Ummm, "top-posting"...;-)

If your monitor/TV shows this (this is normal for LCDs,

though it sounds like your CRTs are set too high in contrast...), it may be due to one of the problems with

1-CCD camcorders compared with (good...;-) 3-CCD

camcorders: a tendency of the former to "blow-out" light

tones suddenly to white. A moderate highlight on a leaf,

for instance, can shift suddenly from light green with

detail to bald white with a slight shift in camera

angle - but with a good 3-CCD camera, only the very

brightest areas turn white (see the daylight examples

of various Sony imaging types at

www.David-Ruether-Photography.com/camcorder--comparison.htm for

how the highlights vary in appearance) Also, the

"oversharpening" (an intentional "ringing" introduced

to further differentiate adjacent tones for an appearance

of greater sharpnesswith these low-resolution video

images) may be causing the other effect you see.

Underexposure can correct only some of this...

On Mon, 31 Mar 2003 21:14:04 GMT, "Tom Rogers" <trogers@NOSPAM.schneiderequip.com> wrote:

>Not sure I follow you here. I think the whites in my scenes, when they have

>a dark background behind them, are like washed out, bright white. I'm sure

>it has something to do with the Exposure, but I am not sure how to set this

>correctly.

>"Steve Guidry" <vwi@ballistic.com> wrote in message

>news:fRSdnecajaCNMBWjXTWcpQ@ballistic.com...

>> Sounds like your monitor may be unterminated.

>>

>> Steve

>> "Tom Rogers" <trogers@NOSPAM.schneiderequip.com> wrote in message

>> news:dm1ia.951$YQ2.588@twister.nyroc.rr.com...

>> > I should mention that these bright white don't have to be bright.

>Anything

>> > white in the scene seems to do this. When I view the video, then it is

>> very

>> > bright white.

>> >

>> > -Tom

>> > "Tom Rogers" <trogers@NOSPAM.schneiderequip.com> wrote in message

>> > news:Rk1ia.944$YQ2.351@twister.nyroc.rr.com...

>> > > I have a problem I don't know how to solve. When I shoot video, and

>> there

>> > is

>> > > any amount of bright whites in the scene, when I look at the video on

>> the

>> > > camcorder, TV, or PC, these whites are VERY, VERY bright. So bright

>that

>> > > they are blurry with a dark line around them. This happened to me with

>> my

>> > > Hi8 camcorder and now with my Sony TRV-350 Digital 8 camcorder.

>> > >

>> > > Do I correct this with an AutoExposure setting or manual exposure or

>> how?

>> > > How can I tell it is corrected by looking at the 2.5" LCD display? (I

>do

>> > > have a viewfinder as well, if that would tell me better.)