S30 dead pixel

Al Robson said:

Have had my S30 for 3 weeks now and am very happy with it. However
a few days ago I decided to run the Starzen dead pixel test. On a 1
second shutter speed it reported a hot pixel at x493, y578 with
luminance 123, reducing to 85 at 1/2 sec speed. Speeds of 1/4 sec
and faster reported nothing at all. I thought this was acceptable
and decided to live with it until I looked at a lot of pictures I
had taken already, and notice a white pixel at x493, y578 on
pictures taken with shutter speeds up to 1/1000 sec. This is most
definitely a dead pixel as far as I'm concerned, and not a hot
pixel as reported in the Starzen test. Unfortunately is seems to
affect pixels around it also when I study my superfine jpegs.

Have any other users experienced dead pixels on the S30/S40, and if
it was just an odd one as in my case what have people done about
it. As I am very happy with the camera otherwise, I feel inclined
to live with it as I'm afraid of exchanging it for another camera
with even more dead/hot pixels. I've read on here that some owners
have had to try several cameras before they find one with a defect
free CCD. It seems like a heck of a lot of hassle, and who's to say
there won't be something wrong with other aspects of a subsitute
camera.

Al

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Ajima said:

Al Robson said:

Have had my S30 for 3 weeks now and am very happy with it. However
a few days ago I decided to run the Starzen dead pixel test. On a 1
second shutter speed it reported a hot pixel at x493, y578 with
luminance 123, reducing to 85 at 1/2 sec speed. Speeds of 1/4 sec
and faster reported nothing at all. I thought this was acceptable
and decided to live with it until I looked at a lot of pictures I
had taken already, and notice a white pixel at x493, y578 on
pictures taken with shutter speeds up to 1/1000 sec. This is most
definitely a dead pixel as far as I'm concerned, and not a hot
pixel as reported in the Starzen test. Unfortunately is seems to
affect pixels around it also when I study my superfine jpegs.

Have any other users experienced dead pixels on the S30/S40, and if
it was just an odd one as in my case what have people done about
it. As I am very happy with the camera otherwise, I feel inclined
to live with it as I'm afraid of exchanging it for another camera
with even more dead/hot pixels. I've read on here that some owners
have had to try several cameras before they find one with a defect
free CCD. It seems like a heck of a lot of hassle, and who's to say
there won't be something wrong with other aspects of a subsitute
camera.

Al

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Al Robson said:

Have any other users experienced dead pixels on the S30/S40, and if
it was just an odd one as in my case what have people done about
it. As I am very happy with the camera otherwise, I feel inclined
to live with it as I'm afraid of exchanging it for another camera
with even more dead/hot pixels. I've read on here that some owners
have had to try several cameras before they find one with a defect
free CCD. It seems like a heck of a lot of hassle, and who's to say
there won't be something wrong with other aspects of a subsitute
camera.

Al

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Lisa S said:

Al Robson said:

Have any other users experienced dead pixels on the S30/S40, and if
it was just an odd one as in my case what have people done about
it. As I am very happy with the camera otherwise, I feel inclined
to live with it as I'm afraid of exchanging it for another camera
with even more dead/hot pixels. I've read on here that some owners
have had to try several cameras before they find one with a defect
free CCD. It seems like a heck of a lot of hassle, and who's to say
there won't be something wrong with other aspects of a subsitute
camera.

Al

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I've had my S30 about a month & just received a replacement today.
I noticed a dead/hot pixel (without doing a test) about 3 weeks ago
but never knew what it was until I found this forum. I checked my
earlier pictures and found the same white dot in each shot.

Luckily, my retailer decided to check the replacement camera for me
before letting it out & the tech found at least 1 dead or hot pixel
on the 2 cameras left in stock- that was over a week ago. I got a
call on Sunday that they had a camera that's clean but haven't
tested it yet. Wish me luck!

I also agonized over whether or not to exchange my camera but
decided I didn't want to keep seeing a spot on someone's nose,
cheek, etc. whenever I viewed my slideshows. Now I'm just hoping I
made the right decision.

Lisa

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Al Robson said:

Have had my S30 for 3 weeks now and am very happy with it. However
a few days ago I decided to run the Starzen dead pixel test. On a 1
second shutter speed it reported a hot pixel at x493, y578 with
luminance 123, reducing to 85 at 1/2 sec speed. Speeds of 1/4 sec
and faster reported nothing at all. I thought this was acceptable
and decided to live with it until I looked at a lot of pictures I
had taken already, and notice a white pixel at x493, y578 on
pictures taken with shutter speeds up to 1/1000 sec. This is most
definitely a dead pixel as far as I'm concerned, and not a hot
pixel as reported in the Starzen test. Unfortunately is seems to
affect pixels around it also when I study my superfine jpegs.

Have any other users experienced dead pixels on the S30/S40, and if
it was just an odd one as in my case what have people done about
it. As I am very happy with the camera otherwise, I feel inclined
to live with it as I'm afraid of exchanging it for another camera
with even more dead/hot pixels. I've read on here that some owners
have had to try several cameras before they find one with a defect
free CCD. It seems like a heck of a lot of hassle, and who's to say
there won't be something wrong with other aspects of a subsitute
camera.

Al

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Scorpian said:

Al Robson said:

Have had my S30 for 3 weeks now and am very happy with it. However
a few days ago I decided to run the Starzen dead pixel test. On a 1
second shutter speed it reported a hot pixel at x493, y578 with
luminance 123, reducing to 85 at 1/2 sec speed. Speeds of 1/4 sec
and faster reported nothing at all. I thought this was acceptable
and decided to live with it until I looked at a lot of pictures I
had taken already, and notice a white pixel at x493, y578 on
pictures taken with shutter speeds up to 1/1000 sec. This is most
definitely a dead pixel as far as I'm concerned, and not a hot
pixel as reported in the Starzen test. Unfortunately is seems to
affect pixels around it also when I study my superfine jpegs.

Have any other users experienced dead pixels on the S30/S40, and if
it was just an odd one as in my case what have people done about
it. As I am very happy with the camera otherwise, I feel inclined
to live with it as I'm afraid of exchanging it for another camera
with even more dead/hot pixels. I've read on here that some owners
have had to try several cameras before they find one with a defect
free CCD. It seems like a heck of a lot of hassle, and who's to say
there won't be something wrong with other aspects of a subsitute
camera.

Al

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Al Robson said:

Scorpian said:

Al Robson said:

Have had my S30 for 3 weeks now and am very happy with it. However
a few days ago I decided to run the Starzen dead pixel test. On a 1
second shutter speed it reported a hot pixel at x493, y578 with
luminance 123, reducing to 85 at 1/2 sec speed. Speeds of 1/4 sec
and faster reported nothing at all. I thought this was acceptable
and decided to live with it until I looked at a lot of pictures I
had taken already, and notice a white pixel at x493, y578 on
pictures taken with shutter speeds up to 1/1000 sec. This is most
definitely a dead pixel as far as I'm concerned, and not a hot
pixel as reported in the Starzen test. Unfortunately is seems to
affect pixels around it also when I study my superfine jpegs.

Have any other users experienced dead pixels on the S30/S40, and if
it was just an odd one as in my case what have people done about
it. As I am very happy with the camera otherwise, I feel inclined
to live with it as I'm afraid of exchanging it for another camera
with even more dead/hot pixels. I've read on here that some owners
have had to try several cameras before they find one with a defect
free CCD. It seems like a heck of a lot of hassle, and who's to say
there won't be something wrong with other aspects of a subsitute
camera.

Al

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Scorpian said:

Al Robson said:

Scorpian said:

Al Robson said:

Have had my S30 for 3 weeks now and am very happy with it. However
a few days ago I decided to run the Starzen dead pixel test. On a 1
second shutter speed it reported a hot pixel at x493, y578 with
luminance 123, reducing to 85 at 1/2 sec speed. Speeds of 1/4 sec
and faster reported nothing at all. I thought this was acceptable
and decided to live with it until I looked at a lot of pictures I
had taken already, and notice a white pixel at x493, y578 on
pictures taken with shutter speeds up to 1/1000 sec. This is most
definitely a dead pixel as far as I'm concerned, and not a hot
pixel as reported in the Starzen test. Unfortunately is seems to
affect pixels around it also when I study my superfine jpegs.

Have any other users experienced dead pixels on the S30/S40, and if
it was just an odd one as in my case what have people done about
it. As I am very happy with the camera otherwise, I feel inclined
to live with it as I'm afraid of exchanging it for another camera
with even more dead/hot pixels. I've read on here that some owners
have had to try several cameras before they find one with a defect
free CCD. It seems like a heck of a lot of hassle, and who's to say
there won't be something wrong with other aspects of a subsitute
camera.

Al

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