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From: clipka
Date: 12 May 2010 03:35:05
Message: <4bea5a29$1@news.povray.org>



> In POV-Ray Reference:
> "It uses a type of cylindrical projection to be able to use viewing
> angles larger than 180 degrees with a tolerable lateral-stretching
> distortion. The angle keyword is used to determine the viewing angle."

Apparently this is a documentation error - either that, or the panoramic 
camera has never worked the way it was intended to; POV-Ray 3.6.2 shows 
the same behavior.

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