Some scenes too dark

[RichW]

Occasionally I find the darker scenes in my footage look very dark on the final DVD, although the scene was adequately lighted at the time and looked fine on the NLE (Final Cut).

I use tungsten lights, however sometimes incandescent lights are also present in the scene. Could this be the problem? Could it be that they are confusing the camera? But is is strange that it only shows up on the final DVD. Maybe it is a compression issue???
Or something completely different??:dankk2:

 

[infurno]

What you are observing is the result of different gamma curves.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamma_correction

PC, Macs, analog TV, ect all use different curves so your video or image will never look exactly the same on all of them.

 

[RichW]

I understand gamma, and the fact that every monitor, TV, projector, etc will show images slightly differently.

The issue in question is why CERTAIN (darker) scenes will project VERY dark, while all the other scenes appear perfectly okay on whatever monitor, TV, projector is being used. Thanks

 

[salils]

I understand gamma, and the fact that every monitor, TV, projector, etc will show images slightly differently.

The issue in question is why CERTAIN (darker) scenes will project VERY dark, while all the other scenes appear perfectly okay on whatever monitor, TV, projector is being used. Thanks

That still sounds like a gamma issue to me. (or a monitor that isn't properly calibrated) Have you tried hooking up your computer to another monitor?