On 06/07/07, Godfrey DiGiorgi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > When I'm shooting hand-held, I expect a small amount of mis-framing > through rotation. I've found that the amount of rotation I get with > the DS, K10D, Sony R1 and Konica Minolta A2 has been about the same. > And the amount of rotation I used to get with my 35mm film cameras > (Nikon FM/FE/F3 and Leica M), the Panasonic FZ10 and L1 is less, on > average. I attribute this to the latter cameras having a shutter > release that is on top and operates in a completely vertical > direction, rather than angled down and back from in front of the > camera's centerline, at least when I'm working from eye level. It > seems easier and more consistent to hold the camera level with the > simple vertical release action.
I too obviously expect some variation in rotation frame to frame when shooting hand held but in the case of my K10D the error was obvious in so many shots (particularly those with glaring vertical or horizontal reference lines in frame) and was so consistent. The tests I did proved that the error wasn't simply down to handling and I'm glad as I've never experienced such consistent errors before and I'd not be pleased if I had an inbuilt tilt ;-) -- Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://picasaweb.google.com/distudio/PESO http://home.swiftdsl.com.au/~distudio//publications/ Pentax user since 1986, PDMLer since 1998 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
