P3D Re: Level Realist

[Bruce Springsteen <bsspringsteen@xxxxxxxxx>]

Michael Georgoff revealed:
> After considering my problems with getting level shots on my Realist
3.5, > I came up with a novel solution 

(... technical name-dropping appeared here ...)

Then came the really credible part:

> I've wired it's circuitry to a series of LEDs, an audio circuit that
plays
> pre-recorded voices, and a solenoid.  If the camera is not level,
the red
> LED which I've mounted in the viewfinder window will activate, as
well as an
> audio voice recorded by a cab driver from the Bronx repeating "Yo! Not
> level, ya palooka!".  The solenoid locks the shutter to prevent
firing.
> 
> If the shot IS level, the display inside the viewfinder lights a
green LED,
> the audio voice switches to a pleasant female voice which announces
"You
> have achieved level.  You may now expose emulsion."  And the solenoid
> shutter lock disengages, allowing me to take the shot.

I know Michael, and he never fibs.  I too found a solution to the
camera leveling problem.  I attached the stud-finder-level-sensor to a
gadget that delivers a small electrical shock to my forehead if I
depress the shutter on the Realist while it is atilt.  Not really
painful, mind you - just enough to make me drop the camera and
reconsider the shot.  Of course after a while I learned to judge
"level" through the view finder, and by asking bystanders if my
necktie is aligned with my shirt buttons.  

Bruce (My learning curve looks like a ski jump.) Springsteen 
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