# Football game cameras

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/football-game-cameras/955571>\
**Category:** The Game Room\
**Tags:** football-nfl\
**Created:** [December 6, 2021, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/football-game-cameras/955571 "2021-12-06T13:40:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 2021, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/football-game-cameras/955571/3 "2021-12-06T14:46:26Z")

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There’s quite a bit of discussion about this in the week two thread…

> [@NFL 2021: Week Two Gentlemen of Verona](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2021-week-two-gentlemen-of-verona/950758/83):
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> I don’t get it - are people upset about having shallow depth of field on some shots? That’s not a “video game look”, it’s a staple of photography and cinematography. Including sports photography. Almost every photo of an individual (rather than wide angle like a whole stadium) in sports is going to look like that.

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