Low Quality Capturing Video

Hi
I'm having some problems with the quality of the captured video obtained using JMF.
I'm capturing and previewing video from a color camera (not saving it to disk) and some noise patterns are showing up. When I took a snapshot the noise is still there.
Doing the same thing (capture and preview with the same camera) using a DirectShow sample app, the resulting video is as good as the camera allows, almost as I'm connecting the camera to a monitor without going troght the computer.
Someone already have this kind of problem? Is a limitation of JMF?
Just for curiosity, the most noticeable noise patterns that I identified are a kind of salt'n pepper and some blurred vertical lines at regular intervals.
Thanks,
RGB

I guess that's not the problem, but I'll try to change some resolution and color parameters.
If you want, I can send you some snapshots samples by e-mail.
Thanks,
RGB

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