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My Answer on Quora: What is the standard lens length in Maya 3D?

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I chanced upon a question on Quora: Question:  What is the standard lens length in Maya 3D? I decided to answer that, and here is my reply. I hope it sheds some light to people wanting to know how to establish a relationship between camera settings in the real world and the virtual counterpart in Maya. Answer:  Indeed, many artists with no experience in photography will not be able to easily understand the relationships between focal length and sensor sizes / ratios. Having worked in the "camera department" on Hollywood films, it has given me great insight into the relationships between the physical camera and the virtual one in Maya. Maya does not make it easier. What we know in the VFX/Film world as "sensor size" / "film back" / "film format", is known in Maya as "Camera Aperture". This attribute is found in any Maya camera's shape node. In the attribute editor under the Film Back section you will see: Film Gate, Camera