Hey,

recently I stepped from the normal fsx camera, with the mouse and hat switch on the joystick to TrackIR, now i am able to zoom in, more realistically (zoom 0.80) and i can move my head i a circle motion without touching the keyboard or the hat switch.

i must say it can feel that you see very little with zoom 0.80 sometimes, but i wondered, and the question is for the Beta Team:

what zoom do find the best with the 777? I know it's personal taste though. I want to save some time by relying on the beta team, prepare the opus camera for a quick ride.

so every opinion or comment about that is much appreciated!

 

thanks,

cheers.

 

 

what zoom do find the best with the 777?

 

1.0 - most realistic, non-distorted view

 

0.5 to 0.7 - more realistic periphery

 

Strike a balance that you find comfortable.  There is no answer to this question.

1.0 - most realistic, non-distorted view

 

0.5 to 0.7 - more realistic periphery

 

Strike a balance that you find comfortable.  There is no answer to this question.

Kyle, saw your vids, if i remember correctly you're using zoom 0.80? BTW i figured there's no answer, but honestly i was looking for recommendations. thanks for helping.

I'm running 0.9 with it myself. This is all going to depend on your exact setup though.

Watch these two video series', they do a good job explaining the physics and mathematics of this concept:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qjbCFNSofpk

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=blZUao2jTGA

I'm running 0.9 with it myself. This is all going to depend on your exact setup though.

 

Watch these two video series', they do a good job explaining the physics and mathematics of this concept:

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qjbCFNSofpk

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=blZUao2jTGA

Ryan, thanks for the Info! BTW i watched these two while while ago so i'm familiar with that. cheers.

I have a 27" and I'm running at 0.70 with the camera zoomed back towards the headrest using EZCA.

For me, 0.60 is too fish eye but 0.80 is too close and I lose peripheral.

 

It's going to depend on monitor size and personal preference.

For me, it's 0.80 to takeoff (so I can scan PFD, ND and EICAS without panning), and 1.00 all other times. I find flying visual approaches difficult at any setting other than 1.00 as you need a balance of peripheral vision but also the ability to gauge your trajectory towards the runway touchdown zone.

 

It took me a week in beta to perfect a handflown ILS in the 777 because the NGX HGS had made me lazy! 

I use .90 in the NGX, but have settled on .75 for the 777.  Just got another MCP though, so I will work towards getting closer to .9 again.  I do have TrackIR but just never quite got used to it so EZCA works for me.