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USING VIRTUAL HORIZON TO SHOOT PANORAMICS I am not one who is keen on throwing away valuable pixels because of framing errors, so straightening and cropping an image in post is always something I want to avoid.
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It is difficult enough trying to find a shooting situation that works aesthetically, positioning yourself, dialing in critical focus, adjusting filters, evaluating exposure, and then, on top of that, making sure your camera is not askew. Before I had a camera with this feature I would spend a lot of time setting up my framing, and trying, sometimes desperately in fading light, to get the camera level. I hope you can now see how convenient this set up is. Rectangles above the center line - tilt the camera up. The same for the up and down pitch indicator. So, if you see several rectangles on the right side of the center of the scale on the bottom you must roll the camera to the right to center it. One thing to remember when leveling the camera is that you always want to roll or pitch the camera in the direction of the stacked graduations. The scale on the right shows camera pitch up or down. Just to be clear, the scale at the bottom indicates camera roll from side to side. If the camera is level you will only see the center line and a small arrow point under it.
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The more the rectangles the more the camera is tilted away from level. If the camera is not dead-level you will see the center line for each indicator and graduations in the form of those small upright rectangles in the direction which the camera is tilted on either axis. Now, in reality, it will not look like this. Notice the scales at the bottom and at the right.
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Viewfinder of Nikon D810 with Virtual Horizon Indicators Here is an example of what you will see in the viewfinder when VH is active. Since the function button is located just under the Depth of Field (DOF) button it is really easy to call up the Virtual Horizon feature without even having to take your eye off the viewfinder. To turn off the virtual horizon press the function button once. In the viewfinder you should now see two scales – one running left-to-right on the bottom of the screen, and on the right side of the screen you should see the same scale running from top-to-bottom. To access it simply press the function button once.