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More than likely the Iris that covers the CCD - just like in your eyes, is stuck open and cannot adjust to regulate the light to the CCD. Therefore you're getting bright pictures. The CCD is the component that captures the image and then converts it to an electrical signal to the processor or brain. The Iris getting stuck is usually caused by excessive moisture in the camera. The beach, where the humidity is high, will cause the iris to stick. Try leaving it in a dry storage for a few days to dry. Otherwise you'll need to take it in for repair.
Zoom the camcorder as far as it will go and shine a flashlight into the lens assy. Inside the lens assy there is an iris that works pretty much like our eyes (closes when it is too bright and opens up when it is darker). If all you see is black when you are shining the light into the lens, your iris is stuck closed (like having your eyes shut). If your iris appears to be open and functioning properly, then you likely have an issue with your CCD assy. The CCD assy is the what lets your lens talk to your main PCB.
Sometimes by zooming in all the way and shining a light into the lens, the camcorder will "unstick" itself. You will most likely need to have it repaired by an experienced technician.
Your iris stuck up contaminated by the grease of lens mechanism. To clean, the unit must be opened up to where you can access the lens assembly and remove the iris unit assy then the two curtain(shutter) and clean with video head cleaning solution or any alcohol base cleaning agent. Re-assemble it but test the shutter first before assembling the camera completely. To test, open the shutter(curtain) manually by your finger and must close freely once released. Also clean the surroundings for some oil near the iris unit to avoid it from coming back to the shutter.. Good Luck
sounds like the Iris control motor is not opening the Iris.....it might be stuck closed or no power to the Iris control motor. when you switch to camera mode, look into the lens assembly, you can actually see if the Iris is opening...if you don't see any movement, then your problem is the Iris, if you do see the iris opening, then your problem might be more severe such as the camera module itself....what ever the case, your camera needs to be opened up for service.
good luck
silvio
Hit the iris button on the side of the camera, then use the dial to dial the iris into an open position and let more light in. Know that the higher the number, the less light coming in, so 16 is just below closed iris, 2.8 is just before completely open iris. The iris is like the pupil of your eye. You should always be in manual iris to control the iris with the iris dial, keeping the video between 4.0 and 6 usually gives you the best exposure (not too hot or too low light.)
You also may have a neutral density filter on. You should only apply this switch if there is too much sunlight. Use nd 1/8th for moderate sunlight, nd 1/64th for bright sunlight. Then adjust the iris with the dial again to get the best picture exposure.
You probably have the lens cap on, the iris dial closed, or you are in vcr mode rather than camera mode. You may also have the nd filter set to 1/64th, this is only for bright sunlight. When shooting indoors with low light, set the nd filter to off and hit the iris button until iris manual appears on the lcd, then dial the iris dial in front of the iris button up or down to bring the iris to around 5.6 f stop.
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