Wish I had a some usable info to pass on, but I remember reading about this on dpreview and the fact that it was being experienced only at low ISO settings. It might be in their archives of about a week and a half to two weeks ago. No help, I realize, but the fact that it is a recognized problem may be reassuring.(?)
Jack --- On Mon, 7/27/09, Mark Cassino <markcass...@ymail.com> wrote: > From: Mark Cassino <markcass...@ymail.com> > Subject: Crap! K7 Sensor Problem > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <pdml@pdml.net> > Date: Monday, July 27, 2009, 6:26 PM > I got a new job and have been on the > road traveling for 5 of the last 7 weeks - which has left > very little time to give the K7 a real workout. Yesterday I > got that chance, and shot about 600 exposures out in the > field. As I worked on them I realized there's a light > colored band running through every single image I shot > yesterday. Looking back over all the images I've shot with > my K7, the same problem shows up in every single image. > > Here's a sample - actual pixels of the very last shot I > took yesterday. (Apologies - the shot is not properly > focused.) Guide arrows help identify the hot pixel column. > > http://www.markcassino.com/temp/IMGP1267.jpg > > It's a subtle problem, but a real problem. In hindsight, I > noticed it on one of the very first shots I took with the > camera, but fooled myself into thinking it was just a bit of > spiderweb in the shot. I'll be calling B&H in the > morning. > > Did I say CRAP! > > MCC > > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > Mark Cassino Photography > Kalamazoo, Michigan > www.markcassino.com > www.calarti.com > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link > directly above and follow the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
