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Camera issues?
Posted: 02 Apr 2009 06:58 pm
by jtbo
You photo guys, tell me your opinion if I should start to worry about. Sometimes when I take photo results are not quite what I have learned to except, I don't mean this shaked photo, but that there are some extra bright dots in pic.
I have circled them here and also there is one odd line that I have added red markings to both side of it, what are these things?
http://jtbo.pp.fi/images/Astro/hot_pixels.jpg
Sample:
Do I need to start saving to new camera already? D90 would be nice, but that is lot of money and I need to save for house repairs so I'm not too keen to spend at the moment, but then again I don't like to find out that all of sudden my pics are filled with akne...
Re: Camera issues?
Posted: 02 Apr 2009 09:13 pm
by volvosneverdie
its the secret plans for the zombie invasion dude.
prepare yourself.
Re: Camera issues?
Posted: 02 Apr 2009 09:21 pm
by jtbo
I eat zombies for breakfast, so that does not worry me, but camera issue is another story

Re: Camera issues?
Posted: 02 Apr 2009 09:55 pm
by sven360
Are you two regular mushroom pickers or just seasonal?
Re: Camera issues?
Posted: 02 Apr 2009 09:56 pm
by jtbo
sven360 wrote:Are you two regular mushroom pickers or just seasonal?
I don't like mush rooms, oval rooms are much better

Re: Camera issues?
Posted: 02 Apr 2009 09:58 pm
by volvosneverdie
jtbo wrote:sven360 wrote:Are you two regular mushroom pickers or just seasonal?
I don't like mush rooms, oval rooms are much better

You asked for this one Sven.......................................................
Leave us alone.
We're Fun-gi's !
(fun guys)
Re: Camera issues?
Posted: 02 Apr 2009 11:19 pm
by Pie
volvosneverdie wrote:jtbo wrote:sven360 wrote:Are you two regular mushroom pickers or just seasonal?
I don't like mush rooms, oval rooms are much better

You asked for this one Sven.......................................................
Leave us alone.
We're Fun-gi's !
(fun guys)
And

Re: Camera issues?
Posted: 03 Apr 2009 12:57 am
by Chris_C
Jani, do you have dark frame subtraction on that camera? It's in my menu as "noise reduction". Does it happen at all shutter speeds?
Do a few test frames, on a tripod, between 1/125 and 30 secs of a night scene, see if they appear on all of them.
Re: Camera issues?
Posted: 03 Apr 2009 01:37 am
by filthyjohn
The V3M way! Quite a bit of nonsense, followed by a sensible, helpful reply. You don't get this service anywhere else.
Re: Camera issues?
Posted: 03 Apr 2009 01:43 am
by volvosneverdie
filthyjohn wrote:The V3M way! Quite a bit of nonsense, followed by a sensible, helpful reply. You don't get this service anywhere else.
Youve obviously never used my 'will answer any question for a pound' text service.
Its similar.
So similar i may be in breach of my own copyrights.
Re: Camera issues?
Posted: 03 Apr 2009 08:45 am
by jtbo
Chris_C wrote:Jani, do you have dark frame subtraction on that camera? It's in my menu as "noise reduction". Does it happen at all shutter speeds?
Do a few test frames, on a tripod, between 1/125 and 30 secs of a night scene, see if they appear on all of them.
I have it off as that is required for astro shooting, That blue thing comes in even that is on, don't know about other errors.
Re: Camera issues?
Posted: 03 Apr 2009 10:07 am
by Chris_C
jtbo wrote:I have it off as that is required for astro shooting
Why? This surprises me, DSLR's are known for noise.... ah, do stars appear to small and get confused for hot pixels and therefore get nuked?
The fact that that blue bar stays there I can't get my head round yet... it *looks* like a row lost due to a dodgy contact on an LCD screen which isn't a good thing but I know nothing about CCD's. Worth an ask on some astrophotog forums?
Re: Camera issues?
Posted: 03 Apr 2009 11:56 am
by volvosneverdie
jtbo wrote:
I have it off
This amuses me.
Re: Camera issues?
Posted: 03 Apr 2009 05:50 pm
by jtbo
Chris_C wrote:jtbo wrote:I have it off as that is required for astro shooting
Why? This surprises me, DSLR's are known for noise.... ah, do stars appear to small and get confused for hot pixels and therefore get nuked?
The fact that that blue bar stays there I can't get my head round yet... it *looks* like a row lost due to a dodgy contact on an LCD screen which isn't a good thing but I know nothing about CCD's. Worth an ask on some astrophotog forums?
Astro photos enter to software process which has much more advanced dark frame substraction than camera has so that is main reason. Typically in astrophotography you take several photos, also ton of dark frames and process them all together in special software like Registax 5 or Deep Space Stacker.
Only reason I'm worried is that there has been more and more of them and also some dead pixels on daytime photos where I have not seen them before.