on my Olympus digital P&S this is build in. Olympus advises to run this once a year. pity Pentax didn't do this
On Wednesday 13 April 2005 17:11, David Zaninovic wrote: FJW> They should give us the program so we don't have to wait 4 weeks for this. FJW> FJW> ----- Original Message ----- FJW> From: "Peter Smekal" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> FJW> To: <pentax-discuss@pdml.net> FJW> Sent: Wednesday, April 13, 2005 10:59 AM FJW> Subject: Re: Hot pixels FJW> FJW> FJW> > Interesting. So they just "eliminate" the hot pixels with a program. Do you FJW> > think they could do the same with stuck pixels? FJW> > Peter FJW> > FJW> > >I sent my Pentax *ist D just before the end of the one FJW> > >year warranty to Colorado because of what I thought FJW> > >were a high number of hot pixels: FJW> > > FJW> > >6 hot pixels at 1/60 sec FJW> > >7 at 1/15 sec FJW> > >13 at 1/4 sec FJW> > >37 at 1 sec FJW> > > FJW> > >It came back after 4 weeks with a note stating that: FJW> > > FJW> > >"We completed an evaluation of your product and have FJW> > >run a program designed to eliminate "hot" pixels. It FJW> > >is not common for a sensor with millions of light FJW> > >sensitive areas to have this phenomenon." FJW> > > FJW> > >I did a quick test last night, and now there are 4 hot FJW> > >pixels at 1 sec and none at 1/4, 1/15, and 1/60 sec. FJW> > >For your information, I used the "deadpixeltest" FJW> > >program. FJW> > > FJW> > >http://www.starzen.com/imaging/deadpixeltest.htm FJW> > > FJW> > > FJW> > > FJW> > >__________________________________ FJW> > >Do you Yahoo!? FJW> > >Yahoo! Small Business - Try our new resources site! FJW> > >http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/resources/ FJW> > FJW> > FJW> > FJW> FJW> FJW> -- Frits Wüthrich
