Hopefully someone will help, but a lot of my films are very dark. IS there any software that can brighten them up once they have been coded??
Bifore you encode them, run them through Virtualdub. I saw the same problem on some video and this fixed it right up. BTW, moving contrast to 150% seems to work best for me with only a 1 - 3% brightening. Works very well: http://forums.afterdawn.com/thread_view.cfm/435236