Imported RAW Photos too bright (overexposed, washed out)

I've noticed with my Sony A700 camera that when I import RAW photos into aperture they look alright in the jpeg preview but once they are processed as raw they become extremely washed out and bright, does anyone know how to fix this?

I have noticed the same issue with my A700 cRAW images. I just got Aperture 3.0.2. I guess I will play around with the raw fine-tune brick to strike a balance with properly exposed image quality, but it's uncomfortable when your preview image and histogram appear good, and your imported image is washed out.
Anyone have a better preset for the A700 camera?

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