On 17 Mar 2002 16:25:23 -0800, dballmer@nmu.edu (Dan) wrote:

>> I find the B&W viewfinder to be of marginal utility. It isn't high enough
>> resolution to show an accurate focus picture and it doesn't have a peaking
>> circuit so you can get the little white halo around objects when they are
>> truly in focus.

>That's fine, you aren't the one looking at buying a new camcorder. I
>would disagree with you on the 500 line resolution B&W viewfinder
>though. I've never had a 'white halo' problem, nor do I have any
>trouble pulling ouff excellent focus with it. This isn't to say
>others haven't had such problems, but I never have.

The "white halo" is a focus aid - it shows on focused
parts of the image just as you hit correct focus on
them...