Mine's a long way out It's obvious when looking through the viewfinder or in live view with the grid turned on, but here's a demo with a good quality spirit level (Electronic level says "level"): http://mitch.myzen.co.uk/Levels/K7level1.jpg
And spirit level turned through 180 degrees to compensate for any inaccuracie: http://mitch.myzen.co.uk/Levels/K7level2.jpg I don't want to bang on about it, but thought you'd like to see these (which I posted in the other thread on this subject). I didn't buy the K7 for this feature (didn't even know about it until I read the manual) and I'll stop using the feature (or compensate like William says). For landscapes the live view grid is useful - almost as good as the grid screen I had on my Z1P... Chris > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > William Robb > Sent: 06 August 2009 00:37 > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: Re: How precise is your K-7's spirit level? > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Margus Männik" > Subject: Re: How precise is your K-7's spirit level? > > > > > IF it has a function like this, it should be accurate. At least as > > accurate as naked eye. K-7 is a serious tool, not a toy and > inaccurate > > functions are decreasing it's creditability. For an average person > the > > level is real low-tech and so they think: hey, if even the god damn > level > > isn't accurate, there's no sense to talk about the complex functions > like > > image processing. > > I suspect that the level is more accurate than many of the people who > are > presuming > it is wrong are giving it credit for. > Checking it by putting a cheap harware store level across the hot shoe, > for > example, is not going to give an especially accurate assessment. > The level on my camera is bang on the money, as measured by a $50.00 > contractor grade precision 12" torpedo level. > What I found though, was that I was not able to directly check the > level, I > had to check it somewhat indirectly to get an accurate reading. > If the level is out by a dit or two, it isn't the end of the world, > just use > the dit that is lit when level as the aim point. > Or, you can bitch and whine on the internet if that is what floats your > boat, but it isn't as constructive. > > William Robb > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
