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Subject: is your modeling camera set to the correct degree ?

TRAVISB opened this issue on Jan 31, 2003 · 5 posts
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TRAVISB ( ) posted Fri, 31 January 2003 at 10:06 AM · edited Fri, 26 January 2024 at 5:54 PM

something that bothered me for a while while modeling in lw was the perspective amount at which to model at well i found some report that has finaly put my qestion to rest the humnan eye see at apoximly 36 degrees i just thought that this may help some of you out or you might find it interesting

puzzledpaul ( ) posted Fri, 31 January 2003 at 11:30 AM

I once posted some viewing angle figures for 35mm camera lenses (on the Wings forum) - but can't find them :) A 50mm 'standard' lens (one that used to come with the (SLR) camera - in previous days) has a (diagonal) viewing angle of 46 deg. This was supposed to give a view similar to that perceived by the eye. More recently, a 35mm lens has become more 'popular' - view angle for this is 63 deg. (Typical focal lengths for taking 'portraits' are 85mm - 100mm - with corresponding view angles of 28.5 and 24 deg respectively) Depending on what's being modelled, it might be worth messing around a bit? :) (Lens details from Canon EF series, btw) pp

BazC ( ) posted Fri, 31 January 2003 at 1:16 PM

Funnily enough I started messing with the view angle of the modelling camera in wings today. It struck me that it was a bit wide angle so I narrowed the view quite a bit (down to 15 degrees) and it does feel better for modelling but when I rendered it changed the view. I've no idea why and haven't experimented further yet. If I figure it out I'll post, but I'm using an old version, this may be something that has been fixed in more recent versions! Baz

Prime ( ) posted Fri, 31 January 2003 at 11:20 PM

There is no correct focal setting :) For some people this is an issue, I model with perspective turned on, some people with it off (In Lightwave)... a lot of gray shades in between. Set the focal setting for your modelling app to match your renderer. It's really a personal preference :D

Cinema1954 ( ) posted Tue, 04 February 2003 at 9:37 AM

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Here's a quick comparison I did of different lens focal lengths, using a Poser figure in Cinema 4D. Cinema's default lens is 35mm; not always the best, especially for human closeups. From this test, you can see why 85mm is considered a portrait lens.

Annie

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