Ian wrote:
> Ok, here's an idea: take a nice flat piece of sheet metal, about 2-3mm
> thick, about as wide as a camera body but twice as deep.
> Make a hole or
> slot in it for the tripod screw so that it will fit between
> the body and
> tripod plate, with the extra depth sticking out behind the
> body. Put a
> conventional spirit level on that.
>
> Hopefully the frame top & bottom edges are parallel with the bottom
> plate?
>
Yes, I had thought of that idea too. I think it is the best practical
solution. I have a manfrotto (Bogen ?) tripod which has spirit levels in
the head, and that's not accurate either as the quick release plate doesn't
**guarantee** that the bottom plate of the camera is parallel to the plane
of the spirit levels (the quick release plates have cork or rubber to avoid
metal-metal contact on the bottom plate of the camera).
Wayne Harridge
Ivanhoe, Victoria, Australia
http://www.geocities.com/Paris/Louvre/6152/
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