will the compass works looking up/down? how many degrees usable looking up?
1718249
The compass only seems to function for a 5 degree range of looking "up hill or down hill". Any more elevation than that and my Barska compass seems to "drag" and be very inaccurate.
1718250
compass works any way you tilt it, has no effect at all. nice set, sorry for the delay in responding.
1933159
It's used for sighting the course you intend to follow. As you turn the compass to the magnetic direction you want to go the sight wire shows you where that direction is in the distance or on the horizon. It gives you a more precise reading to follow.
1082001
Will not tilt forward more than 90 degrees (i.e. straight forward). There are 10 positions from 0 (flat) to 90 (vertical).
2136399
Hello incomplete response K7 Pentax GPS that has no inclination sensors for the vertical axis, this link (in Spanish) will help you with what you need, Happy dayhttp://www.pentaxeros.com/forum/index.php?topic=45344.msg742279
171874
It can be used to measure rotational acceleration, but not the incline or tilt. What it sounds like you are looking for is a magnetometer. Take a look at the MPU-9150, which is a version of this chip with a magnetometer added.
2244932
Yes it does, and I find it to be most useful. It indicated tilt to the left and right as well as up and down.
1933158
No I asked also. With a compass, you look through the eyepiece and and fix the compass wheel point to line up with a landmark you want to get to. You then have the direction, north, south, etc to follow the compass line on.
1577876
There is no way to calibrate the compass. I have had a Type S for over a year & have made repeated attempts, following the instructions to calibrate. To no avail. You'll have to live with it being about 15 degrees off.
420724
The range finder is simple horizontal lines below center crosshair, NOT a digital laser with readout. You must have a known subject at a known distance for a base point to calculate any other further subjects at further distances. For what it matters, my binocular had a broken none functioning compass when I received it!
2011866
Yes. It's under Mode > GPS. It can also show you a live compass, if needed.
952394
Yes. There is an adjustment wing-nut for positioning up or downward, the same as on other low-light systems I have used.
1380387
I'm not sure. But if you want to use the compass, you must remove the knife and other steel things for the compass to work perfectly.
121576
there are 4 little screws you'll have to take off and screw back on the new landing...you'll have to measure the distance from the base of the landing to where the compass is on the old landing and make it the same distance on the new landing. if you're confused, YouTube it, there's a few vids on how to do it
1888219
I have taken trails that I have never been on, turned the Tracker on and the arrow will point to the direction back to camp. It doesn't show the route you took....It is a High Tech Compass and it will count down in meters as you get closer to camp.
1892512
It will adjust up and down but not side to side.. basically 90° each way down or up
1270551
Quite likely as the compass part is in the mirror. You would still have to install the mirror, but if you didn't install the temperature sensor I don't think that would have any effect on the compass.
1208936
The brunton transit compass is rather awkward to use for this purpose, as one needs to view the internal level bubble using the lid mirror, while sighting through the compass and making manual adjustment cantering the bubble, all while maintaining the instrument in the correct vertical plane. The instrument itself is very accurate and could be used accurately on a tripod. However, I feel this would not be practical. An instrument I love to use for slope grades is the Sunto inclinometer. As a general hint when making slope sightings... Sight to the same height above the ground as you are holding the instrument. For example sight on a colleague's head or about 1.5m above the ground.