i just did a search on all my drives and the largest .hdr called "Dosch" is the 707K, and that is fuzzy, no matter what.

On a related issue, using the famous "Pond" hdri file that comes with Poser 7 and the free "Ennis House" file, I get crystal clear backgrounds with it on a 360 degree basis....but only with focal length of around 38MM. Anything more than that and it begins to blur.

I don't find operating inside this virtual dome very comfortable. 38MM is not inducive to moving the camera on a human figure (fish eye). Also, shouldn't the light that 'falls' on a model vary according to 'where' in the 'dome' it is sittling? For instance, with the Ennis .hdr which is an interior, it is dim and cool except for one gigantic hot spot where the sun is pouring in a window. How do you actually "move and locate" V4 (for instance) in that space so she is affect by dark/light. I'd want her (in an animation) to walk from way dark to in the sun. I tried but got all queasy attempting to move in the virtual space under an .hdr.

In my opinion, all publishers of HDR/EXR files should ship large, flat stills of the scene to use as backdrop. I guess an alternative is to load your .hdr with nothing else in the scene, set focal length to the optimal (I found that to be 38MM) and render. That gives you a backdrop you can put in place with the probe as the background/lighting.

Does that make sense?

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