Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/11/11

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Subject: [Leica] Breaking the tilting habit?
From: richard-lists at imagecraft.com (Richard)
Date: Sun Nov 11 16:16:44 2007
References: <0JRC005K4M2QJU00@l-daemon> <473794B9.3070502@gmx.de>

Not all tilts are bad: 
http://www.dragonsgate.net/photopost/showphoto.php?photo=10960 I 
think they can add some "tension" to the composition: 
http://www.dragonsgate.net/photopost/showphoto.php?photo=10129, but 
with super wide though, do what Ted say :-)


At 03:48 PM 11/11/2007, Douglas Sharp wrote:
>Thanks for the tips Ted
>Hardly ever used to have the problem before I needed glasses. When I 
>was still using a Rollei 2000F I had a gridded screen too - a great 
>help for really WA shots (just got hold of a screen like that for 
>the 3003 I recently bought too).
>I have one of those HAMA plexiglass blocks with two-way bubble 
>levels, but as soon as you're close enough to look through the VF 
>you can't see it any more - superb for tripod work though.
>But at least since I started with the Canon 20D I can line horizons 
>up against the AF sensor marks.
>

// richard (This email is for mailing lists. To reach me directly, 
please use richard at imagecraft.com) 


In reply to: Message from tedgrant at shaw.ca (Ted Grant) ([Leica] Canon G9 or Leica M8?)
Message from douglas.sharp at gmx.de (Douglas Sharp) ([Leica] Breaking the tilting habit?)