Hi Timstannard,so you looked at my template settings and it was originally lower field first,however when i have my footage in the project media tab,i right clip on any of the scenes/thumbnails,select properties and there it displays format as pal dv and upper field first,,that's why i changed my template render to upper field first,just so that the render matches the format,i suppose i was clutching at straws just to get a decent picture and it worked,going on what you wrote in the above post,it shouldn't work but it does,strange.

I just looked at the link/post in sony creative software forums,the first post and the guy is using a DCR-SR50Ecam which is very similar to mine and he was or still is having the same problem as i was so i'm gonna join that forum aswell and tell him what i've done with template settings.
My source/camfootage is mpeg-2 format,is this not classed as dv ? The clip properties definately say dv,HOWEVER when i use the same footage in Pinacle Studio 11 is says my clip properties are mpeg-2 !! So something somewhere is wrong,but my picture is now good !
Anyway thanks for your help and research....Paul.

The only thing I'll contribute further here is that mpeg-2 is NOT the same as DV, and I'm surprised Vegas is showing it as such.
As I say the rest is all stuff I now know I understand.

When you find out, please post back!

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Hi Tim,i looked in my cam manual,sony DCR-SR90 records in mpeg2 ps format.