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Re: Soccer’s Bermuda Triangle Of TV Camera Angles

England Fan — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 04:38:49 -0000

Do you notice the effect more when you are willing the ball to go in the net? i.e. When you want you team to score????

Re: Soccer’s Bermuda Triangle Of TV Camera Angles

the guy with the thing — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 22:42:21 -0000

The camera, being a single lens, effectively eliminates your depth perception; it's the equivalent of covering your non-dominant eye and watching a game live that way.

Thus, the only way you can tell if the ball is going towards or away from you is based on its size (if it's getting bigger, it's obviously moving towards you.) Since the camera is so far from the pitch, you can't discern at that speed which direction the ball is going.

The same thing happens often in baseball, even to players on the field; because the ball is so small, hard fouls backwards often look like line drives / hard ground balls forward.

Re: Soccer’s Bermuda Triangle Of TV Camera Angles

betsy's bolton bum baster — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 22:27:02 -0000

yeah, the ball being round and not a certain shape also affects this because you cannot see it turning and changing angles for you to view it. sux, but hey what can you do? does an hd feed do the same?

Re: Soccer’s Bermuda Triangle Of TV Camera Angles

LemmusLemmus — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 20:33:55 -0000

I think the simple answer is that TV's two-dimensional. This never happens if you watch a game in the stadium.