how many dead pixels on your 995's CCD?

Ken W · Jul 6, 2001

Dear all,

I have just upgraded my cp800 to cp995 for few days and I appreciate its functions much.

However, it's a pity that I find one dead pixel on my new cp995...... is it acceptable? I'd like to know how often does dead pixels exist on CCD? And do you guys' have dead pixels? And how many?
Would you guys recommand me to exchange for a new one? (I live in Hong Kong)
Thanks a lot.

yours.

hubert · Jul 6, 2001

Did you already try
http://www.starzen.com/digicam/download.htm
Important to read the manual carefully.

My 995 has 0 dead pixel.

Hubert
http://www.wein4tel.multiservers.com/nikframe.htm

Ken W said:
Dear all,

I have just upgraded my cp800 to cp995 for few days and I
appreciate its functions much.
However, it's a pity that I find one dead pixel on my new
cp995...... is it acceptable? I'd like to know how often does dead
pixels exist on CCD? And do you guys' have dead pixels? And how
many?
Would you guys recommand me to exchange for a new one? (I live in
Hong Kong)
Thanks a lot.

yours.

Jim Eastham · Jul 6, 2001

Ken, I've owned all the 9xx series of DigiCams and currently have a 990 and a 995. I've never had a defective pixel in any of my CCDs (touch wood). Maybe I've just been lucky (touch wood again).

If it's annoying (it would be to me), most dealers will do an exchange during their exchange period and the better ones will even screen their stock to find you a camera that has no flaws.

Some people tolerate a faulty pixel that's off to the side of the frame. Others don't. Most everyone rejects a faulty pixel that's in the middle of the frame. For those who's warranty has expired and they don't want to pay or beg Nikon for a repair, there are editing techniques that will work around the problem. I believe Peter's got one in the Learn section of this site.

Hope this helps...

Ken W · Jul 10, 2001

Dear all,

Thanks for your response. I find that the "dead" pixel on the CCD is a "hot" pixel indeed...... god bless ^.^
yours

Jim Eastham said:
Ken, I've owned all the 9xx series of DigiCams and currently have a
990 and a 995. I've never had a defective pixel in any of my CCDs
(touch wood). Maybe I've just been lucky (touch wood again).

If it's annoying (it would be to me), most dealers will do an
exchange during their exchange period and the better ones will even
screen their stock to find you a camera that has no flaws.

Some people tolerate a faulty pixel that's off to the side of the
frame. Others don't. Most everyone rejects a faulty pixel that's
in the middle of the frame. For those who's warranty has expired
and they don't want to pay or beg Nikon for a repair, there are
editing techniques that will work around the problem. I believe
Peter's got one in the Learn section of this site.

Hope this helps...

Bob Shelley · Jul 11, 2001

My first 995 had 2 stuck pixels. One in the middle of the right hand focus area, with the other near the middle of the right edge. Although they weren't full intensity, I'd call them stuck because they showed up in all pictures. The camera went back to the dealer with an example picture on its CF that was taken at 1/1000s; it clearly showed the 2 pixels.

I asked the dealer (bought via internet) to inspect the next camera before sending it; they were willing/happy to comply. I now have the new 995. It does have 1 very faint magenta pixel that is always there near the lower right corner. But it is very faint at faster speeds. I think I can live with this one.

Bob...

Jim Eastham said:
Ken, I've owned all the 9xx series of DigiCams and currently have a
990 and a 995. I've never had a defective pixel in any of my CCDs
(touch wood). Maybe I've just been lucky (touch wood again).

If it's annoying (it would be to me), most dealers will do an
exchange during their exchange period and the better ones will even
screen their stock to find you a camera that has no flaws.

Some people tolerate a faulty pixel that's off to the side of the
frame. Others don't. Most everyone rejects a faulty pixel that's
in the middle of the frame. For those who's warranty has expired
and they don't want to pay or beg Nikon for a repair, there are
editing techniques that will work around the problem. I believe
Peter's got one in the Learn section of this site.

Hope this helps...

AVJsn · Jul 11, 2001

See if you will see "hot pixels" on the following shoting condition :-

(1) tilte the lens backward, and shot yourself (at daytime and at night time);

(2) title the lens backward, cover the lens with its cap (i.e. to achieve total darkness), and take some picture at various resolution (including the TIFF mode).

My 995 show 4 hot spots in all of the above cases, while I got no hot spots in other lens direction so far.

René · Jul 13, 2001

Just for the record,

I just received my new 995 this week. One bright magenta dead pixel in the CCD which is there in the lower quadrant of the frame (but definitely not at the edge), in all shooting conditions and shutter speeds. It's annoying.

Here's the rub: although I can return it for exchange, it's at my shipping and insurance expense. And there's no guarantee the next one will be defect free (they won't inspect it), AND there's no return period for a refund, without incurring a 15% restocking fee, even for defective merchandise. They got me by the short-pixels. The vendor? Our own State Street Direct. I guess when you've got your name splashing across an internet forum like this one, you don't need to be as concerned about fair customer service.

Of course, I can return it to Nikon any time in the next year, get a free cleaning out of it, etc., and this is what I'll probably do. But either way, the upshot is that I have to pay extra to get a camera which isn't defective.

René

Michael Oersigh · Jul 13, 2001

René said:
Just for the record,

I just received my new 995 this week. One bright magenta dead pixel
in the CCD which is there in the lower quadrant of the frame (but
definitely not at the edge), in all shooting conditions and shutter
speeds. It's annoying.

Here's the rub: although I can return it for exchange, it's at my
shipping and insurance expense. And there's no guarantee the next
one will be defect free (they won't inspect it), AND there's no
return period for a refund, without incurring a 15% restocking fee,
even for defective merchandise. They got me by the short-pixels.
The vendor? Our own State Street Direct. I guess when you've got
your name splashing across an internet forum like this one, you
don't need to be as concerned about fair customer service.

Of course, I can return it to Nikon any time in the next year, get
a free cleaning out of it, etc., and this is what I'll probably do.
But either way, the upshot is that I have to pay extra to get a
camera which isn't defective.

René

Hot or dead pixels are temporary and can disappear in one minute or one month or whatever. Eventually you will find out there are no damaged pixels, there never has been, except on other companies digitals.

Mike

René · Jul 13, 2001

Michael said:
René said:

Just for the record,

I just received my new 995 this week. One bright magenta dead pixel
in the CCD which is there in the lower quadrant of the frame (but
definitely not at the edge), in all shooting conditions and shutter
speeds. It's annoying.

Here's the rub: although I can return it for exchange, it's at my
shipping and insurance expense. And there's no guarantee the next
one will be defect free (they won't inspect it), AND there's no
return period for a refund, without incurring a 15% restocking fee,
even for defective merchandise. They got me by the short-pixels.
The vendor? Our own State Street Direct. I guess when you've got
your name splashing across an internet forum like this one, you
don't need to be as concerned about fair customer service.

Of course, I can return it to Nikon any time in the next year, get
a free cleaning out of it, etc., and this is what I'll probably do.
But either way, the upshot is that I have to pay extra to get a
camera which isn't defective.

René

Click to expand...

Hot or dead pixels are temporary and can disappear in one minute or
one month or whatever. Eventually you will find out there are no
damaged pixels, there never has been, except on other companies
digitals.

Mike

If you are joshing me, OK, I'll laugh!

But seriously now, do they sometimes go away? This one is like Alpha Centauri on a dark frame, and it's always at the same (Photoshop) coordinates. So I think (from what I've read), it qualifies as a little more than just "hot".

Sherman Stebbins · Jul 13, 2001

Zero dead,stuck (even the hot ones have been hard to find).

Sherm

Ken W said:
Dear all,

I have just upgraded my cp800 to cp995 for few days and I
appreciate its functions much.
However, it's a pity that I find one dead pixel on my new
cp995...... is it acceptable? I'd like to know how often does dead
pixels exist on CCD? And do you guys' have dead pixels? And how
many?
Would you guys recommand me to exchange for a new one? (I live in
Hong Kong)
Thanks a lot.

yours.

AVJsn · Jul 13, 2001

I got several "hot" pixels in the lens tilted backward direction (at daylight as well as total darkness conditions)

In other lens direction, I don't found any "dead" "hot" pixel for the time being.

On the other hand, I got one "dead" pixel (green) on the camera TFT display (near the corner) all the time.

Hope that other can get a "better" 995 !

Ken W said:
Dear all,

I have just upgraded my cp800 to cp995 for few days and I
appreciate its functions much.
However, it's a pity that I find one dead pixel on my new
cp995...... is it acceptable? I'd like to know how often does dead
pixels exist on CCD? And do you guys' have dead pixels? And how
many?
Would you guys recommand me to exchange for a new one? (I live in
Hong Kong)
Thanks a lot.

yours.

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