farnz Posted October 29, 2016 Share #1 Posted October 29, 2016 Advertisement (gone after registration) At the outset I expect the answer to be "No." and I haven't been able to find the answer in the SL manual or online so I thought that I'd throw the question out to the wise and innovative people who frequent this forum. I'm shooting fungi with my SL at the moment and I often need the camera to be close to the ground to be at 'eye level' with the fungi. My Manfrotto tripod allows me to invert its centre column so that my geared tripod head and SL are as close to the ground as possible but of course the images in the EVF and LCD are upside down, which isn't very convenient. My Canon 5D MkII would allow me to invert the live view image but I haven't been able to do this with my SL. Does anyone know whether or how this can be done please? Pete. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted October 29, 2016 Posted October 29, 2016 Hi farnz, Take a look here Inverting the LCD. I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
Sandokan Posted October 29, 2016 Share #2 Posted October 29, 2016 Have you considered using the Phone or iPad App? Lock the rotation and turn it around. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
steppenw0lf Posted October 29, 2016 Share #3 Posted October 29, 2016 Use a mirror, then you can see it in the normal orientation. And maybe use a bean bag instead of the tripod. Or with more budget use an iPad. I use it often for macro (also when not upside down). An iphone or an android phone is also a cheaper solution - especially when borrowd or bought second hand. Or tethering, if your fungi grow at home or in your studio . Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
farnz Posted October 29, 2016 Author Share #4 Posted October 29, 2016 Thanks, Ravi and Steppenwolf, both helpful ideas. Pete. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pico Posted October 29, 2016 Share #5 Posted October 29, 2016 There are tripod sockets that slip into the flash shoe. That allows you to mount the camera rightside-up, but still hanging down from the inverted center column. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandokan Posted October 29, 2016 Share #6 Posted October 29, 2016 Or you should get a 5x4 camera with ground glass screen to train yourselfnhow to see upside down? I find I am better at judging composition when I am looking upside down. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
farnz Posted October 29, 2016 Author Share #7 Posted October 29, 2016 Advertisement (gone after registration) Or I could get a pair of glasses that inverts everything I see* and stumble around all over the forest. Pete. *I understand that what we see is naturally inverted and our brains re-invert it so it's the right way up for us. There was a famous experiment done ... but I digress. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcraf Posted October 29, 2016 Share #8 Posted October 29, 2016 Pete Just eat some of the fancy fungi you're shooting. Then you'll see upside down, without the need for fancy pulleys, levers, or Heath Robinson-esque arrangements Regards John Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlashGordonPhotography Posted October 29, 2016 Share #9 Posted October 29, 2016 I had to think about this one. I managed to confuse myself and had to actually pick up the camera Images will be upside down in the LCD but so will the camera so they'll appear in the correct orientation during shooting. It's only during playback the images will appear inverted and you will need to batch rotate the images in Lightroom. Images live viewed on an iPad or phone would be upside down but not those in the camera. The settings and text will be upside down. Gordon Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dgktkr Posted October 29, 2016 Share #10 Posted October 29, 2016 I had to think about this one. I managed to confuse myself and had to actually pick up the camera Images will be upside down in the LCD but so will the camera so they'll appear in the correct orientation during shooting. It's only during playback the images will appear inverted and you will need to batch rotate the images in Lightroom. Images live viewed on an iPad or phone would be upside down but not those in the camera. The settings and text will be upside down. Gordon Doesn't Pete's question make more sense if his head is also inverted? It has more to do with the orientation of his head than the orientation of the camera? dgktkr Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pico Posted October 29, 2016 Share #11 Posted October 29, 2016 The solution was made earlier. Mount the camera by its flash shoe. It also lets one frame from a lower position than mounting it upside-down. See the geometry of the body/lens. Are we done here? . Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ramarren Posted October 30, 2016 Share #12 Posted October 30, 2016 I'd just view them upside down, but I'm simple that way. Wouldn't want to put the stress of camera and lens on the accessory shoe! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pico Posted October 30, 2016 Share #13 Posted October 30, 2016 I'd just view them upside down, but I'm simple that way. Nuff said. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
farnz Posted October 30, 2016 Author Share #14 Posted October 30, 2016 Thanks, Everyone, for your helpful suggestions. Learning to do a headstand as we speak. (Typing when you're the wrong way up is much more difficult. ) Pete. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lanetomlane Posted October 30, 2016 Share #15 Posted October 30, 2016 Wait 'til you get to Auss to photo the fungi then the viewfinder will be the right way. Tom Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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