On 2 Dec 2004 at 14:29, Collin Brendemuehl wrote: > BTW, rectilinear is a distortion, not the lack of it. It's done to produce an > effect which is not natural to either the human eye's vision characteristics > or > to normal lens designs.
Sorry I'll have to respectfully disagree on this one. Considering that the captured image is to be displayed on an essentially flat output media a rectilinear projection is most appropriate and will provide minimal distortion. What it seems you are complaining about is the ultra-wide AOV? The fact is that anything wider than normal AOV (ei a projection that replicates our natural perspective of AOV at a given viewing distance) will look distorted at the incorrect viewing distance. Conversely a cylindrical (continuous pano) or spherical (fisheye) projection will be distorted at any AOV on a flat output media however it they appear less objectionable than a rectilinear projection viewed from an inappropriate distance. http://www.path.unimelb.edu.au/~dersch/perspective/Wide_Angle_Perspective.html Cheers, Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://members.ozemail.com.au/~distudio/publications/ Pentax user since 1986, PDMLer since 1998
