diff --git a/vcg/math/camera.h b/vcg/math/camera.h
index e9dc90d7..a7410297 100644
--- a/vcg/math/camera.h
+++ b/vcg/math/camera.h
@@ -20,108 +20,7 @@
 * for more details.                                                         *
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 ****************************************************************************/
-/****************************************************************************
-  History
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-Revision 1.28  2008/09/09 11:13:27  dellepiane
-new functions to handle distortion: should not affect previous stuff. tested but still error prone...
-
-Revision 1.28  2006/12/21 00:13:27  cignoni
-Corrected a syntax error detected only by gcc.
-Corrected the order of initialization in the constructor to match the declaration order
-
-Revision 1.27  2006/12/18 16:02:55  matteodelle
-minor eroor correction on variable names
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-Revision 1.26  2006/12/18 09:46:38  callieri
-camera+shot revamp: changed field names to something with more sense, cleaning of various functions, correction of minor bugs/incongruences, removal of the infamous reference in shot.
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-Revision 1.25  2005/12/12 16:52:55  callieri
-Added Unproject, from 2D local space + Zdepth to 3D camera space. Added ViewportToLocal, inverse of LocalToViewport
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-Revision 1.24  2005/12/01 01:03:37  cignoni
-Removed excess ';' from end of template functions, for gcc compiling
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-Revision 1.23  2005/10/12 16:43:32  ponchio
-Added IsOrtho...
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-Revision 1.22  2005/07/11 13:12:34  cignoni
-small gcc-related compiling issues (typenames,ending cr, initialization order)
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-Revision 1.21  2005/07/01 10:55:42  cignoni
-Removed default values from the implementation of SetCavalieri and SetIsometric
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-Revision 1.20  2005/06/29 14:59:03  spinelli
-aggiunto:
-- l' enum dei tipi  PERSPECTIVE,  ORTHO, ISOMETRIC,  CAVALIERI
-- inline void SetCavalieri(...)
-- inline void SetIsometric(...)
-
-- modificato
-- void SetOrtho( .. )
-
-Revision 1.19  2005/02/22 10:57:58  tommyfranken
-Corrected declaration and some syntax errors in GetFrustum
-
-Revision 1.18  2005/02/21 18:11:07  ganovelli
-GetFrustum moved from gl/camera to math/camera.h
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-Revision 1.17  2005/02/15 14:55:52  tommyfranken
-added principal point
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-Revision 1.16  2005/01/18 16:40:50  ricciodimare
-*** empty log message ***
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-Revision 1.15  2005/01/18 15:14:22  ponchio
-Far and end are reserved.
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-Revision 1.14  2005/01/14 15:28:33  ponchio
-vcg/Point.h -> vcg/point.h   (again!)
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-Revision 1.13  2005/01/05 13:25:29  ganovelli
-aggiunte conversione di coordinate
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-Revision 1.12  2004/12/16 11:22:30  ricciodimare
-*** empty log message ***
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-Revision 1.11  2004/12/16 11:21:03  ricciodimare
-*** empty log message ***
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-Revision 1.10  2004/12/15 18:45:50  tommyfranken
-*** empty log message ***
-
-<<<<<<< camera.h
-=======
-Revision 1.8  2004/11/23 10:15:38  cignoni
-removed comment in comment gcc warning
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-Revision 1.7  2004/11/03 09:40:53  ganovelli
-Point?.h to point?.h
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-Revision 1.6  2004/11/03 09:32:50  ganovelli
-SetPerspective and SetFrustum added (same parameters as in opengl)
-
->>>>>>> 1.8
-Revision 1.4  2004/10/07 14:39:57  fasano
-Remove glew.h include
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-Revision 1.3  2004/10/07 14:22:38  ganovelli
-y axis reverse in projecting (!)
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-Revision 1.2  2004/10/05 19:04:25  ganovelli
-version 5-10-2004 in progress
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-Revision 1.1  2004/09/15 22:58:05  ganovelli
-re-creation
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-Revision 1.2  2004/09/06 21:41:30  ganovelli
-*** empty log message ***
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-Revision 1.1  2004/09/03 13:01:51  ganovelli
-creation
-
-****************************************************************************/
 
 
 #ifndef __VCGLIB_CAMERA
@@ -244,6 +143,23 @@ public:
     /// transforms a distorted 2D camera plane point in an undistorted 2D camera plane point
     vcg::Point2<S> DistortedToUndistorted(vcg::Point2<S> d) const;
     //--------------------------------
+
+	/// import from a different type
+	template <class S1> 
+	Camera<S> Import(const Camera<S1> & cam){
+		this->FocalMm = cam.FocalMm;			
+		this->ViewportPx[0] = cam.ViewportPx[0];			
+		this->ViewportPx[1] = cam.ViewportPx[1];			
+		this->PixelSizeMm.Import(cam.PixelSizeMm);		
+		this->CenterPx.Import(cam.CenterPx);			
+		this->DistorCenterPx.Import(cam.DistorCenterPx);
+		this->k[0] = cam.k[0];				
+		this->k[1] = cam.k[1];				
+		this->k[2] = cam.k[2];				
+		this->k[3] = cam.k[3];		
+		this->cameraType = cam.cameraType;
+		return *this;
+	};
 };
 
 
@@ -542,6 +458,8 @@ void Camera<S>:: GetFrustum( S & sx, S & dx, S & bt, S & tp, S & nr)
 }
 
 }
+
+
 #endif