Carrara 8.5 pro...Why does an object in the Preview window look better than any camera?

homey_jay

I know that this is probably a stupid question but every time I mess with any model, simple or otherwise, it looks much better (ie no distortion, weird lighting interactionsetc) in the Preview window of the Shader Room than it does when I render it through a normal camera. I can position the camera in the same place as the viewpoint in the Preview window but it never looks the same when I render it!
What's so special abou the 'camera' in that preview window?