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Subject: A funky accessory - Hot Shoe Bubble Level

L8RDAZE opened this issue on Jan 06, 2006 · 9 posts
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L8RDAZE ( ) posted Fri, 06 January 2006 at 6:46 PM · edited Fri, 08 November 2024 at 8:41 AM

Attached Link: http://www.naturephotographers.net/gs/hamadb-1.html

I happen to see one of these attached to someones Flash hotshoe and was wondering if anyone here uses something similiar? Seems like it would aid in composing images! Just wonderin'





3DGuy ( ) posted Fri, 06 January 2006 at 7:26 PM

$32 is a bit steep for a simple spiritlevel. Add to that the S&H and it's too much. I think it'll be simpler just to goto the hardware store, buy a bargain leveler for $3 and rip out the spirit levels.

What is a friend? A single soul dwelling in two bodies. - Aristotle
-= Glass Eye Photography =- -= My Rendo Gallery =-

L8RDAZE ( ) posted Fri, 06 January 2006 at 8:05 PM

yeah seems like it geared for those doin QTVR stuff! Nit a must have kinda thang...thats for sure!





DJB ( ) posted Sat, 07 January 2006 at 1:31 AM · edited Sat, 07 January 2006 at 1:41 AM

Not a chance at that price LOL.Ripping apart a level is the option I took.
I know I can do some images a bit tilted, but that is because I was rushing it.
Our eyes can see plumb (vertical) but not level horizontal.

Message edited on: 01/07/2006 01:41

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Onslow ( ) posted Sat, 07 January 2006 at 3:59 AM

Does it only come in green ?

And every one said, 'If we only live,
We too will go to sea in a Sieve,---
To the hills of the Chankly Bore!'
Far and few, far and few, Are the lands where the Jumblies live;
Their heads are green, and their hands are blue, And they went to sea in a Sieve.

Edward Lear
http://www.nonsenselit.org/Lear/ns/jumblies.html

solrac_gi_2nd ( ) posted Sat, 07 January 2006 at 4:41 PM

Richard .............. relevant detail indeed !!!
hehehehehehe :)

Carlos.

P.S.- is the tripod (no matter what colour) with an air bulb 'add-on' some old fashioned artifact ?

Onslow ( ) posted Sat, 07 January 2006 at 5:16 PM

Most tripods have a spirit level built into the head - if they don't then the above accessory is very useful indeed.

And every one said, 'If we only live,
We too will go to sea in a Sieve,---
To the hills of the Chankly Bore!'
Far and few, far and few, Are the lands where the Jumblies live;
Their heads are green, and their hands are blue, And they went to sea in a Sieve.

Edward Lear
http://www.nonsenselit.org/Lear/ns/jumblies.html

3DGuy ( ) posted Sat, 07 January 2006 at 7:40 PM

I have 2 heads for my Manfrotto tripods, neither of which have a spirit level. And they weren't cheap either.

What is a friend? A single soul dwelling in two bodies. - Aristotle
-= Glass Eye Photography =- -= My Rendo Gallery =-

TobinLam ( ) posted Sat, 07 January 2006 at 10:11 PM

The quick-release plates that came with my tripod have levels but you can't see them when a camera is attached!

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