hot pixel

[stephano]

I love the g3, however, the one I got had one red pixel in the middle left of the photo. Has anyone else had this problem? Canon described the problem as a "hot pixel" and was ready to take the camera to repair the problem. Suprisingly the company I bought it from (ephotoclub.com) agreed to exchange the camera for a new one.

I don't know about all their products, but the g3 was a very good price, and the salesmen were very professional. Quick delivery and great customer support.

All right enough of the plugs...the posts in this forum have been very handy.

until next time

Stephano

[Yance]

As the camera gets older more pixels will burn out, at least that is what I am experiencing with my G1. Currently I have about 5 bad pixels, mostly green but a couple reds. It's not that big a deal and is easily fixed in photoshop.

[G3guro]

Is the hot pixel on the LCD? or is it when you actually print out the photo that shows up?

Thanks,
G3guro.

[stephano]

You can see the pixel on the lcd...looks sort of white, but when you view the photo in photoshop it is red. I never printed out a picture with the pixel left untouched. This camera came out of the box from the factory with a bad pixel.

I still love the camera! Can't wait to get my new one.

Thanks for the info

Stephano

[G3guro]

so, you see the pixel on the LCD when you are viewing the picture or when you are about to take the shot?

I've seen some big patches of white sometimes while i'm viewing the picture. Is that what you are talking about?
Or is it just a white dot?

G3guro.

[stephano]

it was a white dot on the lcd during the framing and capturing of a picture. After the picture was taken, and it was viewed, the pixel would appear red. At first I thought there was something on the lens, but cleaning the lens did not fix the problem.

what do you think...is it an actual hot pixel, dust or something inside the lens, or some other problem?

Stephano

[G3guro]

Stephano,

Hmmm.....I only see it when I view the picture (histogram view). I see big patches of white blinking.


Other than that, I don't see any white spots.

G3guro.

[stephano]

I dont know either...just happy to be getting a new one. Hope I don't see it on this one.

take care

Stephano

[BruceW]

G3guru,

Just in case you did not realise, the patches of blinking white, represent overexposed portions.

In otherwords, I would expect to see verical bars of the histogram hard up against the right side of the graph, for these pixels.

See the one line comment on page 37 of the manual, under the graphs.

Regards
Bruce

[pingupingu]

i had the problem with the 2 first cameras that the shop wanted to pass me on.
The only solution : try to take a black picture in the shop, by putting your hand in front of the lens ( you have to havecharged batteries of course) and check at once by readind and zooming all lines at max ( it take ten minutes ) going up and down from left to right systematicaly with the 'arrows' button. you will see a blue or white point if you have hot pixel )

The third camera was ok but had a hot pixel on the LCD (not on the picture). That is not very important for me..

[G3guro]

Brucew,

Thanks for the info! That clarified things.... :-)

G3guro.