The "el cheapo digital camera" has a pixel array. If you say the moon is oval in the
original print, then the only other explanation is that the moon was not exactly full.
Near the horizon, this would give a loss in vertical dimension.
Regards,
Bob...
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Shel Belinkoff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, February 27, 2001 1:18 PM
Subject: Re: Oval Moon
> I don't know anything about "pixel array" Bob ... the moon is
> oval in the photograph, which was taken on film, and processed
> the old fashioned way, with wet chemicals, and printed on
> regular paper. I don't know how pixels could enter the equation
> considering the moon is oval in the original print.
>
> Bob Blakely wrote:
> >
> > The moon in your photo is indeed oval [...]
> > best guess is that the pixel array
> > is not perfect (pixels aren't exactly square)
> > and the software does not apply perfect
> > correction.
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