Electronic Level  - Canon EOS 5D Mark III Instruction Manual

Displaying the Grid and Electronic Level
Displaying the Electronic Level on the LCD Monitor
Vertical level
Horizontal level
Even when the tilt is corrected, there may be a margin of error of ±1°.
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If the camera is very tilted, the electronic level's margin of error will be bigger.
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With this same procedure, you can display the electronic level during Live
View shooting and before shooting a movie (p.200, 225). Note that the
electronic level cannot be displayed during movie shooting. (The electronic
level will disappear when you start shooting a movie.)
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1
Press the <B> button.
Each time you press the <B>

button, the screen display will
change.
Display the electronic level.

If the electronic level does not

appear, set [53: z button
display options] so that the
electronic level can be displayed
(p.336).
2
Check the camera's tilt.
The horizontal and vertical tilt are

displayed in 1° increments.
When the red line turns green, it

indicates that the tilt is corrected.