Losing contrast and color when converting Motion JPEG OpenDML to H.264

Hey
I have a Canon IXUS 850 IS which makes "Motion JPEG OpenDML" movies.
The files are kind of big, so I am trying to convert to a better codec.
But when I try converting to H.264 with Quicktime Pro 7 I always loose color intenseness so basically contrast.
Not sure if its a general problem or a settings problem.
I am converting at 2000 kbit/s, key frame automatic and MultiPass
with no restricted profiles.
Anybody have an idea how I could compress this video without loosing so much image quality?
If you want to see what I mean, ceck out the original and the converted video in my .mac public folder in the folder "Motion JPEG OpenDML".
.Mac name tbiegner
Thanks a lot for any help
Thorsten
iMac Core 2 Duo Mac OS X (10.4.9)

Well I seem to have found a solution instead of converting to mp4 I am converting to mov with h.264 codec.
The conversion it a lot better if I select best quality the quality is as good as the original but the file size gets even bigger than the original actuaqlly double the size.
When I select low quality I get about the same size and quality as when I convert to mp4.
In the end what I find strange is, why mp4 makes automatically a "low" quality compression and there is now setting to change the quality.
Really a bit strange but at least I have now found somewhat of a solution.

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