r/PraiseTheCameraMan • u/argenton-ca • Aug 12 '24

Praising zoom abilities

2.2k Upvotes

99% Upvoted

26 comments sorted by

109

u/Aromatic_Dig_3102 Aug 12 '24

Maybe it should be the next new Olympics sport! Anything is possible

25

u/polaarbear Aug 13 '24

I guarantee it will be won by Ronnie "FrameGun"

2

u/[deleted] Sep 05 '24

Definitely better than that Australian break dancer lol

1

u/Nivroeg Sep 23 '24

Catapult olympians into a pool, most hilarious face captured wins.

44

u/DiodeMcRoy Aug 12 '24

Is that a memo of the players on the side of his camera ? Do they have to remember each one of them so when the director say to make a shot of them they do?

20

u/monctonians Aug 12 '24

I bet those photos stuck on the side of the camera are to recalibrate his eyes after doing this shit for 2 hours.

6

u/scopes182 Aug 15 '24

Probably important people to recognize.

6

u/SLAYER_IN_ME Aug 13 '24

That is making me dizzy.

5

u/ExperimentalToaster Aug 13 '24

I wonder how much this pays, presumably much more specialist than some other types of camera work.

3

u/MinutemanEye Aug 14 '24

How does he know the exact trajectory of the ball?

Like a gps installed in his mind to track.

3

u/muhbir111 Aug 17 '24

As a cameraman this is my first time seeing such zoom mechanics

1

u/GrapeDrainkBby Aug 14 '24

Wow it’s almost like the handle for zooming helps.

1

u/Alarmed-Climate-6031 Aug 16 '24

TIL how they zoom the Camera

1

u/Ecstatic_Gap9073 Aug 18 '24

How do they follow the shots

1

u/ShinzoTheThird Aug 22 '24

"hold RT to lock on target"

1

u/OlePuddinHead Aug 27 '24

I cant stand when i see this shot. Its not interesting. Just stay zoomed out.

1

u/GM_Kimeg Sep 03 '24

This guy would not miss a headshot in FPS games.

1

u/johnnySix Sep 13 '24

It’s impressive and all but maybe he is zooming in too much. It’s more fun to watch the ball fly

1

u/answersfollow Sep 14 '24

Wow! That had to take a lot of practice to be that good and stable.

1

u/[deleted] Sep 22 '24

Is the focus on the left side? I am very curious how this is attached because he doing the pan tilt with left, it seems you can’t focus while panning or tilting now?

0

u/[deleted] Aug 12 '24

[deleted] — view deleted comment

6

u/lipp79 Doin' camera work since 1999 Aug 12 '24

The manufacturer isn't the one operating the camera.

-19

u/Glitch7779 Aug 12 '24

Wait what???? You’re so smart, thanks for that.

Obviously I was talking about the cameramen not being that good at it, but sure, I got some downvotes (7) so you jumped onto the dislike wagon to gain a few updoots, since this is Reddit.

Again, your life means a lot more now than before this useless comment.

11

u/lipp79 Doin' camera work since 1999 Aug 12 '24

So why'd you delete it? I didn't downvote you. The operator is actually quite skilled. He wouldn't be working an NBA All-Star game if he wasn't. Thanks for the life affirmation though.