Bright light, DWB... 
         (Note: most Sony Mini-DV camcorders produce the best color balance 
          in daylight when DWB is selected - the PC100 is a possible exception.)

VX2000 (PD150, DSR250)
   Motion-artifacting is minimal, shadows are "open", light tones hold detail well,
    familiar colors look natural, neutrals are neutral in color, spurious color tints 
    are absent; fine detail is present, vertical smearing of bright spots is visible. 
   Additional comparison frame-grabs for the VX2000 and TRV900 are here.
    I appear to have made a poor selection for the VX2000 sample frame above
    (the right edge and much of the rest of the image is softer than it is for the 
    TRV900 in the frame below).
TRV900

   Motion-artifacting is minimal (but more obvious than with the VX2000),
    shadows are darker, light tones are lighter (but still hold good color and
    detail), familiar colors look natural and neutrals are fairly neutral (but a
    slight red-blue bias is visible), fine detail is present (accentuated by the
    higher contrast compared with the VX2000). 
TRV30 (TRV50, PC115, PC120)
   Motion-artifacting is very obvious and annoying, contrast is higher (the lightest
    tones are losing color and detail), familiar colors are fairly natural-looking
    (though a bit dull compared with those of the 3-chip camcorders), neutrals are
    neutral in color, fine detail is present, vertical smearing of bright spots is visible.
TRV30 - modified in Premiere for best match with VX2000: hue = 4,
     sat = 125, brite = -15, contr = -6, R = 100, G = 100, B = 98, better
     gaussian blur = .2
   Motion-artifacting is improved some, shadows are "open", light tones are
    losing color and detail, familiar colors are fairly natural, neutrals are close
    to neutral (but slight red, blue, and green tints show), but the result looks 
    surprisingly good for a 1-chip camcorder. (Processing time can be rather 
    lengthy, though...)
PC100 (PC110, TRV20)
   Motion-artifacting is very obvious and annoying, contrast is higher yet (the
    lightest tones are losing color and detail), familiar colors are dull and bluish
    but still fairly natural-looking (DWB was used - AWB can look better in daylight 
    with this camera, unlike the others), neutrals are fairly neutral in color, fairly 
    fine detail is present, vertical smearing of bright spots is visible. 
PC9 (PC5, TRV11, TRV17, TRV18, TRV19, TRV22)
   Motion-artifacting is obvious but not as annoying, contrast is higher yet (the
    lightest tones have lost color and detail), familiar colors are fairly natural-
    looking, neutrals are fairly neutral in color, detail is present but noticeably
    softened compared with the other cameras, vertical smearing of bright spots
    is much less visible. Overall, the picture is smoother-looking than that of the
    1-chip camcorders above, but less detailed (a good compromise image for
    casual-shooting).

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