This is the subtask to discuss changes to Render default settings for 2.70, copied from the parent task:
**Render Properties**
**Renderer**: Cycles (Way easier to use, more modern and more rewarding compared to BI)
**Dimensions**: HDTV 1080p (useable default size. An industry standard)
**%:** 100% (most of the time you'd want 100% of the set dimensions. Users can lower if they are rendering a preview)
**Output path:** Desktop (/tmp/ is not user accessible on most OS's, so we shouldn't litter it with stuff users can't find. And users need to be able to access their animations)
**Camera**
**Clipping End:** 1000 (100 is very low, you often and up with clipped objects)
**Sensor Size:** 35mm film (The default doesn't match any useful standard. Better use 35mm film)
**Display:** Safe Areas, Sensor, Name: ON (useful basic info when looking through the camera)
**Passepartout:** 75% (makes it clearer what is part of the image and what is not)
**Aperture**: F/stop - Number: 16.0 - Distance:10 (useful default DOF from film cameras. users can tweak from there)