On Mon, 26 Nov 2001 19:07:08 -0700, "John Peterson" wrote:

>I'm a little concerned with the faint light vertical lines in bright light
>and high contrast images. They're very noticeable. Of the two times that
>I've used the camera, both times have this syndrome. I'm wondering if maybe
>the TRV900 might mitigate some of these issues for just a few dollars more?

Yes - the TRV900 does not use the same chips, and does not
show this problem (other than diffraction from the diaphragm
blades at small stops - makes a "star"...).

>I wish Sony would come out with a *new* state of the art 3-chipper... ;-)
>Otherwise, I'm very impressed with the technical capabilities of the camera!

Sony has...
It's the VX2000/PD150...;-)
The TRV900/PD100a still compares well against these,
though, for most casual purposes...