>> Can anyone provide an authoritative comment on this or, >> failing that, >> hazard any half likely guesses. > Even illumination of a flat surface -- in particular, > backlighting? Is that an authoritative comment or a half likely guess :-) FWIW, my prognostications suggest that for my application a 1/COS^3 wrt angle from centre response is desirable. Plotting that against Batwing out to around say 60 degrees gives a suspiciously similar if not identical result :-). Russell -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist