Vastly higher resolution video exists almost without a doubt.
A very large percentage of filming and archiving is done in high-definition D5 and DigiBeta, and has for years, in preparation for HDTV. I was working off of high-def D5 and DigiBeta recordings of live events a few years ago. We are talking an order of magnitude difference in resolution (never mind clarity) compared to the footage that everyone has had access to so far. This is the video from which crappy video streams, NTSC, and MPEG2 broadcasts are encoded from. If you've ever seen professional high-def stock degraded down to even DVD quality, you'll know what I mean. Hell, even standard broadcast distribution MPEG2 would be a major improvement in image quality, as that's generally better than DVD.
Judging the video footage that is available, if someone can pull the source from a high-def archive you will be able to extract high-res crystal clear shots of whatever Kerry is actually doing there, such that there will be little ambiguity.
A lot of organizations were shooting this event. I'm sure someone has high-res archive stock somewhere.
Dear tortoise,
I suspect that should such footage become available, the higher-res stuff, it will show that the thing which is not a pen is either a small notepad or a piece of folded paper.
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They just went into Sandy Berger's pants!
The interesting thing from the Dem response is that they don't deny it at all. They just call it "distracting". An answer in itself?
Think "Superbowl Half-Time Show".
Besides a higher resolution video, a tighter shot would also show more resolution, same lines per inch res. in a narrower field of view = more resolution. This is a wide angle shot which limits resolution...put a tight front shot(or better yet side or rear shot) of him pulling the object out of his jacket and it might be clearer...also if there were any still photographers, they may have a higher resolution tight shot.
IMO its going to get examined like the Zapruder film....another JFK caught on tape...
'A lot of organizations were shooting this event. I'm sure someone has high-res archive stock somewhere.'
actually, fox was providning the feed, so they all have video from all the fox cameras...I noticed that the different cable stations were using different techniques...some had more side-by-side than others...