camera object wish list

[grant_PD]

This list is for the video camera object, not the renderworks camera.

-Can we be able to list the pertinent information (camera name, focal length, height, etc) in 2d plan?  Or is this a data tag job?  If it is, how on earth do I make one? 

-Can the 2d field of view be extended to the focus distance?

-Can all of the controls be not incremented by whole numbers? ie when setting up a shot, what if my perfect composition is between 18 and 19 degrees of pan?  I can't enter 18.3.  

-Can we have composition helpers in the camera view (adjustable grids, etc).

 

 

[zoomer]

Good points.

 

I'ld add 2point perspective/architectural Camera

[grant_PD]

I'd also like to add, because I'm all confused by it....Why can't we have a physical camera like the video camera, that when we generate a viewport from, uses that camera view for the viewport?  Right now if I set up a camera, make a viewport and use the "place a copy on the drawing" that copy is not linked.  So if I move it, I have to set the whole thing up again.  I want to:

Set up the camera in plan.

Find the shot, see the shot on a viewport.

If I move the camera, (XYZ move, pan, tilt, zoom, whatever) the viewport updates.  

Like a real camera feed to a control booth.  

[hollister design Studio]

On 5/28/2021 at 12:06 PM, grant_PD said:

...Set up the camera in plan.

Find the shot, see the shot on a viewport.

If I move the camera, (XYZ move, pan, tilt, zoom, whatever) the viewport updates...

This is how one works in most other 3D environments - much simpler/cleaner than VW's 'once and locked' mode.

 

 

Also, not having spotlight, I was disappointed that the renderworks camera didn't have "realworld' lenses and formats.

Now I'm jealous that all you Spotlight people do have them - but us lowly Landmark folks are stuck with nothing!

[grant_PD]

lol @hollister design Studio I feel the same when I need your plants and outdoor materials!