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28 Jul 2024 16:31:25 EDT (-0400)
  Re: comparing POV images and photos - camera attributes  
From: Jan Dvorak
Date: 18 Mar 2008 18:59:59
Message: <47e0577f@news.povray.org>
Francesco napsal(a):
>> 1) If you move the viewport you can not get the same view simply because
>>    of the parallax.
> 
> what is the viewport? Cannot I set the POV camera the same as the photo camera?
> 
I mean the point where the camera rays are shot from. This roughly 
corresponds to the camera lens.

You can and probably should.
Add a sky vector when looking straight up or down, before the look_at 
vector. Otherwise Pov-ray does not know which way to roll the camera.

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when..." sigs (I did).
-Johnny D


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