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  • 10-12-2008 6:42pm
    #1
    BeautifulLoser
    Registered Users Posts: 147 ✭✭


    Hi,

    I have a 400d and often get skewed images (a 1 or 2 percent rotation tends to sort it) and I always thought it was just me but I'm not sure as my wife has taken a few skewed shots of late.

    Is it likely to be

    a. me not holding camera horizontal (it is a heavy lens and it doesn't sit in the centre of the camera as the buttons and dials are all on one side)
    b. my camera
    c. my lens (efs 17-85 is)

    (not sure if b or c are even possible)
    and how would I go about finding out for sure?

    thanks in advance!


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    PopeBuckfastXVI
    Registered Users Posts: 5,155 ✭✭✭PopeBuckfastXVI


    Use a spirit level to draw a line at eye height, then shoot the line with your viewfinder grid lined up to it, then see if it comes out level in your picture, or even use the spirit level to level the camera.

    I dunno... something with spirit levels anyway!


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    stcstc
    Registered Users Posts: 2,262 ✭✭✭stcstc


    make sure to turn off the image stabilization

    sometimes you can get barrel roll from it when on a tripod


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    Kbeg3
    Registered Users Posts: 679 ✭✭✭Kbeg3


    PopeBuckfastXVI wrote: »
    .. something with spirit levels anyway!

    Get one of these.


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    BeautifulLoser
    Registered Users Posts: 147 ✭✭BeautifulLoser


    bedlam wrote: »
    - Try your camera on a tripod on level ground.
    - Try shooting with someone else's camera.
    - Have both your legs measured ;)

    Excellent.
    PopeBuckfastXVI wrote: »
    Use a spirit level to draw a line at eye height, then shoot the line with your viewfinder grid lined up to it, then see if it comes out level in your picture, or even use the spirit level to level the camera.

    I dunno... something with spirit levels anyway!

    Ok, used a spirit level and my tri-pod (without IS - ta stcstc) and I think it's me. Also looked back on some of my problematic shots. I have a feeling I tend to line up the bottom of the viewfinder with something straight, but not necessarily horizontal, like the bottom of a building rather than framing the building more naturally in its setting. Make sense? I think the lesson is I must make more of a conscious effort not to get lured in by these false horizons!
    Failing that I'll have to resort to Kbeg3's suggestion!

    Thanks to all for the replies!


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    Stephen
    Registered Users Posts: 18,484 ✭✭✭✭Stephen


    I always used to get uneven horizons on my D50. The D90 I have now has gridlines in the viewfinder, which makes it much easier to avoid :)


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