dead pixel on my brand new 7D

so it looks like i have a dead pixel on my brand new 7d. the weird thing is it only shows up before i import to light room but while previewing in LR it shows, im kinda confused.
any words of wisdom?

I have the same issue and it's only on certain pics. It's weird. Shows up as a blue dot.

mines red and its more prominent when exposed correctly

Glad to hear the other 17,999,999 are OK!

Mark2Mark wrote in post #12077811
Glad to hear the other 17,999,999 are OK!

well it looks like crap when shooting video.

You can try the "undocumented fix"

Put a lens cap on (or camera body cap) and put the camera into Manual sensor cleaning mode. Leave it there for a while, then turn the camera off. Check the bad spot. If it doesn't go away, try it again for a few times (make sure your battery is well charged). If it still doesn't go away, well...to service or not to service?

tonylong wrote in post #12078077
You can try the "undocumented fix"

Put a lens cap on (or camera body cap) and put the camera into Manual sensor cleaning mode. Leave it there for a while, then turn the camera off. Check the bad spot. If it doesn't go away, try it again for a few times (make sure your battery is well charged). If it still doesn't go away, well...to service or not to service?

amazons gonna send me an email in a little bit to see if they will send me another one. the box it came in was beat to **** and it wasn't padded enough so i think they'll send me another.

Well, just so you know -- if it's actually just one pixel, that is not necessarily considered a defect. If it's a cluster of pixels, that's another thing and should definitely be replaced!

happened to my 5D2, lots of it. I'm sending it back.

tonylong wrote in post #12078077
You can try the "undocumented fix"

Put a lens cap on (or camera body cap) and put the camera into Manual sensor cleaning mode. Leave it there for a while, then turn the camera off. Check the bad spot. If it doesn't go away, try it again for a few times (make sure your battery is well charged). If it still doesn't go away, well...to service or not to service?

Canon USA has stated more than once that is just a myth.

tonylong wrote in post #12078202
Well, just so you know -- if it's actually just one pixel, that is not necessarily considered a defect. If it's a cluster of pixels, that's another thing and should definitely be replaced!

One dead or stuck pixel is trivial for still photography, but it's much more annoying--and uncorrectable--in video. I don't know if Canon has adjusted its policy since introducing video or not.

But interestingly, I've also seen very few complaints about dead and stuck pixels on the video-equipped models compared to complaints about previous models.

I'll need to check video to see if it's there. Thanks.

RDKirk wrote in post #12078261
Canon USA has stated more than once that is just a myth.

Well it definately worked on mine.

I was clueless on how to fix it until I came across this method.

Manually cleaned it once and the dead pixels went.

Doubt or scoff all you like,..it worked for me.

RDKirk wrote in post #12078261
Canon USA has stated more than once that is just a myth.

Really? That's the first I've heard that -- do you have a link?

It's funny, because not only have many people reported that it has worked for them, but one POTN member not long ago reported that when he contacted Canon Service about hot pixels, a tech actually advised him to use that method.

So, I'd be curious to see Canon statements to the contrary!

tonylong wrote in post #12078864
Really? That's the first I've heard that -- do you have a link?

It's funny, because not only have many people reported that it has worked for them, but one POTN member not long ago reported that when he contacted Canon Service about hot pixels, a tech actually advised him to use that method.

So, I'd be curious to see Canon statements to the contrary!

Canon USA's senior technical representative, Chuck Westfall, stated it in one of his Q/A columns on digitaljournalist.org Those columns are worth combing through for a lot of authoritative information.