TL:DR - My 5DS viewfinder level is off by a degree or two vertically - anyone else experiencing this?
I use the internal level whenever I'm shooting on a tripod. It's super quick and easy to use, especially with a geared head. Quickly set up the shot, look through the viewfinder and activate the level, then fine tune the knobs on the head to get the camera level in all directions.
My Canon 5D Mark III did this very accurately. However, my Canon 5DS (now my primary body) is off by a degree or two on the vertical axis. This adds another step to my retouching prep. In addition to removing distortion I also inevitably have to adjust the vertical lines a touch or two to get them straightened out. I'm doing this on the raw files, which I then apply to the entire batch that I'll be loading into a PSD to composite together.
Is there a firmware fix for this perhaps? I remember one of the newly released iPhones shipped and its level was off a degree or two and they just fixed it in the next update.
I have a 5dIII that is off by a few degrees. The other bodies are accurate. It's going to CPS and I mentioned the level to them, so I'll probably hear some sort of answer in the next day or so.
My 5dmklll is also off. Have to use the bubble instead.