I tried a shot with lens cap on at 1/15 and I could easily find 10 hot pixels. There are more but only when I go play with the levels in Photoshop. I am returning the camera to the store. BTW. I think that every camera has hot pixels but they are somehow mapped out, it would be cool to see how many pixels are mapped out on a new camera.
Now the interesting thing is, jpg and raw files have these hot pixels but if I open the raw in Photoshop RAW converter it somehow magically removes them. The same raw file opened in irfan has the hot pixels. I also tried 16-45 on my ZX-M, it is fun, even with the vigneting. :) I am tempted to keep my film stuff just because of this, it is extremely wide. Autofocusing in dim light sucks even with AF assist using flash, I use Canon S45 for wild parties anyway. Amazingly P&S has better AF in dim light than this DSLR. But I think that is the only problem with D, everything else is great. Except the dead pixels, but I will solve that. ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Zaninovic" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, December 07, 2004 9:45 AM Subject: D questions > I got my D and now I have some questions. :) > I am also new to autofocus on SLR cameras. > > How many stuck pixels am I supposed to have ? I think I have 4. I can see > them when jpg is generated by the camera but I can't > find them when I use raw and Photoshop RAW converter, which is strange. I > will use RAW mostly but it is disturbing to have > something not working correctly. Is there a software which can remove this > stuck pixels by knowing the position as it is always the > same ? Should I return the camera and get another one ? I will investigate > this more closely tonight. > > AF is really bad in low light with 16-45, I think it is worse than my Canon > S45 P&S, mostly because Canon has AF assist lamp. Is > there such a thing for D ? How do I turn on AF assist ? Can internal flash > do AF assist or I need to buy the external one ? > > What do most of you use, multipoint AF or center point ? It seems like a bad > idea to use multipoint as you never know where will AF > focus and DOF on SLR cameras is not forgiving as on P&S. > > 16-45 feels cheap even comparing to my $20 Takumar 135/2.5, but that is ok, I > am interested in its optical qualities. :) I was also > surprised how light it is comparing to my 80-200/2.8 Tokina. :) You could > defend yourself with Tokina if somebody attacks you. > > Is there a color profile for D ? How do I get accurate colors ? Should I > get IT8 target and shoot it ? >
