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	.. warning::			.. warning::

	The active camera, as well as the layers, can be specific to a given view,			The active camera, as well as the layers, can be specific to a given view,
	or global (locked) to the whole scene - see			or global (locked) to the whole scene - see
	:doc:`this part of the 3D view options page </getting_started/basics/navigating/3d_view_options#lock_to_scene>`.			:doc:`this part of the 3D view options page </getting_started/basics/navigating/3d_view_options#lock_to_scene>`.

				.. _camera_settings:

	Camera Settings			Camera Settings
	===============			===============

	.. admonition:: Reference			.. admonition:: Reference
	:class: refbox			:class: refbox

	\| Mode: Object mode			\| Mode: Object mode
	\| Panel: Camera			\| Editor: Properties
				\| Context: Object Data


	Cameras are invisible in renders, so they don't have any material or texture settings.			Cameras are invisible in renders, so they don't have any material or texture settings.
	However, they do have Object and Editing setting panels available			However, they do have Object and Editing setting panels available
	which are displayed when a camera is the selected (active!) object.			which are displayed when a camera is the selected (active!) object.


	Lens			Lens
	----			----

	.. figure:: /images/Manual-CameraPanel-2.57.png			The camera lens options control the way 3D objects are represented in a 2D image.
	:width: 270px			See :doc:`Camera Lens </render/camera/lens>` for details.

	Camera Lens panel.


	Perspective / Orthographic / Panoramic
	Select what projection type to use. Perspective is the default and makes objects further away
	appear smaller while Orthographic maintains the exact measures of objects. A
	Perspective projection is more similar to what an image obtained with a real camera would look like
	while an Orthographic projection is a more technical view, best for blueprints,
	but worst to convey distances between objects.
	To configure these projections,
	see :doc:`this page </render/camera/perspective>` on vanishing points and isometric view.
	Panoramic renders the scene with a cylindrical projection.

	.. figure:: /images/Manual-CameraView-Camera.jpg
	:width: 200px

	A camera with the clipping limits and focal point visible.

	Focal Length
	Available in Perspective and Panoramic camera types, represents the lens focal length,
	represented in degrees or millimeters. When Orthographic mode is selected,
	the Focal Length setting changes to the Orthographic Scale setting.
	This setting determines the size of the camera's visible area.
	Shift X/Y
	Shifts the camera viewport. Note that most of the time,
	this setting should not be used to adjust the camera position,
	as the Shift setting is relative to the actual camera position, which will not be changed.
	Clipping Start/End
	Sets the clipping limits. Only objects within the limits are rendered.
	If Limits in the Display panel is enabled,
	the clip bounds will be visible as two yellow connected dots on the camera line of sight.


	.. note::

	The 3D View window contains settings similar to the camera,
	such as Orthographic / Perspective and Clip Start / Clip End.
	These settings have no effect on the camera rendering,
	and only change the view settings when not in Camera view.
	These settings are accessed through the :menuselection:`View` menu of the 3D View.

	See the :doc:`3D view options page </getting_started/basics/navigating/3d_view_options#view_properties_panel>`
	for more details.


	Camera			Camera
	------			------

	.. figure:: /images/Manual-Camera-presets-panel.jpg			.. figure:: /images/Manual-Camera-presets-panel.jpg
	:width: 270px			:width: 270px

	Camera Presets panel.			Camera Presets panel.


	.. TODO			.. TODO: Camera Presets

				.. _render-camera-sensor-size:

	- Camera Presets			Sensor size
	- Sensor			As far as Blender is concerned, this setting does the same thing as the focal length.
				This setting is mainly useful when trying to match the camera in blender to a real-life camera, e.g. for
				:doc:`motion tracking </motion_tracking/index>`.


	.. _render-camera-dof:			.. _render-camera-dof:

	Depth of Field			Depth of Field
	--------------			--------------

	.. figure:: /images/Manual-Camera-dof-panel.jpg			.. figure:: /images/Manual-Camera-dof-panel.jpg
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