What it's used by amateurs as a crutch and not by professional
photographers?

On Tue, May 29, 2012 at 5:55 PM, [email protected] <
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> Diogo its used by amateurs as a crutch not professional photographers
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> From: "Diogo Girondi" <[email protected]>
> To: "Nuke user discussion" <[email protected]>
> Subject: [Nuke-users] Arri Alexa sensor size - camera tracking question
> Date: Tue, May 29, 2012 13:47
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> I'm not familiar with Nikon lenses, but Canon ones even if designed for
> APS-C sensors are still named disregarding any compensation for crop
> factors. Personally I never heard of lenses that state their focal lengths
> compensated by a certain crop factor since that tends to vary from camera
> to camera and it's not a characteristic of the lens it self.
>
> Canon EF-S lenses are a good example of this, they are designed to only
> mount on EF mounts of bodies with APS-C sensors (1.6x crop factor) but
> their focal lengths are still stated "1:1" taking a full frame if you will
> as base, so you still have to multiply their focal lengths by 1.6. My EF-S
> 10-22mm for instance when mounted on my 7D is becomes a 16-35mm and not the
> 10-22mm written on the lens.
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> On Tue, May 29, 2012 at 5:28 PM, Howard Jones <[email protected]>wrote:
>
>> The crop factor was based on the original question. Not my maths. A 100
>> mm lens on cropped back will give an equivalent lens angle (not actual) of
>> a longer lens, with the original question this was 1.5.
>>
>> You are both agreeing with by stating the film back size gives a
>> different fov (but not focal length - agreed)
>>
>> However,
>> 1. If you can't get a 100mm lens that is designed for a crop film back,
>> ie compensates for the sensor size, then you are correct that in this case
>> the focal length is the same, regardless of sensor size, however the fov is
>> different.
>>
>> However if you can buy a lens that has compensated for the sensor size
>> and gives the same fov as a 35mm lens then there is a discrepancy.
>>
>> I'm under the (mis)understanding that the latter is available, however I
>> can quite believe I'm mistaken.
>>
>> 2. We are all assuming nuke behaves correctly in this fashion. In the
>> back of my mind, if you put the focal length into the camera tracker and
>> then change the film back, it changes the focal length, but you can then
>> change it back.
>>
>> I can't check this last point until tomorrow, but if it's the case then
>> what does this mean for the solve? If its not the case then it's because
>> I'm getting on and the mind plays tricks.
>>
>> Cheers
>> H
>>
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>> * From: * Alex Fry <[email protected]>;
>> * To: * Nuke user discussion <[email protected]>;
>> * Subject: * Re: [Nuke-users] Arri Alexa sensor size - camera tracking
>> question
>> * Sent: * Tue, May 29, 2012 8:49:44 AM
>>
>>   It doesn't matter what sensor the lens is designed for, it's focal
>> length remains the same. It is what it is.
>>
>> What are you basing 27mm on? A crop factor of 1.5? Relative to what? A
>> 35mm still camera?
>>
>> 35mm stills equivalent focal length descriptions should have no place in
>> a discussion about tracking footage from a movie camera, they only exist as
>> a crutch for stills photographers who grew up using their focal lengths as
>> working slang to describe a particular field of view.
>>
>>
>>
>> On 29/05/2012, at 6:23 PM, Howard Jones <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> I'd agree with Randy here. If the 18mm prime is not designed for the film
>> back then it would have an equivalent focal length of, in your example of
>> 27mm (though that is just based on your example. )
>>
>> However if it is a prime lens designed for the chip, then it is an 18mm
>> lens, so no conversion necessary.
>>
>> However again, the solve you would get should work either way, but the
>> relation between the point cloud and camera will vary and will begin to be
>> an issue for objects that should be close to the camera.
>>
>> That is you can double a focal length and move an object twice as far
>> away in nuke and it should look the same, except for objects very close,
>> when distortion artefacts creep in, and I don't mean lens distortion
>> characteristics here before any one jumps in, I mean if you stick a sphere
>> right next to the lens and have a super wide angle, that isn't the same as
>> an object further away with say a standard lens size. (eg 50mm for 35)
>>
>> So you can track and try 2 solves with 2 different lens lengths, and if
>> there are objects close to camera you should see a difference in shape of
>> any test spheres etc, otherwise it should still lock.
>>
>> I couldn't find anything quickly online to confirm your film back sizes,
>> but someone has created a whole set of presets for cameras (Nathan?) which
>> are very useful on nukepedia.
>>
>> H
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>> * From: * [email protected] <[email protected]>;
>> * To: * Nuke user discussion <[email protected]>;
>> * Subject: * Re: [Nuke-users] Arri Alexa sensor size - camera tracking
>> question
>> * Sent: * Tue, May 29, 2012 7:21:12 AM
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>>   He is right.
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>> From: "Darren Coombes" <[email protected]>
>> To: "Nuke user discussion" <[email protected]>
>> Subject: [Nuke-users] Arri Alexa sensor size - camera tracking question
>> Date: Tue, May 29, 2012 01:01
>>
>>
>> Thanks for the reply Alex, I'll have a look. We have someone here saying
>> that the 18mm lens would not be an 18mm lens in our tracker settings, I
>> just want to make sure what they are saying is right.
>>
>> Cheers.
>> D.
>>
>> On 29/05/2012, at 4:57 PM, Alex Fry wrote:
>>
>> The "crop factor" is described by the sensor measurements you input.
>> Your 18mm lens is still 18mm, no conversion is necessary, your field of
>> view has changed, but not your focal length..
>> An 18mm lens has a different field of view if its mounted on micro4/3,
>> DX, super35, 35 stills, 70mm or medium format, but it remains an 18mm lens.
>>
>>  Have a play with Nuke's camera node, tweaking the focal length,
>> haperture & vaperture knobs to get a feel for the relationship they have to
>> each other.
>>
>> -Alex
>>
>> On 29/05/2012, at 4:27 PM, Darren Coombes <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>>
>> Hi, we have some plates shot with the alexa on a 18mm prime lens.
>> I Need to camera track this material.
>>
>> On the Arri website, it says the sensor size for the alexa is 23.76 x
>> 13.37mm when using the ARRIRAW setting with 1.78:1 aspect ratio.
>>
>> in the camera tracker settings, would I put the film back size as 23.76 x
>> 13.37mm?
>> And then I guess i need to find out the crop factor for that sensor size
>> and use that when entering the focal length of the lens?
>>
>> So if we shot on a 18mm lens, and theoretically the crop factor was 1.5
>> (not sure what the actual crop factor is yet), you would times 18 x1.5? and
>> that would give the right focal length?
>>
>> Can someone point me in the right direction with this? and is my theory
>> of this right? or am i missing something?
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>> Darren.
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