On Sat, Jul 31, 2010 at 3:04 PM, Charles Robinson <[email protected]> wrote: > I noticed today that if I pushed "info" twice (or is it three times?) while > in shooting mode, the entire rear display switches to an electronic level, > complete with a sort of "artificial horizon" display. Neato. > > Unfortunately, this made it VERY easy for me to set the camera on top of a > spirit level and visually confirm that my K7's level is actually off by about > half a bubble. :-( > > It doesn't look like it can be calibrated/adjusted, so now I get to turn OFF > the level display, or train my brain to always show the display "a > half-bubble off level" when I want the camera to actually be level. > > So... it was kinda neato to discover that feature, and kind of a bummer what > it shows me. > > -Charles >
It's a new feature with the 1.10 firmware and was documented in the release notes. Note that just about every camera with the feature has calibration issues with it. -Adam -- 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.
