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Nope !A curious question: Is the virtual horizon on the Credo working properly if you rotate the back on your tech cam? What I mean is: The back is mounted in landscape orientation, the camera is leveled, the virtual horizon is calibrated and shows 0/0. If you detach the back and remount it in portrait orientation - does the virtual horizon still say 0/0 (as it should)?
Chris
Thanks! It was like this on a couple of IQ140 I had access to, same on one IQ260, same on one IQ250. And it's not a mounting problem of the back which one can easily show by superimposing images made in the two orientations.Nope !
Keep in mind, that it's really precise, and the sensor is mounted in the back / the back is mounted on a plate / the plate is mounted on the camera !
you can use virtual horizon... or value
when in vertical it says 90 and 0, the in horizontal = -0.6 and 1.2
no no no, been there ...If you want the ultimate definition of frustration then try matching your camera body level with the back, the tripod head and tripod levels. Consistently. You might do it once but I challenge you to do it again.
Do you think that the sensor isn't totally align with the back itself ? or the level isn't perfect ?The virtual horizon is a great idea but meanwhile I'm quite sure that PhaseOne's technical implementation sucks.
Chris
To me, it's clearly a problem of the sensor(s) in the back which is/are measuring the orientation. I have no idea why they are off if you rotate the back by 90 degrees. I can't imagine that they can move inside the backDo you think that the sensor isn't totally align with the back itself ? or the level isn't perfect ?
things are complicate at the top ;-)It's definitely not a problem of the back mount or the adapter, at least on my camera. If it was, this would be visible when overlaying images taken in both orientations as they would not align.
Chris
Sure, but the problem is replicable and got nothing to do with a possibly moving tripod or camera. There are user errors which are quite easy to checkChances are that when you remove and remount the back you are moving the camera a bit, which will explain small errors.
when i put it back to horizontal, is says it's levelled !Chances are that when you remove and remount the back you are moving the camera a bit, which will explain small errors.