The sad thing is digital cameras are disposable. Unlike film cameras
that if you can find film to feed them will last, (effectively), forever.
On 6/28/2013 10:16 AM, Zos Xavius wrote:
Yeah, that would be annoying. My k-7 has started showing a vertical
green line. Glad I'm not alone in the sensor failing dept. I mapped
the pixels and it hasn't shown up since, but I'm sure it will
eventually on some random irreplaceable shot. The dust i have is
behind the AA filter. it shows up at nearly all apertures. Thankfully
it is near the upper left corner and not in the middle. Oh and the
seal around my shutter button is failing. It sometimes gets water in
the shutter and on/off switch. After a day it will dry out. It took 2
hours of sitting on a tripod in a severe downpour for that to happen
the other day. The half press is wonky so I moved the AF to the back
button. About a year or so ago I spilled some coffee on the shutter
button. I tried to get the stickiness out of the switch, but I'm
guessing the contact cleaner I used probably ate into the weather
sealing. Its no longer sticky at least. The cost to service it would
be probably 3-400. I could buy a virtually new k-7 for that much,
though I am rather fond of that camera and how abused and used it
looks now. I guess I'll keep shooting with it until it totally dies or
becomes unusable.
On Fri, Jun 28, 2013 at 9:43 AM, John Sessoms <[email protected]> wrote:
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"
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