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[Sterzo]

When watching a race on TV, I find 95% of the enjoyment comes from long shots showing the cars and the corner they're going through. 4% is from close-ups. 1% is onboard shots. 0% is helmet cam. Rear facing cameras will add another 0%. (Pictures of celebs in the pits count for - 10%).

[PayasYouRace]

New camera angle


https://www.autospor...amera/10603409/



even more angles for the TV director to get lost in... When will we be treated to an all new and improved TV director that doesn't cut away from the action, and is actually there to show us the race, instead of artistic effects?

 

It's funny because I was just watching some clip from the 90s where they would occasionally cut to a rear facing camera, and I was thinking about how they don't have the rear facing cameras anymore.

[Clatter]

When watching a race on TV, I find 95% of the enjoyment comes from long shots showing the cars and the corner they're going through. 4% is from close-ups. 1% is onboard shots. 0% is helmet cam. Rear facing cameras will add another 0%. (Pictures of celebs in the pits count for - 10%).

I think I spend more time watching the timing screen, knowing they are missing most of the real action

[Sterzo]

I think I spend more time watching the timing screen, knowing they are missing most of the real action

Given that TV is a poor substitute for being there, I wish they'd sometimes stick with one camera at one corner while we watch the whole field pass by. Then we'd have a sense of who was where and what the gaps are.

 

I confess my own watching is distorted by being only the highlights package, which means we can go a whole programme without seeing Verstappen (except on the last lap) and Sargeant (except when the recovery truck comes out).