[Ken Grady]

Thank you, Dave. I had no idea that I was going to receive such a thoughtful and detailed response.
When I get the exposure set correctly, the picture looks fine, even with the added gain. My impression is that the Sony 170 was more forgiving with exposure settings, too.
The in-studio segments of the show I produce are in SD, and the HMC80 will record standard DV onto the SD card, so I don’t down convert from HD.
Everything that I do outside the studio is HD now so I can save it to re-use it later, but for now the show goes to the TV station in SD, so I do down convert the on the road footage.
Thanks again!

Ken Grady
http://www.gospelmusictoday.com