Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/01/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]on 8/1/01 9:17 am, Andrew Moore at dmm@bronze.lcs.mit.edu wrote: >> I came back from Monterey where I shot a bunch of photos. There's this >> great horizon line and it ALWAYS slopes downward left to right. >> Hmmm....now I'm fairly sure that I have lined things up properly and to >> have ALL of them tilted the same way is, well, amazing. >> So, could something in the viewfinder system be causing this? Or do I >> just to take this up with my shrink to get my head on straight. > > Which lens (framelines) are you using in these shots? I noticed that the > wide framelines (35 and 28) seem to tilt as you move your eye horizontally > across the viewfinder. Make sure you're viewing your subject from the > center of the viewfinder and not slightly off. There is a medical condition that can cause this, amazingly. The details are in Ansel Adams THE CAMERA I think. - -- Johnny Deadman http://www.pinkheadedbug.com