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Re: Sun, distances and self-confidence
From: Fred Hebard
Date: 2005 Jun 10, 17:15 -0400
From: Fred Hebard
Date: 2005 Jun 10, 17:15 -0400
On Jun 10, 2005, at 4:01 PM, Bill wrote: >> Using a star to get index error would be good practice for this. The >> index error should be the same regardless of whether it was determined >> with star or sun. > > Fred > > You do not think that the addition of shades for the Sun IE check > might make > it different than a star IE check? > > Bill > > That would tell you the shades are messed up, I suppose, not knowing how to check shade error. Does anybody have any suggestions for measuring shade error? Fred
