One other interesting thing I have found. I normally shoot using my left eye. This puts my nose into the camera body. I subconsciously twist my head so that my nose slides over the the right. Now my eye is comfortably in front of the viewfinder. The interesting problem is with this way of shooting, I tend to rotate the camera just a bit - it seems straight in the finder, but it isn't when I look at the resulting images. I have found that if I look through the finder with my right eye that I can actually shoot straight. I'm thinking that the slight tilt of my head is compensated in my brain to make it look straight.
I have found this on my *istD and K10D. I suspect my film cameras were the same - just harder to measure results with film slop for labs and such. Anyone else noticed something like that? -- Bruce Thursday, July 5, 2007, 1:13:16 PM, you wrote: A> Thanks for the report, Rob. A> Hmmm... A> Currently in the process of developing a pile of raw files, I have A> been terribly disappointed about the number of tilted horizons this A> year. A> I'll certainly check my own camera more closely. A> Jostein A> 2007/7/5, Digital Image Studio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> Some may recall me whining about all my K10D images being rotated by >> 1-1.5 degrees CW some time ago, well I have just tested it a bit more >> thoroughly. It appears that the sensor is very well aligned, as good >> as one pixel over the length of the frame SR on or off, that's good. >> However the finder is a different matter, it wasn't my imagination or >> shooting technique. >> >> The captured image appears rotated slightly (just hair under 1 degree) >> if I use the frame as a visual reference. But wait there's more, the >> focusing screen is also out of alignment but not quite as much as the >> prism. So it looks Like it will have to go in for realignment, that's >> bad, 6 to 8 weeks by my reckoning given past performance, bummer. >> Maybe this info will help someone else, maybe not, but I thought I'd >> share it anyhow. :-) >> >> -- >> 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 >> PDML@pdml.net >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> A> -- A> http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/ A> http://alunfoto.blogspot.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
