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Letter: Lights! Camera! Metamirror!

Published 8 April 2015

From Ernest Ager

Metamirrors that reflect face-on light at 45 degrees (14 March, p 16) are not quite new. Whenever an actor shaves or does their hair in a mirror, how do you think the camera (at an angle) manages to capture them face-on when they are shown apparently looking at themselves?
Exmouth, Devon, UK

Issue no. 3016 published 11 April 2015

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