Way to go, Ultimatez! Good improvements!
When I say the actual lens I mean the glass bit. You can see some ridges in the photo but they are probably more inside the lens, and only visible because of the refractions... an un-rendered image would thus look differently.
Check out this image on how the inside of a lens can look... (too bad, not the exact lumix lens)
@pichuneke said:
Does it means that Netherlands is going to lose next sunday to prove your loyalty to the kings of Spain?
No it means that in football, actually the Dutch players in Spanish clubs are the kings!! 
Nice start...
I looked up an image...
It seems to me that the ridge on the left ought to be flatter and rounder... less of a triangle-shaped thing. And the wheely-thing on top is in the wrong position. The lens is much more like a cylinder and the actual lens-part of the lens should have a smooth section instead of ridged... Also the sides of the camera are much more cylinder-like... a smooth transition to the front and back surfaces, but a sudden transition to the top and bottom...
reminds me of this app I downloaded to my Iphone recently, called "Miss Spell's Class"... The game: a list of 20 regularly misspelled English words... you tell which ones are spelled correctly and which aren't. As quick as possible. I only once got an A, so far... 
nice style, Robert. works best with the elevations... I saw some perspectives on your facebook, they weren't as nice (though still fine)
and uhm what's that fence-kind of thing behind the chimney of the first one? Is that for birds to sit on??
I had a little try in Shaderlight... did need some postpro afterwards, but not much.
then we shall have to take them down....
look at this guy... or gal... can't really see
must be hot, since it's 35 degrees centigrade over here...
err it's a bloomin' cushion??
or maybe you're pointing at the smoothed edge? argh.. I can't think outside of SU terminlogy anymore 
@simon le bon said:
>>How can Basecamp 2010 could be a normal one?? IMO no hope without a revolution!
oh, the French... revolution... 
Just kidding. I think you're completely right. SketchUp-not-so-simple will make it simpler in the end!
I tried to recreate your problem with a random, not too complex model. And indeed; when shadow is turned on, the clipping plane is further away then when it's off. Furthermore, I discovered that the position of the clipping plane is also dependent on the sun altitude! Meaning noon renders correctly, and sunrise and sunset have too big a clipping plane distance.
You do however mention your model contains houses. Is it a city planning kind of model? These tend to have a lot of detail compared to their overall size. The distance of the clipping plane is also dependent on the overall size of your model. Thus, if you have excess geometry in the outer fringes of your model, see if there is anything you can delete....
cool! where can I buy them?
hmm... maybe I could just make them... [grabs DIY kit]
@olishea said:
whatever next....
Oh, what about this one? http://www.blackle.com/
It claims:
@unknownuser said:
Blackle saves energy because the screen is predominantly black. "Image displayed is primarily a function of the user's color settings and desktop graphics, as well as the color and size of open application windows; a given monitor requires more power to display a white (or light) screen than a black (or dark) screen." Roberson et al, 2002
I'd love to go but I can't afford it it's at the very least 590€ to even get there...
