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[OM] Re: Composition, alignment and maybe some wabi-sabi

Subject: [OM] Re: Composition, alignment and maybe some wabi-sabi
From: Chris Barker <ftog@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 3 Mar 2008 16:06:25 +0000
I tried mine against the wall this morning, Ian.  It's OK.

Good luck getting yours adjusted.

Chris

On 2 Mar 2008, at 14:46, Ian Nichols wrote:

> My tale really starts with this picture:
>
> http://tinyurl.com/ynqmdz
>
> Which I took on my first outing with the E-3 back in December.  You'll
> notice it's not aligned perfectly, it's rotated ant-clockwise
> slightly.  This bothered me a bit, because I was sure I'd paid special
> attention to alignment at the time.  I let it pass and resolved to pay
> more attention in future.  But then I kept noticing that I seemed to
> have lost the knack of holding a camera level, not that I considered
> myself particularly skilled there, but I noticed a difference.  Then
> there was TOPE 33.  That one came out straight.  I used live view for
> that.  Hmm, I tried an experiment.
>
> I found a piece of old worktop with a nice orthogonal pattern on it,
> set up the E-3/50mm f/2 macro pointing straight down at it (used a
> spirit level), aligned the pattern with the image edges using live
> view and took a picture.  Here it is, shrunk to 1600x1200 pixels.
>
> http://tinyurl.com/2sekcr
>
> Perfectly aligned, I hope you'll agree.  Then I opened the eyepiece
> shutter and looked through the optcal viewfinder.  It was noticeably
> out of alignment, so I rotated the camera (using the geared head)
> until it was back in alignment and took another picture.  This is what
> the sensor saw:
>
> http://tinyurl.com/37ztth



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