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Acceptable amount of hot pixels

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Hey all, Im on my second 6d(first one had a dead pixel mid sensor), replacement I took out last night to take some long exposures. I was surprised to see a good amount of what I am assuming are hot pixels as they are not in every shot just long exposures. I had never really seen this a lot on my rebel. Should I be expecting this on a full frame? Or should I be sending this back to give a third one a try? Thanks for the advice.
 
They are to be expected, you can try the do it yourself mapping out process, or send it to Canon to map them out.
http://www.dpreview.com/forums/post/50745328

You did not define what a long exposure is to you, 30 sec or 30 minutes?? You also did not mention the ISO setting.

With a moderately long exposure of 10-15 seconds, I see no hot pixels on either of my 5D MK III's unless I boost the exposure by 4 or 5 stops.
 
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