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1222 Chapter 15: Lights and Cameras
Stock Lenses group
15mm, 20mm, 24mm, 28mm, 35mm, 50mm, 85mm,
135 mm, 200mm—
These preset values set the
camera’s focal length in millimeters.
Ty pe —Changes the camera’s type from a Targe t
camera (page 2–1216)
to a Free camera (page
2–1215)
,andviceversa.
Note: When y ou switch from a target camera to a
free camera, any animation applied to the camera’s
target is lost, because the target object goes away.
Show Cone—Displays the cone (actually a
pyramid) defined by a camera’s field of view. The
cone appears in the other viewports but does not
appearinacameraviewport.
Show Horizon—D isplays the horizon line. A dark
gray line appears at the level of the horizon in the
camera’s view por t.
Environment Ranges group
Near R ange and Far R ange—Determine the near
and far range limits for the atmospheric effects set
on the
Environment panel (page 3–268) .Objects
between the two limits fade between the Far % and
Near % values.
Show—Displays rectangles within the camera’s
cone to show the Near and Far range settings.
Top: Conceptual image of the Near and Far rang es.
Bottom: Result after rendering.
Clipping Planes group
Sets options to define
clipping planes (page
3–1015)
. In viewports, clipping planes are
displayed as red rectang les (w ith diagonals) within
the camera’s cone.
Clip M anually—Turn on to define clipping planes.
When Clip Manually is off, geometry closer to the
camera than 3 units is not displayed. To override
this, use Clip Manually.
Near Clip and Far Clip—Sets near and far planes.
Objects closer than the near clipping plane or
far t her than the far clipping plane are invisible to
thecamera. ThelimitoftheFarClipvalueis10
to the p ower of 32.