HDV looks dark after capture

Hi, recently I came across the following problem:
when I caputure HDV footage (sony Z1) with FCP 6.0 the video looks good in the caputere preview window. But when i start working in FCP it suddenly looks really dark!
What is happening? When I import it in eg Motion it looks the same as in FCP. And when i try the movie player things get a bit weird: http://www.graniet.com/dump/snapniet.mov
Sometimes good and sometimes dark...
Captureing using Apple proress had the same result.
On my television which is connected to my Powermac, the picture looks dark too.
But ! ... but why does the capture-preview-window give such a nice, crispy image?
And how can I get that same image in the rest of my workflow.
Message was edited by: tames.org

Hi Jim,
I was using the lcd screen of the camera. I wasn't in the position to use my crt monitor.
But I compared my manual settings with the automatic camera lighting settings and the difference was only one stop. And I checked the image using the zebra-function. I hoped this would be enough to make a good exposure...
I forgot to mention that the flickering in the qtmovie I posted on the web, the flickering only occures when I actually move the qtmovie across the screen with my mouse. When I first open the movie it looks bright when I reposition the movie somewhere else on my screen it suddenly turns darker.

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