I never seem to upload a render to here which displays well. Maybe that depends on the current moderator at any given time but who knows. So here I inserted a point lamp right over the foreground where I have a observation / question. In particular the lower left hand corner.
While I like the 35mm default lens in this animation I want the real human field of view. With the least distortion if you will. And, this has been done using a 50mm lens which is standard in the film world although some photographers say a 60mm is closer to that. Now while I was interested in photography many years ago and knew about parallax and all that this is a recent observation in Blender. Although I have no idea why this would surprise me.
Our lenses here evidently have the same distortion as if I had that Nikon N90s in hand. And, what I’m talking about is the floor board in the lower left hand corner and how fast the size falls off as your eye moves to the right. Part of this is no doubt how long it’s been since I actually attempted any serious photography and also how readily our eye accepts distortion in a photograph. And, if distortion is not the right word I apologize to our current photographers but hopefully you know what I mean here. But, I repeat a viewer will readily accept this in a photograph.
Maybe I will try a 60mm just to see how that reads but it’s obvious our choice of lenses in an animation makes a difference. And, yes between shots you could change the lens and that would be right on time to get your story across and add some drama. But, in a walkthrough situation that wouldn’t play to well as I see it.
Just a thought for our new animators here hopefully. You seasoned directors no doubt have all of this covered. lol