Resolution Test Patterns  Sony TRV900 (3-chip MiniDV) and TR7000
(1-chip Digital 8)  I took some pictures of the EIA 1956 test
pattern to measure resolution (for high-resolution cameras, you
should probably use these better test patterns.) The images
below are details from the full frame, which you can see by
clicking on it.  Sony TRV900 Sony TR7000  These test patterns
were shot indoors with a 1 kW halogen flood for light. Both
cameras were tripod-mounted, 5 feet from the target. Autofocus
and autoexposure was used in both cases (I tried manual focus
but auto worked just as well on both cameras). TRV900: f/5.6,
1/60 sec. TR7000: f/2.4, 1/100 sec, steadyshot on (steadyshot
off: looks same but at f/3.4, 1/60). No filters on either
camera. The TRV900 was manually white-balanced (the TR7000 is
auto-white balance only). Both are shot as normal, interlaced
scan video to tape, then played back into a firewire capture
card on my PC and captured as a full frame. Because the TR7000
doesn't do progressive scan, you wou