ok here we go, i'll explain what i want to do (again) in the hope someone will be able to answer my question... I have my own digital video recorder, i want to configure a camera object in maya to emulate the settings etc, ie. focal depth, zoom, field of vision and so on, i'm playing about with it but its a real bummer to figure out, what does anyone suggest, is there someone i should talk to that knows about this kind of thing? thanks again people Andy