ghostship2 posted at 9:59 PM Wed, 3 May 2023 - #4464201

Yeah, it's like the numbers don't match how a real camera lens would work. The only thing I really remember from photography is that the longer the lens I would use the wider the DOF I could get. But then I'd have to be farther away from the subject to frame it right. With Poser you don't have to worry about that. Also because of that you can make the mistake of using a large focal with a small DOF and make everything in the image look like miniatures.

In my day the standard focal length for a 35mm camera lens used to be 50mm but for studio work I used to use a 135mm lens as that allowed you to get a close up / portrait shot of the model without invading her private space.  Having the ability to close the aperture down to the selected F stop meant you could see the DOF in the viewfinder.   I guess this is one instance where a knowledge of photography might be a hinderance when using Poser.

 

 

I use Poser 13 on Windows 11 - For Scene set up I use a Geekcom A5 -  Ryzen 9 5900HX, with 64 gig ram and 3 TB  storage, mini PC with final rendering done on normal sized desktop using an AMD Ryzen Threadipper 1950X CPU, Corsair Hydro H100i CPU cooler, 3XS EVGA GTX 1080i SC with 11g Ram, 4 X 16gig Corsair DDR4 Ram and a Corsair RM 100 PSU .   The desktop is in a remote location with rendering done via Queue Manager which gives me a clearer desktop and quieter computer room.