ZOOM OUT!

[Don Wright]

Here's an example:

http://www.soap.circuitrunners.com/2...ur/cur_095.wmv

So, to start, the overall field is nice.

Then, auton starts and they focus right in on the keeper. Back-up a little and lets see the whole robot and a little around it. We want to see how the tube got there and we still get the excitement of it scoring.

Then tele-operated mode starts and it goes good for a second, but then they focus right in on the arm of the robot so close that the camera loses focus and the arm is in and out of the picture... This shot is absolutely useless.

Then we shoot back to the red alliance and a super close-up of some gripper trying to score a tube. Useless again...unless you just zoom out a bit and show us the robot.

Then, back to another super close-up of a tube being handled by the blue alliance.

Ok, a little better now... We actually see almost a whole robot at 59 seconds in...

Hey...they are zooming out and ... oh...no good to be true...back into a super close-up of the blue tube being scored. Why so close? Would I have missed it if zoomed out a little?

Back to the other side of the field and more super close up of the blue tube flying around on the screen...

Now...we get a super close-up of some electronics. That's great and everything, but why?

Hey...they are going to grab a spoiler!!! Oops... Maybe they got it...I don't know because they switched views...

Now some more close-ups of some parts of robots, but none of them totally in view...

Hey...a close-up of the black spoiler... I guess they got it...or is it another team that has it...I don't know because the spoiler fills the screen...

Ok...we almost get to see a little action as the spoiler is tried to be placed...

Some more close-ups of robots driving across the field... Although, I don't get to see the whole robots because they are so zoomed in...

Hey...they are going to start climbing a ramp...oh no's...they switched views to the other side climbing... Both zoomed way in so we can only see part of the picture...

Back to the other side just in time to see the first, then the second robot get on... Better, but it still should be zoomed out a little...

The close-ups at the end are OK because the action has stopped...

This is just my constructive criticism. Forgive my sarcasm and attempt at humor...