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Not a flat earther myself, but I will say they are right about one thing: fisheye lenses are really popular in photography of the Earth from space or near-space
by binary132 2y ago
Not a flat earther myself, but I will say they are right about one thing: fisheye lenses are really popular in photography of the Earth from space or near-space. It’s one of those things you don’t notice until someone points it out to you, and then you see it everywhere.
- samatman 2y agoI'm sure they're right about a lot of things! Water is wet, for instance. The moon waxes and wanes. That sort of thing. If you want to photograph a wide field of view, you use a fisheye lens. Humanity hasn't spent a lot of time far enough from Earth that it doesn't fill a wide field of view, although we do have some rather nice photographs from both humans and machines which have made it out that far.
- binary132 2y agoIt has the added benefit of making something round which sometimes looks surprisingly not all that curvy look curvier.
- zamadatix 2y agoA bit like realizing FOV is a big thing in FPS games. Makes a lot of sense why it would be useful once you know it but if you just go play an FPS for the first time you might not think about it until you look over and see your friend can see you and you can't see him.