From: Zos Xavius
My k-7 has two permanent dust spots. They are annoying for sure, but not enough for me to replace the camera just yet.
I wish this was just dust spots. This is a clump of about 150 bad pixels (if you blow it up enough in PhotoShop you can count them). If I shoot a dark frame with the lens cap on, the spot can be seen in image review on the LCD. In light areas of an image they show up as a hard black dot. In dark areas of an image, they show up as a hard bright white dot. I can usually zoom in tight in ACR & take it out with the spot healing tool. Occasionally it's accompanied by a red line one pixel high across the width of the image. When the line is there, it's one row higher to the right of the dot than it is on the left. If the line is there, it won't come out with the spot healing tool in ACR. It has to be removed in PhotoShop itself, and it's a PITA. Still, as you say "annoying for sure, but not enough for me to replace the camera" -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
