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nx_cs.adj for NX500, hot pixels removal

Started Apr 23, 2020 | Discussions
otto k Senior Member • Posts: 2,252
Re: nx_cs.adj for NX500, hot pixels removal

Sorry, no. I have some hot pixels but I just remove them in post.

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Rudi Senior Member • Posts: 2,047
Re: nx_cs.adj for NX500, hot pixels removal

otto k wrote:

Sorry, no. I have some hot pixels but I just remove them in post.

...what happens if you simply select "Sensor cleaning" in the camera menu ?

OK - it should remove dust from the sensor, but maybe it can map out defective pixels also ?

Rudi.

ge0rg Forum Member • Posts: 51
Re: nx_cs.adj for NX500, hot pixels removal

I also need to perform this procedure on my NX500, for reasons that I'll outline in a separate post in the future.

I've downgraded the camera to 1.11, created the two files and was able to open the service menu and select the "VFPN&DEFECT" menu, after which the camera crashed (green dots on the left edge).

I wanted to get some sort of additional logging via SSH, but installing nx-ks makes the camera lock up with two horizontal black bars instead of entering the dev/cs menu.

Any more ideas what to try?

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otto k Senior Member • Posts: 2,252
Re: nx_cs.adj for NX500, hot pixels removal

Do you have the service manual? It documents various procedures but most require additional specialized hardware and/or software on PC.

There are reset pins that you can access if you partially disassemble the camera, but you need a file on the SD card and we were not able to get that file.

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ge0rg Forum Member • Posts: 51
Re: nx_cs.adj for NX500, hot pixels removal

I don't have the service manual. I will probably have to disassemble the camera to combine the one with the working mode dial with the one with the working sensor, but I hoped to be able to re-train the sensor and maybe fix a part of its brokenness.

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