On 22 Jan 2002 10:58:03 -0800, pwadher@hotmail.com (PW) wrote:

>I recently purchased the Sony DCR-PC9 digital camcorder and have
>noticed that the still pictures are very dark. Since this camcorder
>does not have an intelligent shoe, I was wondering if I could use a
>flash or something to that effect.

If the stills were shot in bright light, the flash will
not help. Since there is no convenient way to trigger
the flash, it is not practical to use one. You can try using
the night-shot feature (with B&W-mode) - the
camera is more sensitive to IR than to normal color...
(BTW, people often have their monitors set too dark
and contrasty.)