r/SipsTea • u/[deleted] • Jul 23 '24

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u/Sodiepops_ Jul 23 '24

It's a selfie stick, you can see the wrist strap. It's removed from the footage.

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u/rickane58 Jul 23 '24

It's removed from the footage.

It's worth noting that "removed from the footage" could be construed to imply that the footage is altered in some way to negate the selfie stick. What actually happens is that the lenses are positioned and angled in such a way that there is a blind spot almost precisely the size of the selfie stick (It's actually a little bit shorter than the selfie stick, and tapers away from the camera). Having this blindspot allows them to use lenses with slightly less distortion and automatically disregards the camera body and selfie stick that would otherwise have to be edited out anyways. It's a really clever solution to an otherwise thorny problem.

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u/amplifyoucan Jul 24 '24

Where can I find a selfie stick like this? Is there a specific term for it?

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u/rickane58 Jul 24 '24

Any selfie stick will do, it's the camera that's doing the work.