• narz

  2 days ago

  When this addon first appeared, I couldn’t believe it. Who could have imagined such a precise implementation of an actual lens?
  Now, whenever I see renders without this addon, they feel so flat and fake.

  That said, there are a few drawbacks. Since it uses an ORTHOGRAPHIC-type camera, controlling movements like camera shifts can be inconvenient. Additionally, because of the virtual aperture plane, there are challenges in avoiding interference when working with multiple cameras.

  Despite these minor issues, this is an incredible addon, and I regularly recommend it to others. Thank you so much for creating this amazing tool! 👍👍👍

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  Håvard Dalen

  2 days ago

  Thank you narz!
  I am currently working on a setup that works with a perspective camera, improving the viewport navigation a lot. I might be able to improve the interference issue too. Look out for the next update ;)
• Robin

  4 days ago

  awesome and fun to play around with cant seem to find the lens dirt textures. do i need my own or are they inclueded in the addon?

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  Håvard Dalen

  3 days ago

  Thanks Robin!
  Dirt textures is not included, if you want a place to find textures I would recommend:
  https://3dassets.one/
  I think I used this one in the tutorial:
  https://www.cgbookcase.com/textures/fingerprints-01
• Reagan

  5 days ago

  The addon breaks when you move the camera too far away. At a long enough distance, it will disregard objects moving towards or away from the camera as if to suggest object locations are baked into the lens view (except for movement along the z-axis). This addon is useless for complicated animated scenes that require a lot of camera movement.

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  Håvard Dalen

  4 days ago

  Hi Reagan,
  I'm sorry to hear about the problems you're experiencing. Please feel free to send me a private message here on Blender Market so I can investigate the issues further.
• rockanimations

  6 days ago

  Amazing addon. It does exactly what it advertises, but as you can see, I'm giving it 4/5 stars. The reason is that it could be very finicky at times. The document says "If the camera lens parameters are changed outside of the Lens Sim panel, the lens setup may break", but sometimes it breaks even when you're using the addon correctly. I've had instances where I put it to render, and the renders come out completely black even when I haven't changed anything. This could be fixed by enabling and disabling the lens, but it's a common enough issue that I need to bump my rating down a star. This is just the initial release of this addon though, so I'm hoping it's something that could be fixed eventually. Some complicated node setups may not render completely right, but those rare instances are related to issues with Blender's Ray Portals, and not the fault of the addon, so I won't make it down for that. Don't let my complaint stop you from getting the addon though. It is still very much worth it, and these issues are easy to deal with. It's just something I felt needed to be addressed.

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  Håvard Dalen

  4 days ago

  Thanks rockanimations!
  Could you send me a private message here on Blender Market, so that I can investigate the black render issue?
• misha siegfried

  12 days ago

  Such a phenomenal add on. I've been using it for a few weeks and it really brings a level of realism to my work. Totally stunned by its quality. My only request for future versions might be to include some lense from C-Seires Panaflex or Cooke lenses, but only for my cinematic options. But that would only add to what is already an amazing add on.

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  Håvard Dalen

  4 days ago

  Thanks!
  I'll gladly implement new lenses if you can find the patents for them. One user has found a Cooke patent, I think I will post it on the blenderartist forum when its implemented :)
  (https://blenderartists.org/t/lens-sim/1557203)
• Andrew Galusha

  26 days ago

  Game changing to photo-realism in blender

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  Håvard Dalen

  21 days ago

  Thank you Andrew :)
• fahad

  27 days ago

  Used similar camera lens addons, but this one is different. It makes renders realistic, Love it.

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  Håvard Dalen

  21 days ago

  Thanks fahad!
• Reza

  27 days ago

  Great add on, makes all the other camera addons look bad in comparison.

  BTW if the addon is running very slow for you, change 'Material' view to 'Solid' view. I use 'Render' view and 'Material' view in split tabs and took me a while to figure this out

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  Håvard Dalen

  21 days ago

  Thanks Reza!
  I've recently worked to optimize the code to address some performance issues, I'm aiming to get it out early next year. Hopefully that will improve the performance further :)
• Omid

  29 days ago

  Just incredible. Can't wait to play with it more.
  11/10

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  Håvard Dalen

  21 days ago

  Thank you Omid!
• David Mikucki

  29 days ago

  Absolutely fantastic. I've wanted something like this for years. Thank you for making it!

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  Håvard Dalen

  21 days ago

  Thanks David :)

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