The director might need to read into the fundamentals of his job. In first place the focal length doesn't mean much without knowing how big the film back is and where it is.
40mm on a m4/3 (or any small sensor) is a fairly long lens, like shallow depth portrait long. On an Epic it's actually closer to a 37mm on a 35's film back, and on a 35's film back it's a natural lens. Assuming that, like many, he assumes the 35mm film standard (not to be confused with a 35mm focal length), you should set your film back to a 35mm full frame sensor settings, and then whatever focal length will match his expectations. If he refers to lenses he shot plates with, he needs to let you know what they were shot with. Shooting with a GH3, a m4/3 black magic, a 5D MIII, a Phantom or an Epic all respond from wildly to slightly differently to focal lengths. The settings in Soft make perfect sense, and the ones in Maya don't differ really, just some of the camera settings are actually stashed away or slightly odd. It's time to study the basics of photography/camera work if you think the ones in Soft don't make sense. The only difference is Maya might have defaults and things hidden away that for the one sequence happened to be lucky, but the two apps don't differ. On Thu, Apr 18, 2013 at 8:26 PM, Ben Beckett <[email protected]> wrote: > Sorry maybe I have confussed I mean the standard numbers such as 40mm 35mm > 22mm lenz, When he said lets try a 40mm lenz how does that equate in soft > > Thanks > > > On 18 April 2013 11:10, Jens Lindgren <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Yeah the Film Aperture should really be in mm in Softimage... Don't get >> why it's in inches. >> >> /Jens >> >> >> On Thu, Apr 18, 2013 at 12:08 PM, Leonard Koch >> <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> I would think because mm is the standard in focal lengths. >>> Lenses' focallengths and also sensor sizes - which also play a role in >>> how much the camera sees - are always given in mm. >>> On Apr 18, 2013 11:44 AM, "Ben Beckett" <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Hi >>>> >>>> Maya's cameras clearly have a defined Focal Length Tab. >>>> >>>> Where in Soft is this because sitting with the Driector yesterday soft >>>> really did it self no favours, I was telling him how it a great app is but >>>> he now not having any of it. >>>> >>>> On the camera prop's menu there is the Focal Length but its in (mm) >>>> , can it be switch, and why mm's. >>>> >>>> Thanks >>>> Ben >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >> >> >> -- >> Jens Lindgren >> -------------------------- >> Lead Technical Director >> Magoo 3D Studios <http://www.magoo3dstudios.com/> >> > > -- Our users will know fear and cower before our software! Ship it! Ship it and let them flee like the dogs they are!
