PictureGear Lite 4.1. Color bars are easier to get at now - just click through the menu. The new cameras have a 2.5 inch LCD swing-out viewfinder on the left side. The color viewfinder on the VX-2000 appears to be the same as the one in the 1000. The LCD monitor is a nice feature.
Many people like to use it as their primary viewfinder.
Behind the door is an array of control buttons, similar to the layout on the GL1. The lens is now a 12x aspherical, and it is appreciably sharper than the original. The front diameter has been enlarged from 52mm to 58mm. Sony has added a manual zoom ring, just behind the manual focus ring. Frankly, I found the hand zoom of little value and the risk of grabbing the wrong ring at the wrong time high.