Where's your footage of tracking something at high speed under high magnification? Most people can't track a rocket launch moving in a fairly straight line. Even if you're using your device, the auto stabilizing software features make it very difficult to track something smoothly by hand. Ever notice the lag when zoomed in? 4K resolution might be ubiquitous on consumer devices, but it's not in military gun cameras.

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1970-01-01 3 hours ago | parent [-]

OK that's fair. Here's a consumer-grade video showing something at high speed under high magnification.

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/h9M400MtfNs

	▲	dylan604 3 hours ago \| parent [-]
		yeah, and it sucks. Again, that's something moving in a straight line and still unable to be tracked. Hand held tracking at magnification is damn near impossible to keep steady and the subject in frame. Sure, there's a couple of frames that you can see the plane clearly, but come on. That's your example of something good??