[Mihai]

Why fstop 16? This means very very little light reaches the 'film'. Even in bright daylight you would need a very sunny day to get a proper exposure using f16. It depends ofcourse what your shutterspeed and ISO settings are. Have a look at some photography sites where they explain these camera settings. Higher fstop means less light reaches the film. The scale goes:

f1.4, 2, 2.8, 4, 5.6, 8, 11, 16. With every stop in this scale, half the light reaches the film.

[3ddrummer]

I misunderstood Toms 'Depth Of Field' tool. I want as much light as possible (within reason) in the interior renders. Thanks for that tip. I need to brush up on BASIC CAMERA 101.

Any suggestions?

[dariolanza]

Hello 3ddrummer,

To learn more about cameras we can advise you to take a look at this topic in this same forum:

http://www.maxwellrender.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=8218

Is a photography basics for Maxwellians (written by hdesbois).

We created a site for teaching about Maxwell. this site is "Think!" You will find a link in the Maxwell front page.
There a lots of tutorials and videotutorials to learn interesting things about Maxwell.
There is an specific tutorial about cameras, take a look:

http://think.maxwellrender.com/search.p ... ds=cameras

I hope this could help you to understand how a camera works.

Regards

[3ddrummer]

thanks Dariolanza
reading through those helped me understand basic photography and maxwell photographic setup