Imported clips appear washed out, too bright

I posted this question in iMovie HD forum, but realize its an iMovie HD 6 application I'm using. so here goes again:
I'm having problems importing video into iMovie. They appear washed out, as if the brightness had been turned up. The video appears fine in the crt of the camera, but the video imported to iMovie looks terrible. This just started happening, and I can't figure out why.
Is this a problem that has cropped up with my video camera? Or have I somehow altered a setting in iMovie? Any ideas would be appreciated!
Thanks,
Jon

No one answered my post which leads me to believe I did something wrong...oh well. Better luck next time.

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