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From: Friedrich Lohmüller
Date: 12 May 2010 06:05:03
Message: <4bea7d4f$1@news.povray.org>

clipka schrieb:

> 
>> 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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