How to get Stereoscopic Camera Lens Lengths attribute via Python?

Question

I have a Python script that stores the attributes of a stereoscopic camera into a json file and I am having trouble storing the lens Lengths attribute. I am new to Maya and this might be a very obvious thing to ask so I appreciate any input.

This is what I have tried so far:

import maya.cmds as cmds 

print(cmds.getAttr("cameraMain_C0_ctl.lensLengths"))

I was expecting to see a value of 15 or 15mm but I get zero.

a screenshot of the attribute I am trying to store

Is it possible to store this value?

Thanks.

Answer 1

Use the following code to get the attributes (camera shapes):

import maya.cmds as cmds 

focalLengthCenter = cmds.camera("stereoCameraCenterCamShape", q=True, fl=True)
focalLengthLeft = cmds.camera("stereoCameraLeft", q=True, fl=True)
focalLengthRight = cmds.camera("stereoCameraRight", q=True, fl=True)

print(focalLengthCenter, focalLengthLeft, focalLengthRight)

# Result (70.0, 70.0, 70.0)