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  Re: Questions about panoramic cameras and other stuff.  
From: Ichthyostega
Date: 5 Aug 2002 10:55:13
Message: <web.3d4e91a84746c3d772f2eb850@news.povray.org>
Mike wrote:
>Thanks, but I'm not trying to recreate 3.1's behavior. I was asking about
>keyword order, but I understand now that it doesn't matter.
>
>What I'm confused about is section 6.2.4.6 of the docs state "The angle
>keyword is used to determine the viewing angle." when referring to the
>panoramic camera type.
>

Mike,

Thanks to Peter Popov, who pointed out
>
>there have been substantial changes to the camera code in 3.5 to
>eliminate any dependence on the order of keywords. The only
>requirement is that camera type goes first.

I had a look to the sources. It is clearly not your
fault, panoramic camera ignores the angle.

See the message "Camera Parameters, esp. angle"
I posted a minute ago.

Hermann


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