Getting your shots leveled for architecture,.. aargh

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Robin Casady
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Re: Digital Level
In reply to Mark den Hartog, 7 months ago

I just remembered. There is a caveat to using this device. It needs a reference surface to zero it to. That could be a problem in the field. If you can find a vertical or horizontal surface that is plumb, you could use that. Once you have it zeroed, you could leave it on for the rest of your shooting session. I think battery drain is very small. Perhaps zero it before you leave home/work on a shoot.

As for mounting it, I have two ideas. The digital level has magnets on bottom and on one side for holding to a steel surface.

  1. If you use a Kirk or RRS L-bracket, you could bolt a 1/8" thick steel plate (just large enough for the magnets) onto a quick release bracket. Clamp the bracket on the side of the L-bracket not being used. The side magnets would attach steel plate. You would need to use a flat-head 1/4-20 machine screw and countersink the plate.
  2. You would have to fabricate a flash shoe with a metal plate attaced. 

Mark den Hartog wrote:

That is a nice suggestion.

I still would like to mount it on my hotshoe... there must be ways to do that

Robin Casady wrote:

http://www.woodcraft.com/product/2005894/39228/wixey-wr-365-digital-angle-gauge-wlevel.aspx

http://www.woodcraft.com/product/2005894/18124/wixey-digital-angle-gauge.aspx

I have the second one and use it to insure the camera and copy stand table are parallel. Works well. Never tried it when shooting on a tripod.

I would probably use it to level the tripod head, and then mount the camera with a quick release.

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