Resolved! VL53L5CX works as expected when I ask for VL53L5CX_RESOLUTION_4X4. However, when I ask for VL53L5CX_RESOLUTION_8X8 not so much.
The first pixel of each of eight rows seems to provide a good range estimate in mm but the rest of the data is either zero or some huge number that doesn't respond to changes in the field of view. I assumed I would get 64 range estimates as output of...