k100d arrived!

jacqui2
Posted 21/10/2010 - 21:58 Link
Hi everyone, well my k100d arrived today with sigma 18-125mm lens and so far I am very pleased. The only thing is I have noticed this evening while playing around with it, that when I take a picture in low light at high iso and then check on lcd it has a few bright purple coloured spots/pixels, they don't seem to be there when I take it with flash and I haven't had chance to take any daylight photos yet. Is this normal? also been trying to find out shutter count and I downloaded photome but when I open a photo in it, it shows lots of information but can't find shutter count, any ideas? thanks in advance. jacqui.
jacqui
Mannesty
Posted 21/10/2010 - 23:15 Link
I think shutter count is under the 'Manufacturers Notes' section in PhotoMe.

As for the purple spots, is this perhaps the over/under exposure indication turned on? I'm not familiar with your model camera so I'm not sure where it is set.
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fatspider
Posted 21/10/2010 - 23:23 Link
It is under Manufacturers notes, in the fifth block of information, "blocks" as in the division of the bold lines.
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jacqui2
Posted 21/10/2010 - 23:42 Link
Hi thanks for your replies, no this is a bright spot right in the middle looks a bit like a hot pixel but only there at high iso as far as I can tell. and it moves around with the picture when you zoom in and move the image around. very odd.
jacqui
Edited by jacqui2: 21/10/2010 - 23:43
jacqui2
Posted 21/10/2010 - 23:49 Link
Just found shutter count, 2805 thanks for that.
jacqui
Transit
Posted 21/10/2010 - 23:53 Link
Sounds like a hot pixel or two. Not unusual on any camera.
I agonised over a couple when I got my K100D. Mainly the high iso black background that reveals them as you say.
If you shoot in RAW rather than jpg, the conversion to jpg removes them.
You can do various things with software I think, maybe someone else can comment.
The final solution is sending in for service where they can 'map them out'
I wouldn't worry about it

2805 means it's hardly run in yet ! Lucky you.
Have fun with that great camera
Pete
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Edited by Transit: 21/10/2010 - 23:54
jacqui2
Posted 22/10/2010 - 00:07 Link
just had a look at photo uploaded to pc and they are green bright spots, don't know why I thought they were purple. still as you say Im not going to worry too much about it.
jacqui
pentaxanne
Posted 22/10/2010 - 09:05 Link
jacqui2 wrote:
just had a look at photo uploaded to pc and they are green bright spots, don't know why I thought they were purple. still as you say Im not going to worry too much about it.
have you got noise reduction on.
Edited by pentaxanne: 22/10/2010 - 09:06
jacqui2
Posted 22/10/2010 - 09:24 Link
hi pentaxanne, yes I have,
jacqui
Transit
Posted 22/10/2010 - 19:54 Link
pentaxanne wrote:
have you got noise reduction on.
K100D has noise reduction ?
4 years with it and never noticed
Pete
K-1 K-01 Q-7
some len

Close to the Edge
Down by the River

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