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  Re: Panoramic camera fix on 180 degrees - a bug?  
From: Friedrich Lohmüller
Date: 12 May 2010 06:08:46
Message: <4bea7e2e@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.
Thanks for clearing this!

Your right: The spherical camera works correkt for skyspheres!

Friedrich

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