Joel
I think that you;re right. A load of photos I took while in Sardinia
last month turned out slanted a little. Normally the correction
required is only 0.5deg.
That's what I meant in my last email, in response to Richard's. If it
looks slanted but it is still attractive, why not leave it so?
Chris
On 20 Nov 2004, at 13:59, Joel Wilcox wrote:
> Chris,
> Even with a Hama spirit level, or equivalent, you take your
> chances. Problem is that OM shoes are rarely square to the film
> plane. That just wasn't in the blueprint apparently. You can sort of
> see
> why with the detachable shoes, but even the OM-2S/4(x) are seemingly
> always
> in a state of unsquareness.
>
> I still use a level almost always, even in the mountains where it is
> really
> kind of silly.
>
> There are times when the effect is especially lousy, however. At the
> Grand
> Canyon I carefully leveled my camera and ended up hating the gentle
> slope
> of the canyon rim into the distant horizon. "Corrected" all scans in
> Photoshop. YMMV.
>
> Joel W.
>
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