Camera limits

I've heard that some folks... security camera makers and some combat bot or something... figured out how to set your camera up to 600m away from your actual position, but the most I've been able to acheive workably is like 50m.

I could think of a bunch of neat (non privacy-invading) ways to use this, but I can't make it work. Does anybody here know... or have a theory about... how this far-reaching camera set works?

Use the debug menu ( ctrl+alt+d), there is a feature called "Disable Camera Constraints" ( under Client somewhere near the end).