Glenn – thanks for the tips. I’m playing around with limited color correction settings within FCE, and am getting close to an acceptable correction. Good news on the “dot in actor’s eyes”. I agree this all should be corrected while shooting, but still learning.
I’ve used AY-DVM63MQ’s exclusively. But, prior to the shoot I ran the tape cleaner for the first time for 8 seconds or so. I’m guessing it may be humidity.