[crystaldragon]

Quote:

Originally posted by thekingofpain
Do you find a similar squaring of images you see thru your eyes?

Nope!

The eye can do something that no camera lense can, (and I'm not referring to spherical rotation). Our ability to see with accuracy is a function of contiuous "point focus". We do not see everything in sharp focus at the same time. If you could physically "lock focus" on a single point you would see that everything else was "blurred"

As far as us actually seeing a "squared off" image we don't. The eye makes a circular image just like any other lens. The "golden mean" comes into play with objects that we look at . Houses. pictures, cars, etc. It just a ratio that the brain finds "comfortable"

BTW The eye sees in continous motion. The effect of continous motion we see in films / movies / television is an illusion. It is based on what is called "persistence of vision" If you expose an image for less than 1/30 sec and follow it with another just slightly different. the eye/brain combination / blurs them together crating the illusion of continous image. It you look at a filem strip you'll only see individual frames but if you play it at the correct speed it appers to be continuows and smooth. Television (or monitor) for example redraws the complete image 60 times or more per second. A series of "snapshots".

edited for spelling . the old "claws" get clumsy sometimes