Straight horizons - Thanks a lot!
Aug 11, 2018 06:36:39 #
Aug 11, 2018 06:38:29 #
billnikon
Loc: Pennsylvania/Ohio/Florida/Maui/Oregon/Vermont
BlueMorel wrote:
Awhile ago I posted a photo and some nitpicker sai... (show quote)
On several Sony models, one of the display options is a level line that appears right in the viewfinder, get for level horizons.
Aug 11, 2018 07:06:30 #
Bill_de wrote:
Some Nikons have an indicator that can be assigned to an Fn button via the custom control menu. It provides unobtrusive arrows at the bottom and on the right in the viewfinder. This is seperate from the virtual horizon.
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Also many Fuji X-series cameras provide assists in the form of both virtual horizon and leveling.
Aug 11, 2018 07:07:08 #
FYI, often when the image is "leaning", it isn't that we are not standing straight. Some folks, when they "click" the shutter button, they push the camera down at that point, which makes the image tilted. Just sayin'.
Aug 11, 2018 07:07:14 #
Every camera has 2 level lines and two vertical lines, the four edges of the viewfinder. Line the top or bottom with the horizon before composing, or an edge with a vertical element. You most likely will get things the way you want them.
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Aug 11, 2018 07:18:38 #
Several of the Canons have levels that appear in the viewfinder if you turn on that function. I have found that to be very helpful on occasion, but I also find the Photoshop Elements leveling tool to be very useful as well!
Aug 11, 2018 07:32:33 #
I have a grid on my Nikon to help me because I always tilt my head. In my mind's eye, I'm looking straight at something. In my camera's eye, I'm way off kilter. It is killing me to use the grid to make my photos straight, but I am trying. Now it always looks to me that I am off the other way. Oh well, this isn't important. What is important is I can be out making beautiful memories. If I have to straighten the photo in post, so be it. It takes 1 second and it is even. Good shooting all!
Aug 11, 2018 07:32:48 #
Aug 11, 2018 07:35:23 #
JD750 wrote:
Oh yes I hate when that happens.
And the brighter pixels tend to be lighter so they tend toward the top and the darker ones toward the bottom. It really mucks up an image. So definitely get it right in the camera, (GIRITC) or else spend penalty time post processing and straightening it.
And the brighter pixels tend to be lighter so they tend toward the top and the darker ones toward the bottom. It really mucks up an image. So definitely get it right in the camera, (GIRITC) or else spend penalty time post processing and straightening it.
The remedy is to alternate between shooting with the camera right side up and upside down. That will keep the pixels in their proper positions.
Aug 11, 2018 07:37:41 #
BlueMorel wrote:
Awhile ago I posted a photo and some nitpicker sai... (show quote)
I have my cameras set to display a grid in the viewfinder. That helps. A level horizon can be tricky to achieve, and people sometimes mistake straight for tilted.
One thing to keep in mind is a lack of level when shooting a scene that includes a body of water. We expect the far edge of the ocean to be perfectly level, so when we a body of water shot with land in the picture, we expect the water to be perfectly level, but that's not how nature works. If you're standing at an angle to the land and the water (a river, for example) in your shot, the water will not be level with the horizon. I took a quick look through my pictures but I couldn't find any examples.
Aug 11, 2018 08:11:43 #
jerryc41 wrote:
I have my cameras set to display a grid in the vie... (show quote)
I have seen pictures on here criticized because some folks didn't understand this.
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Aug 11, 2018 08:23:11 #
mizzee
Loc: Boston,Ma
My camera has a visual level in the viewfinder/screen. I also tend to tilt and it really helps keep me on the straight and narrow. Your camera may have this function or you can get a little bubble level that slips into your hot shoe.
Aug 11, 2018 08:23:31 #
jerryc41 wrote:
I have my cameras set to display a grid in the vie... (show quote)
Especially mountain lakes. Lake shorelines are hardly ever exactly straight. It helps if there is a moored sailboat in the composition with the mast straight up.
Aug 11, 2018 08:25:02 #
jimcrna
Loc: indiana/florida
I agree with cameraf4. I noticed lots of mine were tilted right side down then realized I was pushing a bit hard on the exposure button..have since rectified most of the problem with a level meter bottom of view finder. but then maybe im just so slow in composing the pic that the world has "shifted" a bit in the process.
Aug 11, 2018 08:26:52 #
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