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Don't look into the sun!

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ge0rg Forum Member • Posts: 51
Don't look into the sun!

So I was going to make a timelapse video with the NX500. A timelapse video of some clouds moving around. I've left the camera, with the 16-50 S lens, at f4.5, unwatched for a few hours. The sun wandered around and gave me an "interesting" timelapse video. It also created a small crater in the photo sensor of the NX500.

This is hot. Way too hot.

Here's the video: https://duenndns.de/2022-05-04_clouds.mp4 (I'm not on youtube so can't embed)

The blue pixels in the line of the sun have become "hot", the respective red and green have become a little bit darker. You can even see the timeline of the clouds covering the sun! It will remain in the sensor forever, unless I figure out how to re-train the in-camera dark frame, and even then it will probably remain noticeable.

Do not let your camera look into the sun!

Luckily, I got a "new" used NX500 body by now. Sorry for removing another unit from the ecosystem.

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doceyes Regular Member • Posts: 179
Re: Don't look into the sun!

Nice cloud video and I can trace the sensor burn exactly where the sun went across! At least it wasn’t your retina! Seen patients who have done this. Hopefully you got a new camera body at a reasonable price, owners are asking for ridiculously higher prices these days.

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OP ge0rg Forum Member • Posts: 51
Re: Don't look into the sun!

Hopefully you got a new camera body at a reasonable price, owners are asking for ridiculously higher prices these days.

My first NX500 (bought new in 2016) has a wildly jumping program dial, so I got a replacement body back in February 2022, which also re-ignited my involvement in the community. This replacement body is now burned, and I got a second replacement last week. Both used bodies were around 300€, which is pretty acceptable for used NX500s in good conditions in Germany.

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Piet22 New Member • Posts: 24
Re: Don't look into the sun!

If you are interested to sell the two defective camera's let me know.

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