Buy it, it's the easiest way to level your camera on a tripod or by hand, IME.
I have one with two axes that was about $30-40. I wouln't be without it. IMO
the best solution is what I use, a Kaidan head + the one in the hot shoe. The
bubble level on the Kaidan head is cantilevered out on a long bar, so it's more
sensitive as it's rotated. But you can get close enough with careful use of an
in-camera level for most work. I don't believe that the OM-1's detachable shoe
will introduce much error.
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Subject: [OM] Spirit levels.
From: "Gareth.J.Martin" <g.j.martin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 11 Aug 2004 10:58:44 +0100
To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
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>Dear All,
> I've been pondering purchasing one of the spirit levels which
>fit in camera hotshoes for my landscape photography as a stop-gap before
>I purchase a new tripod, hopefully with an in-built spirit level in the
>head. I was thinking about the detachable nature of the shoe used by my
>OM-1n and since it is not part of the camera and can move around whether
>or not this would add an error to the level indicated by the spirit
>level. Has anyone had any experience with this problem?
>
>All the best,
>Gareth.
>
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