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hi there,

every time I get part of my render very blurred (out of focus). what am I doing wrong?
how can I set up my camera so that the whole scene is in focus? thanks a lot.

Use a larger F-stop.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Depth_of_field

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F-number

Best,
Jason.

As a quick tip, an F-stop setting of 32 will generally put everything in the camera shot in focus.

thank you guys, it seems like higher value for f-stop darkened the whole scene. is it ok to correct this with higher ISO?

Rather than play with those numbers it probably easier to just lock the exposure and use the EV setting to control your exposure -- this way you can adjust the F-stop to your hearts content without messing up your exposure.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exposure_value

Best,
Jason.

Hi Jason,

thank you but how exactly shall I do that with "lock exposure"?
And what is EV and where do I find it? Are those all settings an camera attributes?

EV is short for Exposure value -- the link explain it and gives a table of common values.

Here's a link to more info for your plugin:

http://support.nextlimit.com/display/ma ... +-+Cameras

Best,
Jason.

Don't forget about scene scale. It plays a big role in lighting, DOF, etc... First thing to do is make sure your scene is at the correct scale.

This will help too:

http://support.nextlimit.com/display/maxwelldocs/Camera

thank you guys, I appreciate your help.

I usually also use manual focus distance and set the distance

Well, I have found out that using 2 or 3 node camera simplyfies things a lot.