D700 viewfiner alignment accuracy

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I have noticed that if I do shots that show a sea horizon, that the shots more often seem to have a slight left slant.

I have recently started using the viewfinder gridlines (they can be activated via the menu settings) and I'm getting much more consistent results, but I have noticed that if I use the horizon tool in capture NX2 it gives a 0.3 degree shift on average.

I have just assumed that it was user error, but there seems to be a definite consistency to the tilt. Presumably Nikon must check viewfinder alignment as part of the QC process?

Example shots

Before straightening
3827nonstraight.jpg


And after straightening in Capture NX2 by 0.27 degrees:
3827straight.jpg
 
I have heard of this before, not just on the D700 though. I guess its not part of the QC process.
 
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