You can minimize the "distortion" by keeping the camera level. And I think Mazak has the right idea (and a great scene).

I say "distortion", because technically the geometry is not at all distorted (not with a high quality real camera lens either) - it's just not what humans are used to seeing. For example, print the scene out, then wrap it around your head, a few inches away from your eyes. You'll have to turn your head to see it all, but what you can see in one view will have no "distortion".

I have a tutorial on Vue focal length effects.

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