@Cindy-Clicks wrote:
Hmmm, this is interesting. I have enabled the tilt indicator and have discovered that when it seems like the camera is level holding it up to my eye, it is actually tilted. So when I adjust the camera accordingly, it feels like it is tilted when it is against my eye. I guess I not other choice but to adjust. I never seemed to have this problem with my T3i. I don't know why the 70D would be any different.
The human eye-brain system is exquisitely good at fitting reality into its pre-conceived biases. Look at something: a building, a picture on the wall, or whatever. Now tilt your head from side to side. Does the object you're looking at appear to tilt? No, your brain corrects for the motion of your head, and the scene remains upright. I can see that especially clearly, because I wear trifocal glasses. As I sit at my computer screen and tilt my head, the screen stays in place, while the horizontal lines separating the elements of my glasses appear to tilt. Those lines do tilt, but my eyes can't see that, because the orientation of my glasses relative to my head stays the same. So what my brain thinks it sees is not what my eyes see, but what it thinks they should see, given that it knows that what I'm looking at isn't what moved.
The same thing happens when you're using a camera. Unless you have an unusually good sense of when your head is level, the camera, which follows your head, may not be level either. And the viewfinder, especially if it's one that does a good job of mimicking reality, isn't likely to help you much. So it's very important to train yourself to use the electronic level or the viewfinder's grid lines to keep your brain from being fooled.
The difference in your experience with the 70D and the T3i is probably due to the different sizes, shapes, and weights of the two cameras. You're used to how the T3i feels when it's straight, but the 70D is different, and you haven't adjusted to that difference yet.
Bob
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania USA
