"Paul Bourke" <pau### [at] gmailcom> wrote:
> I have the need for a custom camera, specifically an omni directional
> stereoscopic panorama (cylindrical, not equirectangular). I've done this in the
> long distant past by modifying the source and building my own version.
>
> I thought I would try the mesh_camera but it seems not as useful as I imagined.
> I can readily create the meshes and am getting the right results but ...
>
> 1. Loading the mesh takes a very long time for high resolution images. The LED
> cylinder I'm creating for is 12816x2048 pixels, even for 1/4 resolution tests
> the mesh loading takes longer than the rendering and it's probably 16x longer
> for the full resolution.
>
> 2. Is there there still no efficient/clean way to do antialising.
>
> Am I missing something?

Hi! Wouldn't using stochastic sampling ("AM3") with zero value for aa but a tiny
camera depth of field "aperture" so that you can keep its sample count minimal
between 3 and 5, the whole thing focused at the distance of your cylinder's
surface do the trick for you ? (I often ended uo using no aa and using only
aperture instead in the cases where I wanted some really photographic look
anyway. and it ended being a better trade off.

Otherwise, Le Forgeron's branch (HGPOVRAY38) has many additional camera types,
(among which a stereo one) does none suit your use?

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