It's probably level to the accuracy I can read the level. It shouldn't be
too hard to set the camera on a level table and adjust the hot shoe with
shims to get it as level as you wanted. The real advantage of the bubble
level is both providing a quick easy to use reference and a sanity check,
not absolute precision. I've been places where all of the trees lean the
same direction ... If you use a tripod regularly the bubble level sure seems
worth its price to me.
Although I mostly use an OM4, I'm pretty sure I'm a bigger source of error
than the hot shoe. RRS sells the hot shoe bubble levels for $30 and some
multi purpose rails(long quick release plates) that have a built in bubble
level for $75.
-jeff
----- Original Message -----
From: "Earl Dunbar" <edunbar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> But is the accessory shoe on an OM-1 truly level? I seem to remember a
> conversation some months ago about this, and the shoe was not true and
> therefore that method wasn't trustworthy.
>
> Earl
>
> Gene Wilburn wrote:
>
> >I've thought of a bubble level -- any preferences? I think the CV one
> >is supposed to be nice. I would think a bubble level works fine for
> >tripod work but I suspect a grid would be more useable for general
> >handheld shooting.
> >
> >Gene
> >
> >On Thu, 17 Feb 2005 00:00:27 EST, NSURIT@xxxxxxx <NSURIT@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> >
> >>In a message dated 2/16/2005 6:27:36 PM Central Standard Time,
> >>cdnphoto@xxxxxxxxx writes:
> >>
> >>I'm using my OM-1 quite a
> >>bit again and would like to straighten my horizons BEFORE photoshop
> >>
> >>I have the screen which have been custom gridded at Camtech, however
they
> >>are screen 2's and aren't for sale. Well, actually everything has a
price, so
> >>I guess they would be if someone really flashed a bunch of cash. That
is not
> >>the reason for this post. Perhaps a simpler solution is a bubble level
that
> >>fits in the hot shoe. I use them with all my camera from the pinhole
to the
> >>medium format. Bill Barber
> >>
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