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25 Apr 2024 16:25:18 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Doctor John - FieldCam conundrum  
From: BayashiPascal
Date: 16 Nov 2020 08:50:07
Message: <web.5fb28346ed460f77108b22750@news.povray.org>
Sorry, after sending my previous message and looking at yours again I think I
have misunderstood what this macro does.
Sorry for the useless post...


Thomas de Groot <tho### [at] degrootorg> wrote:
> I need the help of a Matrix Master.
>
> I am a regular user of Doctor John's FieldCam macro which enables
> slanting architecture to look straight. It simulates the professional
> cameras where this adjustment can be done through the lenses.
>
> The macro works perfectly... as long as your scene camera is situated
> about the origin of the Y-axis. Recently, I have been working on scenes
> where the camera is situated at about y=170.00, and strange things
> happen: the camera is moved upwards and forwards, the more so as
> elevation gets greater.
>
> To illustrate this, I have attached a little test scene and an image
> showing the problem. H is the value for the elevation of the scene
> elements along the Y-axis.
>
> I can correct this by adding a translate after the "NoFall" transform in
> the camera code, but I assume that this could better be done within the
> "NoFall" matrix. I have not the slightest idea how to do this.
>
> Thanks for any help.
>
> --
> Thomas


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