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Originally Posted by Sandy G
Those old B&W cameras also distorted the images-I remember they had pics at Andrews AFB or Dulles bringing Kennedy's body home to Washington, & the Pontiac ambulance/hearse looked VERY distorted-way too wide & long. Sorta ironic, nowadays every man Jack & his brother has a camcorder that does a better job-or at least as good-as what the networks had in '63...
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They also had to change lens. On the Oswald shooting, you can see the lens change a fraction of a second before he's shot. The picture is distorted while the lens changes. If you look at the TV station cameras of that time, the lens would rotate for closeup or long shots.
Ron