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From: Mike Williams
Date: 17 Jan 2001 02:58:58
Message: <NfgkIBAtxUZ6Ew50@econym.demon.co.uk>

Wasn't it David Fontaine who wrote:

>The left image rendered with Plain Old POV, the right with MegaPOV 0.5
>(without the #version switch to activate MP features).
>
>The camera is an ultra_wide_angle 179, so the right image is correct. It
>has to be a camera problem, because the left is similar (being a
>mathematician that means exact copy scaled) to the center portion of the
>right.
>
>Sorry if this has been addressed before.

The MegaPov documentation says

      9.2.4.  Camera Bug Fixes

      Author: Gerald K. Dobiasovsky

      This patch fixes some bugs in the ultra_wide_angle and cylinder    
      cameras.

Might this possibly be the cause of MegaPOV getting it right?

-- 
Mike Williams
Gentleman of Leisure

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