Thread by @tristwolff

#Midjourney does not reliably understand lenses.

However, at least in an #AICinema context, you can use shot sizes to approximate the lens.

🧵 Here's how ...

(prompts ➡️ ALT)
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Basically, you can choose between these lenses:

🏔 Wide-angle lenses (10mm to 35mm)
🕺 Standard lenses (35mm to 85mm)
👀 Telephoto lenses (85mm to 300mm)

They often correspond to these shots:

Wide angle (wide-angle)
Medium to medium close-up (standard)
Close-up (tele)

Prompting for "close-up", getting medium close-ups ... 😊
We wanted tele, but are probably a bit off toward standard. However, given the depth of field and compression, closer to 80mm than to 50mm. Fair enough.

We just go one step further and ask for an "extreme close-up", ending up with a close-up shot.

If we wanted to go further, we could use different variants of repetition to get to actual extreme close-ups:

Medium shot. I'd say right on target.

Wide angle. Again, a bit too narrow, probably still in the standard lens range?

Enforcing with repetition and we get a more distorted wide-angle shot.

It's probably also possible to reproduce these effects in studio settings with negative prompting and weights. I will look into this here: medium.com/@tristwolff

For more shot sizes, camera types, prompting for props and other cinematic prompt gimmicks, check my three-part tutorial on "Cinematography with #Midjourney"
medium.com/design-bootcam…

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