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Artificial horizon crooked

Started Jul 13, 2015 | Discussions thread
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Andreas Voigt Regular Member • Posts: 179
Artificial horizon crooked

Anybody having the same problem?

The artificial horizon on my m43 cameras (E-M5 and GH4) is crooked. When I first got the E-M5 I was pretty much excited about the artificial horizon, but I learned the hard way that it is not perfectly levelled. I messed up dozens of shoots on a trip to Iceland because only later, when viewing the photos on a large screen, I realized that the horizon is tilted. On my E-M5 the horizon is aprox. 1,5 bars off.

The same problem with the GH4. Totally useless. At least the GH4 has adjustable grid lines. That helps a bit.

My Nikon D800 is the only camera with a perfectly working horizon.

The pictures show the GH4 display. Picture 2 indicates how far off the artificial horizon is.

 Andreas Voigt's gear list:Andreas Voigt's gear list
Sony RX100 Panasonic GH5
Nikon D800 Panasonic Lumix DMC-GH4
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