On Thu, 14 Nov 2002 12:05:27 +0000, Moving Vision wrote:

>In article , Rusty Wright
> writes
>>Innocent question: how is the b&w viewfinder of the PD150 an
>>advantage?
>
>You can get the same advantage on the VX2000 by simply turning the
>chroma down to zero. The colour part of the picture does not have the
>resolution of the luminance part. So in monochrome mode you get better
>judgement of focus and exposure. It is in fact a very marginal benefit.
>I used to manage perfectly well with the old VX1000 colour finder and if
>truth be told I enjoyed the view finder. Made a change from years of
>seeing the world in black and white!
>
>There's a bit of a die hard attitude about this from many of us old
>pros. But I'm certain it will be just a matter of time before high
>resolution colour view finders make their way to the most professional
>of cameras. First stage will be the addition of pop out LCD screens just
>like on the consumer(ish) cameras.

Unfortunately, unlike with the VX1000, you cannot turn
down the color in the eyepiece VF of the VX2000. If the
B&W image "peaks" upon correct focus (the VX1000 did,
very slightly...), a sharper CRT vs. LCD in B&W can be
considerably easier to focus with than most color VFs,
though sometimes it can be a bit difficult to tell what
you are focusing on, without the color...;-)