Imported AV and DV is darker than original. Need suggestions

[CarpetMan]

I've been reading this forum for about a year,and usually find the answers to my questions. But I need help with this one.
I started converting my home videos with a wintv go card. The captured files were to dark so I used virtual dub to brighten as I captured and it worked great. I figured it was a flaw in the wintv card and dealt with it.
Now I have bought a dv camera and I have the same problem with the download video,even though I am useing a firewire card. Virtual dub does not work with my dv camera (to my knowledge). So I need a capture program that will let me brighten while downloading my video. Or some other suggestion to help me correct my problem. I have tried different capturing programs and they all do the same thing. I have tried brightening the movie while editing but that is a frame by frame thing and very time consuming. Thanks to anyone who can help.
system
xp2200
512 meg ram
80 gig 8meg cache W/D
ATI 8500 video card
Windows XP Pro
Panasonic DV 102 camcorder

[Tommyknocker]

Video Studio

[housepig]

if you are going to put this on vcd or dvd (or any format to be played on a tv versus a computer monitor), author a small test segment first before you alter any brightness settings.

computer monitors commonly display the video a lot darker than your tv will, so check and make sure - it might be fine, even if it looks dark on the computer.

[CarpetMan]

Thanks for the suggestions. Housepig, I think I tried playing a svd on the tv and it was dark. But I'll try a test to make sure,as it has been awhile back.