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Hi,

I have matlab R2007a with image acquisition toolbox. I 
recently have connected a scientific camera (pixelink, 
PLA641)to my Win XP laptop. Two other cameras that I've 
tried are working fine.

Issue is.........although matlab recognises the camera as 
a "winvideo" device, when I 'preview/start video input' 
the screen appears "DARK". When I preview through the 
vendor's software, I have no problems. 
Comments/suggestions are much appreciated.

NB: I do have two observations
1. In matlab, the camera's supported video format seems 
slightly different (more!) than what is provided by vendor 
(1280x1024 versus 1288 x 1032, respectively).
2. Occasionally (~1% of time) I do see a still picture in 
the preview window(highly inconsistent though).

Than Q!