OT . . and some: Black and White LCDs?

Grazie wrote on 10/25/2003, 11:07 AM
Look, hear me out . . I'm gonna make a fool of myself here . .I don't care . . Okay, . . .

I'm looking for a way to get my LCD screen to display balck and white . . .there I've said it! You all know why I want it. I want to "knock-out" the colour so I can get a "better view to focus . . yes I can also use the eyepiece . . I wanna make life easier for myself . . nothing wrong with that . . and yes I realise - "Grazie, yer wanna do a pro job, get a really pro cammie! Don't waste my time!" - However, those that are still reading this . . . is there any way, no matter how farfetched way of slipping on a filter that will "decolour" the LCD screen and produce a nice contrasty viewable version of what I'm filming on the XM2. - Yes the Canon XL1/s have an option of a BnW eyepiece. . . I'm being up front and asking if there is anything optically or that the physics would support this type of approach.

I said I was gonna exhibit my lack of knowledge . . . but, hey, I come from the Skool of "If yer don't ask . . . . . "

- Hello? - Anybody wanna come back on the above . . I'd understand if you didn't want to associate yourselves with this thread . . ..

. ... . . . i'll just go into the garden and eat worms . . or worse . . . . dum de dum de dum . . . .

Grazie - - ;-)

Comments

Zulqar-Cheema wrote on 10/25/2003, 12:02 PM
Stop your rambling & sobing Grazie, life is not that bad sometimes it's even worse.

I take it you have looked in the menus for an option or is there a knob for colour on the side of the viewer.
Your spec is..
Viewfinder:
0.44-inch TFT colour LCD, approx. 180,000 pixels RGB delta arrangement
LCD screen:
2.5-inch TFT colour LCD, approx. 200,000 pixels

mmm need to think..
Grazie wrote on 10/25/2003, 12:34 PM
Yo! Cheemis Howzit PALLie! - C'mon You IoVers! ! ! !

Moi?!? Ramble? Never . . . ;-)

Yes, done the menu thang . . no option there. Canon appear to have done the hard thing, creating and giving us Zebra Bars - which I would have thought would be the difficult bit - but aint given us an option for BnW for E/P or flipout LCD . . seems daft to me . . .

. . I know what it means when Cheemie goes, "mmm need to think.."

Thanks for the interest, - I've come back from eating worms . . mmm nice too!

Grazie
riredale wrote on 10/25/2003, 12:42 PM
I could be wrong, but I don't think it's the color (or lack thereof) that affects the ability to focus. It's the screen itself. If it's a color screen, then it's made of tiny RGB triads or some similar technology. It's the physical size of those triads that limits the sharpness, and just removing the color information isn't going to magically make those triads smaller.

In other words, it's easier to make a monochrome screen with the ability to show fine detail than it is to make a color screen with the same property.
Grazie wrote on 10/25/2003, 1:35 PM
Okay, I think I understand what you are saying.

My point is that I'm not wanting to "sharpen" the actual screen. I want to make the screen appear as black and white so that I can further improve my focussing using the focus ring on the cammie. I repeat, I'm not looking to improve the sharpness of the actual screen, which I infer from your kind and illuminating information regarding the the physical nature of "triads" and your additional supporting reference to the suitability of the colour LCD creating a similar level acuity as that of the optically sharper monochrome device.

Yours sincerely,

Grazie
Spot|DSE wrote on 10/25/2003, 1:41 PM
Your LCD doesn't have a color knob that allows it to go to B/W? We have a really inexpensive field monitor, sells for around 250, LCD that uses batts, and it's got a small knob on the side that allows for color to be removed. Very useful, because lighting also is easier to see under B/W monitors, since there is less gradient to deal with.
Grazie wrote on 10/25/2003, 1:53 PM
Yes, Spot, that's the fall back position, if I must. 250usd seems a good punt. And yes, I understand the point you make regarding less gradient.

"Your LCD doesn't have a color knob that allows it to go to B/W? " - ah, were it that simple . . Mr Canon must have popped out for a sandwich at the time this high-tech concept was being discussed . . . No, no knob switch dimmer or adjustment . . . silly isn't it?

Grazie