ELi5 How a cameraman at a sports event able to track a fast moving ball with such a great focus on it?
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There was a fascinating counter example when one of the networks end up winning a bid on a bunch of PGA (golf) tournaments even though they hadn’t covered golf in years.
Going from memory, but I think the lost the rights to broadcast a bunch of MLB (baseball) games to ESPN which was finally catching on.
The first tournament was a disaster to watch. The ball was almost never in frame and the editing was quite amateurish.
By the third event they hired/stole two cameramen from another network and had them train other cameramen. The ringers were also put on the two important holes.
So it comes down to a LOT of practice and a couple hints from experts.
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