The UV filter would not cause overexposure (none would).

If you are sure that you did not have the camera in manual

exposure mode during the overexposure, or low-light mode

(you can check this while viewing the tape by pressing the

"data" button on the remote twice, and you will get exposure

[and other] info), I would exchange it immediately...

--

David Ruether

d_ruether@hotmail.com

http://www.David-Ruether-Photography.com

Hey, take a gander at www.visitithaca.com, too...!

"dan" <dan@nospam.com> wrote in message news:3f144dbf$1@news.microsoft.com...

> Thanks for your reply - I am waiting for another sunny day (rare here) to

> try again and run some tests.

>

> BTW, could a UV filter be the culprit of such a problem?

>

> - dan

> "David Ruether" <rpn1@no-junk.cornell.edu> wrote in message

> news:bf177d$na$1@news01.cit.cornell.edu...

>

> > A ND filter is not needed with this camera for correct exposure in the

> brightest

> > light - the aperture can go small and the shutter speed can go high enough

> > for this not to be a difficulty. The fancier cameras include a ND filter

> to permit

> > use of wider stops and/or slower shutter speeds to minimize diffraction

> and

> > strobing effects, but these cameras will also function properly (giving

> correct

> > exposure) without using the ND filters so long as correction capability is

> > not locked out by limiting shutter speed or aperture range...

> > --

> > David Ruether

> > d_ruether@hotmail.com

> > http://www.David-Ruether-Photography.com

> > Hey, take a gander at www.visitithaca.com, too...!