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ferret-the-overseer · 2 months ago
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so camera angles in F1 right
In case you don’t know this about me, I’m a mild film/cam passionista, and I have opinions sometimes okay.
F1’s main problem with cameras (imo) is that they really want to “keep people in the action” which they’ve done by keeping cars in the direct center of your screen all the times, and putting cameras at sections with wider angles of view. This is nice, because the sort of limited camera angles from before made it occasionally difficult to keep track of race action.
HOWEVER
They sort of swapped to this wide, central shot style, instead of implementing it. One thing F1 did really well was letting you feel and understand the power of these cars, even through a TV screen. The camera whipped around to follow Raikkonen absolutely sending his car through Eau Rouge (absolute madlad btw) or the Schumacher brothers chasing each other through that wide right hander in Silverstone. The cars felt fast, they felt close, and a lot of that was due to the very stationary cameras relatively close to the track, and the fact that the operators didn’t seem to feel the need to adjust the zoom angle every microsecond to keep the car perfectly centered on your TVs screen. Like sure, I couldn’t see all the pretty sponsor logos, or maybe I didn’t always catch the honestly fascinating front or rear wings of the 2000s (next up on the fact list?), but that was part of the magic. The cars were screaming past so quickly you could hardly keep them in frame at all.
This started going away in the 2010s. By 2020 it was nearly gone completely, and watching races just felt sort of stagnant: no matter how fast I knew Hamilton and Vettel were throwing themselves through every corner, they always seemed to be moving at the same speed.
But things are starting to change.
New cams like the ones on front wings, on/inside driver helmets, and the saving grace of the mid-season camera development upgrades (lol), the gyro cam. These are SO COOL, and the gyro cam in particular feels FAST, I think because the mildly warped field of view makes the motion blur heavier while still keeping that crisp video quality we’ve come to expect from modern cameras, combined with the defining feature of it rolling with the horizon as the car experienced angle changes itself.
Also just angles in general, like the ones at the Monaco pool chicane and tunnel, and some of the ones at Singapore this year, they just bring back that close-to-the-track action.
Interestingly, if you go back and watch recordings from the 1970s and 80s, you’ll notice they actually had some of these. The onboard cameras back then were genuinely exciting, and I watch them all the time. I’d recommend that any F1 fan do that, even if just to see the evolution of driving styles and cars. 
I think F1 is finally listening to fans saying they liked the more stationary cameras, the wild onboards, stuff like that. You can feel the speed of the cars like back in the 2000’s and early 2010’s.
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bucket-of-f1 · 1 month ago
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the camera angles post (fact/opinion 3)
Bucket!
you did encourage the camera angles, soooo
this is more opinion but there are some facts in here if you count the mild history of cameras in F1 as facts.
F1’s main problem with cameras (imo) is that they really want to “keep people in the action” which they’ve done by keeping cars in the direct center of your screen all the times, and putting cameras at sections with wider angles of view. This is nice, because the sort of limited camera angles from before made it occasionally difficult to keep track of race action.
HOWEVER
They sort of swapped to this wide, central shot style, instead of implementing it. One thing F1 did really well was letting you feel and understand the power of these cars, even through a TV screen. The camera whipped around to follow Raikkonen absolutely sending his car through Eau Rouge (absolute madlad btw) or the Schumacher brothers chasing each other through that wide right hander in Silverstone. The cars felt fast, they felt close, and a lot of that was due to the very stationary cameras relatively close to the track, and the fact that the operators didn’t seem to feel the need to adjust the zoom angle every microsecond to keep the car perfectly centered on your TVs screen. Like sure, I couldn’t see all the pretty sponsor logos, or maybe I didn’t always catch the honestly fascinating front or rear wings of the 2000s (next up on the fact list?), but that was part of the magic. The cars were screaming past so quickly you could hardly keep them in frame at all.
This started going away in the 2010s. By 2020 it was nearly gone completely, and watching races just felt sort of stagnant: no matter how fast I knew Hamilton and Vettel were throwing themselves through every corner, they always seemed to be moving at the same speed.
But things are starting to change.
New cams like the ones on front wings, on/inside driver helmets, and the saving grace of the mid-season camera development upgrades (lol), the gyro cam. These are SO COOL, and the gyro cam in particular feels FAST, I think because the mildly warped field of view makes the motion blur heavier while still keeping that crisp video quality we’ve come to expect from modern cameras, combined with the defining feature of it rolling with the horizon as the car experienced angle changes itself.
Also just angles in general, like the ones at the Monaco pool chicane and tunnel, and some of the ones at Singapore this year, they just bring back that close-to-the-track action.
Interestingly, if you go back and watch recordings from the 1970s and 80s, you’ll notice they actually had some of these. The onboard cameras back then were genuinely exciting, and I watch them all the time. I’d recommend that any F1 fan do that, even if just to see the evolution of driving styles and cars. 
I think F1 is finally listening to fans saying they liked the more stationary cameras, the wild onboards, stuff like that. You can feel the speed of the cars like back in the 2000’s and early 2010’s.
mildly considering starting a bucket blog ngl but also the anon-bucket-question is fun what do you think
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christiangeistdorfer · 2 months ago
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NIKI LAUDA at the 1984 DETROIT GRAND PRIX
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thinkingaboutfilm11 · 11 months ago
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Something I don’t think we talk about enough is the fact that Ayrton’s last meal was with Alain. And to this day Alain is publicly selfish in admitting he was glad it was him Ayrton had lunch with before the crash, and not anyone else.
Like- jesus.
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eliotheeangelis · 6 months ago
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nigel mansell dedicates victory to the memory of his lotus teammate, elio de angelis | 1986 belgian grand prix
de angelis had been killed in a testing accident at circuit paul ricard, ten days before the belgian grand prix. mansell had been one of the drivers present at the test, and had tried, unsuccessfully, to pull de angelis from his burning car.
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sharlleclair2 · 7 months ago
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And what if i cry
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vintagef1 · 9 months ago
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"Remembering the iconic Niki Lauda on his birthday ❤️" - february 22, 2024 📷 @.mercedesamgf1 / instagram
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franzantonbeckenbauer · 4 months ago
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A serene escape with Niki Lauda, who sits looking out across the river before the race at Detroit Grand Prix, 1984 🇺🇸
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angelamzs · 7 months ago
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Here you have some silly pics I’ve found of Patrick and Gilles because I love their friendship💕
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bellofjpg · 5 days ago
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Remembering Stefan Bellof on what would've been his 67th birthday. Gone too soon, dearly missed but never forgotten❤️‍🩹
(photo credits to their owner)
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bbbrianjones · 1 year ago
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ayrton senna pushing away reporters
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photoarvhiofone · 14 days ago
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stone-cold-groove · 10 months ago
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Dallas Grand Prix poster - 1984.
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christiangeistdorfer · 7 days ago
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KEKE ROSBERG having a cigarette before the start of the 1983 GERMAN GRAND PRIX
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thinkingaboutfilm11 · 1 year ago
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eliotheeangelis · 15 days ago
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elio de angelis | 1980 f1 season
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