'Pinhole' camera

[zardoz]

Hi everyone,

In a cg portuguese forum some user started this thread (http://www.dimensao3.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=2517&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0) about this physical effect.

You can see what I'm talking about here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinhole_camera

I decided to try this in Lightwave. The render is under 1 minute and only 2000 rpe and 1 indirect bounce but it shows it happens. We can see the 'A' letter projected in the opposing wall inverted! Very good.

[serge]

Cool! Thanks for sharing this. :)

[riki]

yeah very cool idea

[Panikos]

The LW camera before LW9.0 was pinhole. The Lens effect wasnt emulated except than the Lens Flare which is an invisible Pixel Filter.

[Captain Obvious]

I did one of those in modo once. Even created a lens for it! Worked quite well. Rendered horribly slowly and was utterly useless, though...