On Aug 5, 2009, at 14:28 , Margus Männik wrote:
Joseph McAllister wrote:
IF the K-7 had a bubble level inside, you could expect accurate
readings. But it only has a digital
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.
True. My point was that with the price of the camera, you are not
paying for a "precise" level. I understand that if the level is not
accurate, the "self leveling" function is a waste of time. It's
something I just would not use. I have the opportunity to correct
horizons in Live View, and again in Aperture if I messed up in my
exposure. I know I'm not shooting slides, so I take advantage of the
fact that the camera gives me 10% more image than I can see through
the finder. I almost always crop to some extent, and straighten using
Aperture's infinite rotation capability.
As far as the K-7 goes, the sensor has the capability to move in any
direction to some degree, with a pre-determined "home" point. I
imagine that that home point can be set to most any orientation via
some connection to the bottom multi-pin connector. There are far to
many pins there for just battery, shutter button, and the other
buttons contained on the Battery Grip. I think it allows a factory
diagnostic instrument to be connected and many parameters of the
camera's firmware that are not available to the user to be set. Using
that, there is no reason the sensor, the "bubble" and the Live View
grid can't all be made to agree with the optical image in the
viewfinder.
Joseph McAllister
Pentaxian
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