Camera Distortion

Graygecko_63b06fd4c9

I don't like the way the camera exaggerates proportion when doing closeups of a seated figure. The knees and legs tend to be unnaturally large while the head and torso are too small.Is there a camera lens feature that can minimize this distortion?? It also affects the ability to do closeups as in the exmple provided. The elongated shin dominates the scene and controls how close you can get to the face.  His foot is bigger than his head. That should not be.  Is there a lens setting that gives a more balanced view?

felis

The image is small, but my guess is it is using a short focal length. It is known as fish eye effect (though for even shorter focal length)

But in order to have a higher focal length and keeping the image (kind off) you will need to move the camera backwards. If you then hit a wall, see if you can hide it. And if not you can use an Iray section plane to have the wall invisible for the camera when you render.

Graygecko_63b06fd4c9

I changed the picture to something more accessable. Unfortunately if I back the camera off I also lose the closeup.

nemesis10

I don't know if this helps but, in photography, this is exactly what focal length does.  If you have ever take a cellphone selfie, you might notice that you look a little odd with your nose a little bulbous and your face a little round due to the cell phone camera's short focal length.  The default focal length in most Daz scenes seems to be about 50 to 65.  Portrait cameras generally use a focal length of 100 to 300.  You can adjust this by selecting the camera and in Parameters changing the focal length, and, then as Felis mentioned, moving the camera.  Iray Planes will work best since your image lighting is assuming the wall is there but often you can just hide the obscuring wall.   I recall a thread where someone was trying to use an Orestes HDRI but they couldn't get the planet to appear large in the sky.  The answer was to change the focal length of the camera:

Graygecko_63b06fd4c9

I've been playing with that. From what I know about Photography that seems to be the answer. Nice scene BTW!.

markusmatern

This is a little demonstration of different lens settings. The images are aligned, so that the front feet of the sofa are in the same spot in the image:

The 30mm lens shows much more background than the 80mm lens. Even if the 30mm lens technically is closer to the subject.

Also the distortions are much larger using the 30mm lens. The leg looks longer and the backrest of the sofa lower.