What Was The Camera Going Over Super Bowl Live

CBS's Super Bowl 55 cameras include film-like end zone shots and Trolley Cam

To paraphrase Oscar Wilde: Imitation is the greatest form of flattery.

In this instance, CBS is the copycat of Fox'south camera trend-setting during the 2020 NFL season. Flim-flam broke out a Sony DSLR camera in Dec every bit an additional shot to use on touchdowns, creating a cinematic feeling to its end zone celebration shots. Simply a couple weeks later, CBS was using its own variation.

The biggest audition yet to see the fancy camera setup volition come in Super Basin 55 on Feb. 7, when the Chiefs play the Buccaneers. CBS has the broadcast and will go to see what a truly national audience thinks of its new toy.

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What is CBS' new NFL camera?

CBS' camera is their version of what Play a joke on first rolled out in December for a Seattle-Washington game. Dubbed "The Megaladon" past the Play tricks crew, the setup consists of a high-end Sony consumer camera, a gimbal (which steadies the photographic camera while moving) and a backpack transmitter to send the footage back to the truck.

The setup used past CBS is like. For Super Bowl 55, CBS will be using two Sony Venice cameras, which "will utilise full frame imager shot in a short depth feel to give it that unique look," according to CBS. They will be operated on a traditional stedi-cam rig, along with a MOVI rig, per the network.

From a visual perspective, what makes the photographic camera so unique is how it impacts depth-of-field. The players in focus appear crystal clear while the background gets blurry, creating that movie-similar outcome that some accept compared to the Madden NFL video game series.

This isn't new camera engineering science, but its current usage is different. Ordinarily, such a camera is used to shoot footage that will exist edited in post-product before being released. Choosing to use these cameras during live events is a twist on their classic purpose.

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Could these cameras be used for more live sports?

Yep, it makes sense that other networks and companies will attempt to incorporate these cinematic shots into other sporting events going forward. They've received more often than not popular reviews, and especially if it works during the Super Bowl, it could become almost an expectation for a fourth dimension.

What won't happen is an expansion of these cameras beyond niche usage in a specific consequence. Since they're made to shoot tight images that require coming into focus, they won't be usable for wider shots of live activeness consistently. Rather, they'll likely remain as the celebration camera in multiple sports, maybe adding in specific shots of baseball dugouts or basketball/football benches where the subjects aren't moving as much.

The success of these celebration cameras could as well lead networks to try other photographic camera approaches that may have once been considered radical in the hopes of finding the next big affair.

Other new Super Bowl camera choices

CBS is going beyond simply the two Sony Venice cameras to attempt to capture the Super Basin in new means. The network said there'll be more than than 120 cameras stationed around Raymond James Stadium in Tampa. They'll include:

• The two Sony Venice cameras discussed above
• The "Trolley Cam" — According to CBS, it "will speed from 1 finish of the stadium to the other, ziplining along a wire and positioned to provide the viewing angle of a fan in the eighth row of the stands. The rig can travel upwardly to 65 mph and will provide a await at the players from a vantage point not used in the history of the Super Basin."
• A "Movie Bird Crane" — According to CBS, the camera traditionally reserved for major motion pictures "volition be located on the upper concourse to requite dramatic sweeping shots of the THE SUPER Bowl TODAY pregame set, game action too as serving as one of the many augmented reality encoded cameras that volition be strategically placed throughout the stadium."
• Unique views — Co-ordinate to CBS, "Twelve cameras with 4K and 8K capabilities will exist scattered throughout the stadium assuasive the production squad to extract shut-up shots in the primal moments of the game. The 4K cameras volition be controlled robotically from high up in the stadium concourse levels while ii Sony 8K cameras will be stock-still on robotic gimbals slung to the stadium lower field. While past Super Bowls deployed 8K photographic camera engineering high up in the stadium infrastructure, CBS will debut this angle from nearly-field pinnacle for a unique view of the field."

Source: https://www.sportingnews.com/us/nfl/news/cbs-super-bowl-55-cameras-end-zone-trolley-cam/xheukgny7vpu1t61dol714p6g

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