Spirit Level ???

[Pirate]

I have a friend that has 2 extra spirit levels, and has offered to send me one, no charge except mailing. Are these things even worth having ? I don't seem to have a problem with horizons or anything, but as I age is this something that might be handy ??

 

[pandinus]

They are great, especially if you use wideangle lenses.
They allso help you with horizons, and architecture photography. I have a tripod with a spirit level and one tripod without, I only use the one with the level. ( I often shoot with my wideangle lense...)

 

[Garbz]

They are good if your horizon isn't straight or you can't find the horizontal reference in the dark. My tripod has 2 2axis spirit levels on it. One for the legs one for the head.

 

[SteveEllis]

Have you seen the little spirit levels you can slip into the hotshoe spot? Anyone know if they are any good.

Tempted to get one just from a gadget point of view

 

[Big Mike]

It might be a nice gadget...although a better option (IMO) would be a view finder screen with several grid lines...that way you can judge what is level when looking into the view finder.

 

[ann]

i have a level that fits in a hot shoe, it works great; when i remember to use it LOL