# CBS Football Coverage- Why are the Cameras Hazy?

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**Created:** [January 2, 2008, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cbs-football-coverage-why-are-the-cameras-hazy/431995 "2008-01-02T15:51:10Z")\
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**Author:** ![Spit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/76d3ee/32.png) [@Spit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spit)\
**Post date:** [January 2, 2008, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cbs-football-coverage-why-are-the-cameras-hazy/431995/1 "2008-01-02T15:51:10Z")

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Why is it that when watching football on CBS, it appears they smeared Vaseline on the camera lens? FOX, NBC, and ESPN all have great pictures- For the longest time, I thought it was camera equipment. Yet, Saturday night, CBS and NBC did a simulcast of NFL networks Patriots v Giants game (same commercials and everything) and they still had the same problem. (Which kills the camera theory)

This is not my TV- I have seen this (excluding HDTV) in bars, in other states, friends houses, cable hookups, off-air antenna, etc.

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**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\
**Post date:** [January 2, 2008, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cbs-football-coverage-why-are-the-cameras-hazy/431995/2 "2008-01-02T15:56:36Z")

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I don’t remember which game I was watching and it probably was on CBS but it seemed that every time they switched to a different camera it was out of focus and it took them a second to refocus the thing.