Just a quick note which may or may not be relevant to the thread, Canon released a firmware update (1.1.0) for the 20D which corrected horizontal banding at high ISOs with the use of the internal flash. There have been several reports of users noticing the banding in certain shots without the internal flash (search dpreview forums>20D>"banding"), and I haven't noticed if anyone's noticed if the firmware upgrade has solved the problem of horizontal banding at say 3200 in an indoor, low light situation (outdoor bright shots tend to be reasonably safe from such problems- one poster commented on how in could be the way in which the DIGICII processor deals better with the blue end of the spectrum IIRC).
Basically, what I'm trying to say is yes it's a sensor issue (it can't not be), but with the potential to be addressed in a firmware upgrade. With so much riding on the ist Ds for Pentax- grabbing back market share etc- I suspect that the appropriate bugfix isn't too far away. Cheers, Ryan ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rebekah Gonzalez" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, December 15, 2004 12:55 AM Subject: Re: Stripes on digital image - followup. > I don't actually know, but I recently noticed the same sort of stripes on a > picture my dad had taken. He told me that it was an abberation of some sort > in the sensor because it was straining to take in photons in a low light > situation. So when you take pictures in very low settings I think these > lines show up where the sensor is not as strong as the rest of the sensor > (or whatever it is that takes in the light to create a photo, sorry I don't > know much about digital jargon). You might check back later to see if he > also posts a more coherent reply. > > rg2 > > *PENTAX SAMURAI* > >
