Shoe is often not perfectly level.
John Hermanson
Camtech Photo Services, Inc.
21 South Lane, Huntington, NY, 11743-4714,
631-424-2121, www.zuiko.com
Olympus OM Service since 1977
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From: "Earl Dunbar" <edunbar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, February 17, 2005 6:54 PM
Subject: [OM] Re: WTB: OM-1 viewing screen with grid
>
> 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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