i had a ds 65 and thought it was great if used within it's boundaries.

As for the pic above, well looks to me like this is a case of 'auto' everything being on. What I think has happened is that the sky is very bright so the camcorder has decreased the exposure / reduced shitter speed to expose the overall picture correctly. But, this has resulted in the forground being very under exposed, hence poor colours and contrast.

To fix, just use manual exposure for shots like this.

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