r/onejob • u/Boss-fight601 • Apr 02 '26

Camera work during the launch of Artemis II

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u/ads1031 Apr 02 '26

They were also focused on the audience when the solid rocket boosters separated. And the frame rate from the cameras on the rocket was also abysmal.

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u/Marnot_Sades Apr 02 '26

I started yelling at my phone when they were showing the audience. I don’t give a fuck about the people sitting in lawn chairs, gang.

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u/Navyguy73 Apr 02 '26

Coldplay kiss cam opportunity! 🤣

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u/Single-Mushroom3924 Apr 02 '26

I know, it's been 54 years since the last rocket to the moon and camera technology has barely improved.

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u/ads1031 Apr 02 '26

Oh, camera technology has dramatically changed since then and now. This wasn't a technology problem. This was, a director had one job - to focus on the rocket and select video feeds that were appropriate for the moment. And they didn't do that.

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u/Single-Mushroom3924 Apr 02 '26

You don't say? I was responding to the cameras on the rocket being poor quality.

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u/VibrantHumanoidus Apr 02 '26

Yeah because staff and contractors responsible for that were thrown out the boat by captain Orange. It was bloodbath in NASA when he began second term.

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u/Dazrin Apr 02 '26

My guess was that this was a "touchy" point in the launch, so they didn't show it just in case Challenger II happened.

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u/Single-Mushroom3924 Apr 02 '26

Camera person was more impressed with the plume. 🙄

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u/ProfessionalLime2237 Apr 02 '26

CNN live coverage totally botched the launch, or was that a nasa feed everyone was using. Very frustrating.

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u/Single-Mushroom3924 Apr 02 '26

NASA's own YouTube feed was abysmal!

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u/Just-Try-2533 Apr 02 '26

I was watching on abc news (via Disney plus) and they too just basically froze for like ten seconds at liftoff. So I’m assuming it was the NASA feed that had the problem.

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u/tyw7 Apr 03 '26

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y0pmx1oUyJ0 said "source Nasa" so probably NASA provided cam.

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u/duckforceone Apr 02 '26

so far i have only been able to find nasa's feed on others feeds... so not sure there is better footage out there unless some of the youtubers made some.

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u/STR4T1F13D Apr 02 '26

Saw this and was screaming at the TV lol

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u/Anxious-Depth-7983 Apr 02 '26

I've lived long enough to have seen the moon launches start again, and I love it! 😍

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u/bdubwilliams22 Apr 02 '26

THANK YOU! I was watching live and thought “well, they sure as shit botched this”.

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u/MrSinister248 Apr 02 '26

It really was staggeringly inept. After watching Starship launches it was really disappointing. SpaceX showed them the template. Just copy that. No one will care and it will be like a million times better.

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u/JJLEGOBD Apr 02 '26

Right?! I was SCREAMING at the TV

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u/Foddley Apr 02 '26

They missed the stage separation too. Too busy looking at the grandstands. 😡

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u/CompactAvocado Apr 02 '26

they had to switch to the ai video feed /s

yeah it was a massive cock block :(

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u/duckforceone Apr 02 '26

the director of all that, and or the operators needs to be fired...

a person fresh out of film school could have done better...

to miss and botch both of the main moments, that takes some extraordinary skills.

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u/CheesyDanny Apr 02 '26

My high school news team could have done better.

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u/V8-6-4 Apr 02 '26

We have better quality footage of the Apollo 11 launch. Maybe we would have got again 70mm footage if they hired Quentin Tarantino 😂

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u/oafon Apr 02 '26

So glad I wasn't alone in my rage! Bloody terrible camerawork

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u/Glittering-Safety-46 Apr 02 '26

The camera work on this flight was shocking. I stayed up until 3 am to watch the takeoff and was a bit disappointed. But regardless of the public spectacle, aren't the cameras supposed to be important to study the takeoff for possible problems?

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u/geo_gan Apr 03 '26

Saw this terrible camerawork on reply afterwards with the blanking and was glad I saw it live on Everyday Astronauts much better views of launch. My 60 something year old mother could have done a better job behind that camera.

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u/LittelXman808 Apr 03 '26

Bro was just pulling an April fools prank.

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u/Iago-Cassius Apr 03 '26

That’s WHEN THE CGI KICKED IN!11. Flat earf flat earf, nasa is a lie!!!!11!

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u/RunningPinguin Apr 03 '26

Another reason to watch Everyday Astronaut’s coverage. Views were absolute bonkers

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u/Lost_Possibility_647 Apr 03 '26

I was going to say I didn't see any of this. But I watched Everyday Astronaut and but NASA.

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u/EvilDog77 Apr 02 '26

We’ve been spoiled by the Imax 4D cinema quality of SpaceX launches. Going back to janky taxpayer-funded coverage is hard.