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Its gotta be the shape of our eye, for the same reason the effect works in a mechanical DSLR camera, where light is only refracted through the lens.
by yanatan16 12y ago
Its gotta be the shape of our eye, for the same reason the effect works in a mechanical DSLR camera, where light is only refracted through the lens.
- munificent 12y ago> for the same reason the effect works in a mechanical DSLR camera The sensor on the back of a camera is a flat plane, which is why (with most lenses) you get an image where straight lines appear straight. The sensor on the back of your eye (the retina) is curved.
- TheZenPsycho 12y agostraight lines are straight in a photograph because of precision manufactured optics shaped specifically to achieve that effect, to reduce "chromatic aberrations" and "barrel distortion".