough if it was all in focus with a good view of the goals, and although my inexperience meant that it was never going to be ideal, at least I managed to cover all the important incidents.
The most difficult one was when Martin drafted me in with less than a day's notice, and the video camera wasn't working, nor the spare. I had to use my home video camera. Which was good quality, but didn't hook up to the club's gear. I didn't have a video tripod either, so had to improvise with a photographic tripod. I forget which game it was but there were loads of goals so I was busy!
Trying to get the footage on DVD was a nightmare. It has to be ready before the away team leaves, and it took ages to get it from the camera to disc. I guess that it's rather easier now, with no DVD burning involved.
wardy12345 wrote:To be fair it might be worth leaving the lens cap on
Martin Shaw wrote:It was Mansfield 5-0 Dartford bradders. You did a great job. I was looking at the footage during lockdown.
Bradders wrote:In the Conference days I was sometimes drafted in to do the filming. You're at a disadvantage with one camera, because you're constantly deciding how far to zoom in. Leave it too wide angle and there's not enough detail to see what's going on, zoom in too close and you may miss something important. Give the guy a break, it's tricky.
I was happy enough if it was all in focus with a good view of the goals, and although my inexperience meant that it was never going to be ideal, at least I managed to cover all the important incidents.
The most difficult one was when Martin drafted me in with less than a day's notice, and the video camera wasn't working, nor the spare. I had to use my home video camera. Which was good quality, but didn't hook up to the club's gear. I didn't have a video tripod either, so had to improvise with a photographic tripod. I forget which game it was but there were loads of goals so I was busy!
Trying to get the footage on DVD was a nightmare. It has to be ready before the away team leaves, and it took ages to get it from the camera to disc. I guess that it's rather easier now, with no DVD burning involved.
HitchcocksShins wrote:Bradders wrote:In the Conference days I was sometimes drafted in to do the filming. You're at a disadvantage with one camera, because you're constantly deciding how far to zoom in. Leave it too wide angle and there's not enough detail to see what's going on, zoom in too close and you may miss something important. Give the guy a break, it's tricky.
I was happy enough if it was all in focus with a good view of the goals, and although my inexperience meant that it was never going to be ideal, at least I managed to cover all the important incidents.
The most difficult one was when Martin drafted me in with less than a day's notice, and the video camera wasn't working, nor the spare. I had to use my home video camera. Which was good quality, but didn't hook up to the club's gear. I didn't have a video tripod either, so had to improvise with a photographic tripod. I forget which game it was but there were loads of goals so I was busy!
Trying to get the footage on DVD was a nightmare. It has to be ready before the away team leaves, and it took ages to get it from the camera to disc. I guess that it's rather easier now, with no DVD burning involved.
I was in the gantry with you that day and can attest to how much of a pain in the b-side that was, you did a great job in a pinch given the circumstances!
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