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EOS Bodies - For Stills / Hot pixels WERE on my new 5DIII - any reason to be concerned?
« on: April 09, 2012, 01:01:03 PM »
Good afternoon,
I bought a 5D Mark III a short while ago, and noticed on all my pictures (short and long exposures, different lenses, etc...) 5 or 6 pixels were showing up as bright white. I ran a manual sensor clean for one minute (says to do it in the manual), and all the hot pixels are gone. I have no interest at all in returning the camera because it works perfectly after the manual sensor cleaning. I am looking for some feedback from others more experienced than me with buying new camera backs (I've only bought 2 in the past 6 years including the 5DIII).
I google searched and see that hot/stuck pixels are easy to clean using the manual sensor clean.. I can't help wondering though - Is it worth any concern to have hot pixels right out of the box BEFORE I ran a manual sensor clean on my new 5D Mark III? What is really going on here? Does this frequently happen during shipping between warehouses/stores, or is it packed in the Canon factory with this mild-but-annoying issue? I'd love a Canon rep to weigh in on this...
I bought a 5D Mark III a short while ago, and noticed on all my pictures (short and long exposures, different lenses, etc...) 5 or 6 pixels were showing up as bright white. I ran a manual sensor clean for one minute (says to do it in the manual), and all the hot pixels are gone. I have no interest at all in returning the camera because it works perfectly after the manual sensor cleaning. I am looking for some feedback from others more experienced than me with buying new camera backs (I've only bought 2 in the past 6 years including the 5DIII).
I google searched and see that hot/stuck pixels are easy to clean using the manual sensor clean.. I can't help wondering though - Is it worth any concern to have hot pixels right out of the box BEFORE I ran a manual sensor clean on my new 5D Mark III? What is really going on here? Does this frequently happen during shipping between warehouses/stores, or is it packed in the Canon factory with this mild-but-annoying issue? I'd love a Canon rep to weigh in on this...