I don't understand how white balance and contrast settings inter-relate on this , but I tweaked a still from the sample clip with the method you had pointed me towards in another thread, setting the black and white points (I just use the levels dropper gadget in the program and click on a white, black or grey point). As you can see I've blown out the whites and the detail again with too heavy contrast BUT I really like the 'airiness' of the result still. The point to all this is that is there a way to capture the Technidisc and remove some of that slight darkness in some way WITHOUT blowing out whites/details?

If this increased 'lightness' effect is not appearing on your screen then please ignore another instance of my increasingly addictive habit of tweaking stuff, and I can safely assume its my monitor settings

ORIG http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=212cwaw&s=6

TWEAK http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=e7z4ua&s=6