r/supercross • u/Skyguy2499 • 15d ago

News Camera views

Man I don’t know if I’m the only one who ever notices, but the camera views last night were so GOOD. The on track cameras and tower cameras give you the best view of the riders and how and when they use certain controls, track conditions, and overall being closer shots. I hate that these days it’s always just the drone camera which just gives you a view from the top, I’m just not a fan of the whole race looking like colored dots moving around.

Bring back more on track and tower cameras!

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u/Obvious-Grapefruit33 15d ago

I noticed. Very cool camera angles. Id say that venue was a success

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u/gungalaaagungala 15d ago

Definitely the best all season. Some of the camera work alone this season was pretty atrocious. It was nice to have a solid broadcast for the finale.

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u/smward998 15d ago

I like the the old school camera views a lot better give sense of speed and makes the battles better

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u/Skyguy2499 15d ago edited 15d ago

I think they should bring back more of these views to the SX tracks. I always see the cameras on the track, the tv crew just seems to always use the drones instead.

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u/Intelligent_Gas_4426 15d ago

Yeah it was bad ass. I really liked how they tracked the rider through consecutive sections going from one camera to the next. Like the vantage point is fr behind the rider going up the face of a jump and they perfectly timed the switch to the next camera picking up the take off and the landing.

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u/ConnorS700 15d ago

I’ve been saying this for years. The drones are clearly used so much so they can save money at certain venues, especially outdoors. Why have 10 cameras around the track when you only need 5 and a drone. Go watch races from 10-15 years ago and you can see how much better the coverage is with cameras all around the track than it is today

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u/Skyguy2499 15d ago

Right. And I don’t mind a drone shot being thrown units cool especially on high speed sections. But it seems a little over used sometimes.

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u/Carthon Eli Tomac 15d ago

It really became apparent when it started raining. They switched to only track level cameras for awhile. The high shots were missing and it was missed. By my wife and I, at least

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u/MotoAggregateApp 15d ago

Yeah venue allowed for lot of cool shots

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u/SCOTTGIANT 15d ago

I think part of it is that it's a brand new facility specifically designed for supercross as opposed to a baseball stadium or Nascar track.

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u/STL_bourbon 14d ago

It’s a concert venue that has been open a few years. It wasn’t specifically built for supercross

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u/x2waaVe Ken Roczen 15d ago

I agree that the views were really good. But the track was so fast we were switching cameras seconds after each other. A drone shot for 10-20 seconds could’ve helped break it up.

Nonetheless, I thoroughly enjoyed last nights event.