At 08:09 2/9/01, C.H. Ling wrote:
. . . I have tried to set up a tripod shot with my 16mm fisheye (below
photo), it took over two minutes and my eye got very tire, but the shutter
speed was too slow for hand held.
http://www.glink.net.hk/~gallery/t16-02.jpg
C.H.Ling
Using a super-wide on a tripod can be difficult . . . hand held for that
matter too . . . it can be worse with a fisheye. The lateral compression
(expansion of depth) makes objects rather small in the viewfinder. It is
_very_ easy to end up with a non-level horizon, particularly in urban,
water or other settings with dead level horizons or strong vertical lines.
I don't know if you are using a level, on the tripod head or on the
camera. If not, try using one. If your tripod head doesn't have one or if
it won't show level when you flip vertical, you can get one for the hot
shoe that will provide a level horizontal and vertical directions. My
tripod head has a set of levels built in. Didn't think they would be as
useful as they have turned out to be! I've learned to trust them more than
what I sometimes see in the viewfinder.
-- John
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