Purpose
of this image is to study the optics of a Bryce Lens. This image is taken
from the same setup as Lens Effect with the following
differences: The sky is clear, and the spotlight
from "Lens Effect" has been removed. - Point Of View is
now looking at the lens instead of through the lens.
- The lens has been
modified slightly, so it's not the same exact lens.
- A mirror, placed behind
the lens, allows a view through the lens.
- The Poser figure has a laser
beam placed at each eye, one red, the other green, (effected by parallel spotlights,
infinite light, no fall-off, and a gel).
- The laser beams are aimed directly
through the lens.
The laser beam paths seem to
have the following physical problems: - They don't reflect off
the mirror. This is a surprising and serious error in the software, in my opinion.
- The
lens does not seem to bend the beam path, even if there is an effect internal
to the lens
This seems to indicate that the lens is not acting as a focusing
device, even though the mirror image of the lens shows that the scene itself is
bent by the optics. I have verified that the problem is not related to the gel
texture. Therefore, I suspect that ray tracing for refracted and reflected light
beams is not working. |
