what camera lens length should I use for a master plan rendering?

[tomsampro]

Hello,

 

I have a site that is 3 km long, it is a linear site. I would like to make a aerial rendering to explain my concept,

 

what lens length would be appropriate? thanks

[Justin Hunt]

one that will fit the site and look good.

[Chris MacDonald]

Agreed with the above comment. There's no hard rule about it, just go with what looks best. Obviously a long focal length will give the impression of "collapsing" the perspective to an almost parralel projection, and a short focal length will do the opposite and make the far end of the site appear to shoot off into the distance.

 

Depends what effect you're going for I suppose.

[Corey Beaulieu]

For aerial stuff I usually place a camera quite far from the scene and then zoom way in (a high numbered lens, 200mm or so). This helps straighten the verticals because you shouldn't use a camera correction mod or the shift values in a vray cam for an aerial.

[Dimitris Tolios]

In my opinion it should not be less than a short tele lens ~ i.e. at least 75mm or more.

 

Getting a wider-than-natural perspective will be distracting, giving a more un-natural feel than it would in interior scenes - we are used looking at wide angle interior photos/renders already, so we can "take it".