YankeeJim: IDK if a 20 degree +/- opposite view would make such a difference 14 feet away. It's almost twice as slow in reverse. I wonder if the distance the camera is away from the pin in each view would make a difference.
To be comparable a dot has to roll over the same area of the green. I tried to find a dot that is comparable in the front and reverse view. The closest I came is the dot halfway to the pin on both views. A line from the ball to the cup crosses close to the center of the dot's path in both views. I say close, middle of the path in front view,
25% of the path in rear view.
I'll call it "Dot D". I measured the time it took Dot D in Movie Maker.
In the rear view it took Dot D 16 seconds to make the trip.
In the front view Dot D barely moves at all.
Since the speed of any dot is constant across its 2 foot path, the dot speed IMO is representing the average slope of that 2 foot path. Being just 25% off the center of that grid could I imagine account for the difference.
Definitely would use chip view on this putt.