On 15 Jan 2003 14:43:48 -0800, daniel.ball@btinternet.com (Danny Ball) wrote:

>i have just bough a trv16e, and am loving it. i have recorded video,

>and want to transfer it to my pc, i use the usb connection to do this,

>but when i play it on my monitor screen its very dark and not clear,

>where as on the lcd screen on the cam its perfect and its also perfect

>on the tv.

>

>also i am hoping to use it as a webcam, now i have set it up to do

>this and works perfect, but again people are complaining it is very

>dark, even tho my room is well lit and on the lcd screen its clear and

>bright.

>

>is there any way of adjusting this liek with a normal webcam? i cant

>seem to figure it out? would it be improved if i used the firewire

>cable (optional) to use it as a webcam?

This comes up about every minute and a half........;-)

TV displays and computer displays have very different

characteristics; many PC users set their brightness

too low (the contrast is also high for video, but not

necessarily too high for other materials, and the

"gamma" is also wrong for video...). For web-cam use,

set the camera exposure up some to compensate...

BTW, google searches do wonders, as do searches at:

www.nikonlinks.com/ruether/posts ...;-)