Banding on 5d2 but not on another.

No HTP is on as I have both my cameras on the same settings Always. thats why I have 2.. its really worrying...Ive sent an email to CPS. Hoping they pick it up in teh morning.

I hope your fix goes smoothly. Good luck.

jdizzle wrote in post #10231997
I hope your fix goes smoothly. Good luck.

cheers.... im still quite pissed about it as im shooting "links" Golf courses by the sea and I really did not wanna change lenses on every hole with salt and sand in the air....

Ok, so CPS Sweden have agreed to have a look at the camera eventhough im registered in Spain and I do not have proof of purchase with me. ( who does) fingers crossed...

you will get the banding in HIGH ISO. try it. take a picture in a dark room or leave the lens cap on. set the ISO to highest and EV to +3. I promise you that you will see this banding.
You should not see banding at 100 ISO @ any F/stop. Check your Ev comp.

czynot wrote in post #10241991
you will get the banding in HIGH ISO. try it. take a picture in a dark room or leave the lens cap on. set the ISO to highest and EV to +3. I promise you that you will see this banding.
You should not see banding at 100 ISO @ any F/stop. Check your Ev comp.

I take pictures like that all the time.

HKGuns wrote in post #10242181
I take pictures like that all the time.

Me too, they look great printed BIG.

Check out this thread:

https://photography-on-the.net …674155&highligh​t=5D2+maze

It's not a normal fault with the 5D2, but it's been seen before.

they have recognized the problem and are working to fix it. itll be interesting when they let me know what it was. And it has nothing to do with ISO its a different band alltogether...

bacchanal wrote in post #10242247
Check out this thread:

https://photography-on-the.net …674155&highligh​t=5D2+maze

It's not a normal fault with the 5D2, but it's been seen before.

yeah thanks - this is it!

I hear that pixel peeping is bad for one (at least, as long as it is the other guy's camera and not your's where you see something odd). I was barely able to detect some vertical stripes (I suppose that is what you are referring to).

I also see an indication that the image has been tone-mapped -- depending on the amount of tone mapping, that may explain what you are seeing. Anytime that you drag darker parts of an image out of the gloomy depths where they reside into the light of day, it will also drag along the ugliness of the dark areas. And, don't forget that even a one stop increase in brightness means that each incremental tone step will be equivalent to two incremental tone steps in brightness of a correctly exposed area. Although the effect is very faint, you might also want to take a peek at the histogram to see if any "picket fencing" is starting to develop.

Since it isn't my camera, I will say that you may be nit picking. Something that is far more noticeable in the first image is the large amount of chromatic aberration. Don't know what software you are using, but Adobe Camera Raw or Adobe Lightroom both can easily correct the CA.

HKGuns wrote in post #10242181
I take pictures like that all the time.

try it tonight and tell me what you see. Go home and take a long exposure at high iso. tell me if you see banding. The grain/noise will show you the banding. TRY IT.

Bill Boehme wrote in post #10244570
I hear that pixel peeping is bad for one (at least, as long as it is the other guy's camera and not your's where you see something odd). I was barely able to detect some vertical stripes (I suppose that is what you are referring to).

I also see an indication that the image has been tone-mapped -- depending on the amount of tone mapping, that may explain what you are seeing. Anytime that you drag darker parts of an image out of the gloomy depths where they reside into the light of day, it will also drag along the ugliness of the dark areas. And, don't forget that even a one stop increase in brightness means that each incremental tone step will be equivalent to two incremental tone steps in brightness of a correctly exposed area. Although the effect is very faint, you might also want to take a peek at the histogram to see if any "picket fencing" is starting to develop.

Since it isn't my camera, I will say that you may be nit picking. Something that is far more noticeable in the first image is the large amount of chromatic aberration. Don't know what software you are using, but Adobe Camera Raw or Adobe Lightroom both can easily correct the CA.

the tone mapping was just to exagerate the problem. - the guy over at tech has recognized the problem, I told him to shoot flat surfaces and zoom in on the raw file using, DPP, Aperture, ACR etc and He sees it. the other link to another thread on this maze problem is in fact A FACT. get those cameras back guys. Canon QC.....

czynot wrote in post #10244675
try it tonight and tell me what you see. Go home and take a long exposure at high iso. tell me if you see banding. The grain/noise will show you the banding. TRY IT.

Sorry, I have 1D4 not 5D2 AND I have better ways to spend my time. If I can't see issues in the shadows of a real picture I'm not going to go looking for problems. by taking pictures of my lens cap.

HKGuns wrote in post #10251734
Sorry, I have 1D4 not 5D2 AND I have better ways to spend my time. If I can't see issues in the shadows of a real picture I'm not going to go looking for problems. by taking pictures of my lens cap.

hehe I completely undetstand.

An update to those who suffer from the Mouse Maze syndrome... Ie not NOISE.

They have replaced the "System Buss" and the "Main Card" (which i guess in translation means the Main board) so there is definitely a problem. I will take it out for a test this evening and report back.