Registered: Jan 2000
Location: New York City
Posts: 158

I just read that article mentioned in the news section, where the guys talks about making movies with sound with the EyeModule2 and a Targus module.
I'm confused. He kept saying he was using a Visor Platinum. But the movie was in color. The Eye2 documentation says you can only shoot B&W movies with a B&W visor. I know it's like that with my VDX.
(Although why, I don't know -- I can shoot color stills.)

What gives?

Registered: Sep 1999
Location: Sydney Australia
Posts: 1883

I think what they mean is that on a B/W Visor the video is B/W.... but when you sync it to your PC it will be in color...

I saw it too and was confused too, I guess the put it that way to avoid people complaining they can't see color video's on their B/W Visor...

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Registered: Jan 2000
Location: New York City
Posts: 158

No, actually, the movie is still in B&W even after you upload it to a PC. (Don't ask me why, the still pictures are in color.) The website & documentation clearly state that's the way it works on all B&W visors. It certainly is that way it works on my Visor Deluxe.

That's why I'm wondering how the person managed to take color movies with a B&W visor.

Registered: Feb 2001
Location: London
Posts: 8

The still pictures are in colour because they're saved in colour - the EM2 is inherently capable of taking colour movies but because the movie is essentially a recording of what you see on the screen, and because the image is filtered to produce a b/w preview screen, the movie has to be in b/w. And in the article, he did say that he did borrow a Prism to use, and he even showed several photos of a Prism in use...

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Registered: Sep 1999
Location: Sydney Australia
Posts: 1883

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Originally posted by Potamus
The still pictures are in colour because they're saved in colour - the EM2 is inherently capable of taking colour movies but because the movie is essentially a recording of what you see on the screen, and because the image is filtered to produce a b/w preview screen, the movie has to be in b/w. And in the article, he did say that he did borrow a Prism to use, and he even showed several photos of a Prism in use...

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