CS6 Clone tool opacity problem

I am familiar with the operation of the clone tool in previous versions of Photoshop.... However after upgrading to CS6 I am having a problem with the functionality of the clone tool.
Basically when using the clone tool when its set to 100% opacity & flow, it looks as though the clone tool is only set to 50% opacity.
I'm not sure if there is a setting I am not aware of that can fix this... I am using the default configuration that came with the program.
My previous version was CS3... clone tool worked perfectly there... I dont understand why the same tool doesnt perform the same way with the same apparent settings.
If anyone has a simple solution I would love to hear it.
Thanks,
Marc

You must be using a brush preset that has those settings (wet edges & build-up) enabled in the brush panel.
Not all the brushes have those settings enabled in the the brush panel unless you were to lock those settings or just changing the tip shape.
Also in the the brush panel there is only the option to set the tip shape, unlike cs3 that has both tip shape and brush presets in the same panel.
Cs6 uses a separate panel called Brush Presets for changing the presets.
In cs6 Build Up is the same as Airbrush on in cs3.
Transfer is what Other Dynamics was in cs3

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