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29 Jul 2024 06:23:22 EDT (-0400)
  Re: coordinate system?  
From: bugbear
Date: 4 Sep 2012 07:20:01
Message: <web.5045e3dcfe9f8cc5408aa4ce0@news.povray.org>
Thomas de Groot <tho### [at] degrootorg> wrote:
> On 4-9-2012 10:38, bugbear wrote:
>
> > camera {
> >   location <100, 100, -120>   // Where the Camera is located <x,y,z>
> >   look_at <0, 0, 0>    // Where is the camera is looking <x,y,z>
> >   direction <0, 400/25.4, 0> // 400mm lens
> > }
> >
>
> direction should be along z not y.
>
> direction <0, 0, 400/25.4> // 400mm lens
>
>
> Thomas

Aah - I thought (wrongly) that only the magnitude of direction mattered.

Sanity is restored. Thank you.

 BugBear


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