I see so many tripods with the levels built in - even my $30 WalMart has them - My camera is very lite and the tripod has a hook to hang weight from it when needed, which I know is needed for heavier cameras & lens - cost me a good zoom lens on my film SLR.:((
Roger Hicks wrote:
DON'T economize on these. As peterg pointed out, cheap Chinese ones aren't always actually level. I vastly prefer 2- or 3-axis to circular bubbles: remember that most (?all) 2-axis can be fitted in the shoe two ways for different camera orientations, and they are less expensive and (which matters to me) smaller.
Cheers,
R.