Thread: Distance to travel once targetted?
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Unread 03-02-2007, 08:24
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Re: Distance to travel once targetted?
Yes, the tan() function in <math.h> takes the degrees argument in radians, so be sure to perform the conversion as Kevin's software calculates the tilt angle in degrees.

The units for distance will be whatever units you specified the light height and camera height with. In the .pdf document above, the 116 is inches, so be sure you calculate h (the height of your camera off the floor) in inches, and then the result will be in inches.

Good luck,
Robinson
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