QDisplaying the Electronic Level
You can display the electronic level on the LCD monitor and in the viewfinder to help correct camera tilt. Note that you can check only the horizontal tilt and not the forward/backward tilt.
Displaying the Electronic Level on the LCD Monitor
1 Press the <B> button.
Each time you press the <B> button, the screen display will change.
Display the electronic level.
If the electronic level does not appear, set [53: zbutton display options] so that the electronic level can be displayed (p.394).
2 Check the camera’s tilt.
The horizontal tilt is displayed in 1° increments. The tilt scale is marked in 5° increments.
When the red line turns green, it
Horizontal levelindicates that the tilt is almost corrected.
Even when the tilt is corrected, there may be a margin of error of ±1°. If the camera is very tilted, the electronic level’s margin of error will be larger.
During Live View shooting and before movie shooting (except with u+ Tracking), you can also display the electronic level as described above (p.218, 258). Note that the electronic level cannot be displayed during movie shooting. (The electronic level will disappear when you start shooting a movie.)
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