Physical Cam_DOF Calculator and Adjustments

[semi]

Hello together,
as it was always a kind of trial and error method for me if I used DOF in the physical cam I thought about a solution.
In the file you will find a XPresso that gives you the possibility to adjust the camera and DOF parameters in the user datas.
It gives you a visible feedback of the near and far distances for DOF and calculates the hyperfocal distance for you.
http://img.i7m.de/images/xgiem.jpg

UPDATE (03.02.2009)
http://img.i7m.de/images/nmvue.jpg

http://rapidshare.com/files/193483994/DOF_StillCamera_NEW.zip

I would be glad if you could test it and give feedback.

Beste greetings,
...semi

[machmirdenlukas]

thanks semi,
wow, thanks for your effort. quite handy..
cheerz rob

[hiro]

thank you semi, i was playing with your tool the last ten minutes and it works fine, DOF has never been easier! Great!

[ichi.one]

super downloading & testing it now

[semi]

Thanks to a friend I finally can offer an updated version which allows to drag&drop the related camera and Physical Cam-Tag without opening the XPresso itself.

Update in the first post!

Greetings,
...semi

[bentreality]

thanks great ! this seems to be a bit easier to work with than SteadyDOFv2 !

but what I dont get ...

the ISO, F-Stop amd Shutter etc values are not connected to the VrayCameraTag?
so if I change them in your object the values in the VrayCameraTag are not updated?
I have to set the (same) values in both places manually ?

it would be nice to have a slot for a target object, too and to use that for rhe focus distance

actually it would be really nice to change the values in the VrayCameraTag only, and just have them read by your object.
so together w the requested target object you wouldnt have to set any values in your object!
It would only serve as display of the distances!

that would be a nice tool :D

(just a suggestion, smile)

[stefan]

thanks a lot semi!

cheers
stefan