[postings below have gotten out of order - in a long thread,
it is prehaps best to enter the response at the bottom, to
keep things in order - but I will now respond to the top
entry...;-]

I think you will not see the chromatic problems when the
VX-2000 image is seen on a TV or monitor screen without
convergence problems... I do not believe in tests as you
describe, since one can always get caught up in details
of them that may actually be irrelevant in actual use.
I prefer "real" test subjects for both video and still
camera "tests", since these allow a better assessment of
the the balance of "bads" that make up the image, and
make the selection of what looks best in real-world
situations easier (both the still-lens and video-camera
reviews on my web page are based on the results of
shooting known, familiar subjects, rather than
test-charts...).

On Thu, 18 Jan 01 10:16:01 GMT, ansbro@n2.net (Michael Ansbro) wrote:
>I *was* looking at the image on a TV.
>It was only doing it on the outer 1/4 edge of the image, as i have seen on one
>of my 35mm SLR lenses.
>The viewfinder and LCD are pretty low res and its hard to see much.
>My LCD computer monitor groes gradually darker from bottom to top.
>(and doesn't seem to have much color depth)
>The image was sharp.
>
>I'd like to see more tests of glare, black /white borders, moving subjects.
>A *real* stress test.

>In article <3a6706be.1080230@newsstand.cit.cornell.edu>, d_ruether@hotmail.com
>wrote:
>>On Wed, 17 Jan 01 21:22:39 GMT, ansbro@n2.net (Michael
>>Ansbro) wrote:
>>
>>>I was checking the VX-2000 recently at a store.
>>>I was looking at a black /white border and there was a lot of
>>>(chromatic aberation ?) color between black and white.
>>>You expect this on a cheap zoom although I didn't have it at full telephoto.
>>>I was using Sports Mode indoors so the aperature was wide open.
>>>It looked pretty awful.
>>>I think its a combination of lens and miniDV low color sampling.

>>I have not seen this in the two I have...
>>If you were looking at a TV image, it is
>>more likely a convergence problem with the
>>TV (WAY too common!); if looking in the
>>eyepiece viewfinder, it's possibly viewing-lens
>>chromatic problems; if on the fold-out screen,
>>maybe a defective zoom lens on the camera
>>(it does happen...).

>>>Still photos are limited to 1/15th shutter speed,
>>>so make sure to tell the world to stay veeery still!

>>I have just started to take stills with
>>the VX-2000 (silly as that still seems to
>>me...;-), and so far, all are SHARP
>>(surprisingly sharp, so so far this has
>>not been a problem). I will try long-lens
>>shots soon, though, to check it out.
>>David Ruether