stephengilbert
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Acratech makes a good, i.e., accurate, level (based on a small sample size ). It's a bit of extra work, but is accurate: http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/599683-REG/Acratech_2165_Level_Quick_Release_Plate.html
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thanks for the link... orderedAcratech makes a good, i.e., accurate, level (based on a small sample size ). It's a bit of extra work, but is accurate: http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/599683-REG/Acratech_2165_Level_Quick_Release_Plate.html
Great product, but unfortunately it does not help the issue of plates and L-brackets not being perfectly parallel and/or perpendicular with the camera they're mounted to.Acratech makes a good, i.e., accurate, level (based on a small sample size ). It's a bit of extra work, but is accurate: http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/599683-REG/Acratech_2165_Level_Quick_Release_Plate.html
did not yet see such issues with my kit. I don't have an L bracket, though.Great product, but unfortunately it does not help the issue of plates and L-brackets not being perfectly parallel and/or perpendicular with the camera they're mounted to.
very usefull little accessory! Thanks again for the tip.Acratech makes a good, i.e., accurate, level (based on a small sample size ). It's a bit of extra work, but is accurate: http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/599683-REG/Acratech_2165_Level_Quick_Release_Plate.html
I would agree with this. Most tripod heads that use a single bubble for all planes are rarely accurate enough so I either have one in the flash bracket or use the ones in my Alpa Max Body). The cube also has independent bubble levels for each direction so it's more accurate than most heads, but I've found my cube levels seem to be off just a tad.I'm listening Thomas so please explain how geared leveling is more accurate. Does it have more accurate or higher resolution level indication (e.g,. bubble level)? After all, the limiting factor in achieving level is in the resolution/accuracy of the level indicator - not the mechanism which tilts the base.
For the non cube kind of guy I use the virtual horizon function quite often. Works really well but would be nice if at some point a firmware update that would allow maybe a 3 second press of one of the 4 buttons and it automatically came up. Did anyone at Phase hear that request. :ROTFL:I would agree with this. Most tripod heads that use a single bubble for all planes are rarely accurate enough so I either have one in the flash bracket or use the ones in my Alpa Max Body). The cube also has independent bubble levels for each direction so it's more accurate than most heads, but I've found my cube levels seem to be off just a tad.
Lately i've been using the virtual horizon function of my phaseone back, or an app on my iPhone both which seem very precise and pretty easy to use when I want the base more critically level. Geared head (I have a cube) makes it very accurate and easy. As Jack mentioned, with the cube a leveling base is sort of redundant ... really don't need it.
Of course, you can always use another cube as the leveling base ...
http://forum.getdpi.com/forum/showthread.php?t=12056
Wayne, what is the iPhone app?
I use iHandy Level. Has both a traditional bubble level and a surface level.Jeff,
There are various level apps, but they share the same problem: the physical shape of the phone. My iPhone 3G has a rounded back. For the level to be more than a toy, you'd need a flat back on the phone and a flat surface to put it on.
Steve
Yes it does, Don.Does the virtual horizon function switch planes as you move the back from horizontal to vertical?
oh ... I hope someone at Phase is listing (Kevin?)For the non cube kind of guy I use the virtual horizon function quite often. Works really well but would be nice if at some point a firmware update that would allow maybe a 3 second press of one of the 4 buttons and it automatically came up. Did anyone at Phase hear that request. :ROTFL:
Yes.Does the virtual horizon function switch planes as you move the back from horizontal to vertical?
Thanks Wayne. I'll try anything. I just wish Hasselblad had the virtual horizon feature.I use iHandy Level. Has both a traditional bubble level and a surface level.
The case I had my iPhone 3gs resolved that issue. However, I now have the an iPhone 4 (no antenna issues for me at all), and the new iPhone design is very easy to use as a level. One side is very flat, and the back is very flat now.
... ah... didn't think of that!!!Looks like a good accurate level and worth getting for that alone.
Of course the magnetic attraction of it won't help with the cube. If you're not sure why I'll leave that as an exercise for the reader