Hey Guys. So just recently i've been trying my hand at video editing and even though i think i've got the basics, i still have a ton of questions when it comes to capturing and rendering (anything besides the actual editing).

I tried capturing a scene from one of my videos but i'm not very satisfied with the final quality. I'm using a high-end 3ccd video camera and i used a monster wire for the capture. I used the default video capture feature on Sony Vegas 5 at 720x480x32 in AVI format.

The video that i captured is much darker (as viewed on my video camera's LCD) and is also lacking the crispness and detail of the original. ???

What could be going on? Is this a common result (darkness and loss of detail) when you're capturing video?




PS. Would you guys recommend that use another program (sorenson squeeze, maybe) to render the final video to Quicktime, Real Media, and Windows Media formats (Even though Vegas offers rendering options)?

Thanks a lot guy!