New R-D1s and lines in low light images

mobilexile said:
mn4367:
I just sent you a PM to take you up on the offer to check the file -- thanks for the gracious offer.
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Hi,

just checked the file on a MacBook Pro with PhotoLine and Lightroom 2 Beta and with Irfanview on a PC. I'm sorry, but the lines were always visible.
If it isn't a defect SD card I think the camera has a problem. What's interesting is that you see this problem only in underexposed or dark pictures. You could try to play with the hot/dead pixel feature in the camera menu (forgot how to do this since I only did it once...).
 
Thanks for that Michael.

That's what I figured as well - it's not "screen tearing" as suggested.

I know in my case, if it was such an issue, then those lines / that line wouldn't show up in print either - yet it does....

Dave
 
Alas, after getting a newer, faster, better quality SD card, I can report the lines have disappeared. The old card, a no name model, appears to have been the issue. Thus far a 2GB Sandisk Ultra II has not produced so much as one line of hot pixels.

As they say, you get what you pay for ...
 
i had a similar issue on 2 m8's, both of which were swapped out for a different model. they both went back to leica, but my retailler took care of that, not me.
 
Glad to hear that! I hope you can enjoy the camera now.
I'm using Kingston cards, they are cheaper than SanDisk and worked well so far. I had problems with SanDisks and the builtin card reader in my HP Notebook. It refused to read some of the SanDisks, especially the fast ones...
 
Checking the card is the first thing one should do with such dropouts. Cheap noname cards are a big risk anyway, they may lose all data suddenly. Not very welcome after a long shooting day. This is also the reason why I never bought third party batteries for the Epson. It's not worth risking the expensive camera to save a few $$ on the battery, though several RFFers mentioned their noname accus work flawlessly. But I just feel better not running this risk...
Didier
 
Didier said:
Checking the card is the first thing one should do with such dropouts. Cheap noname cards are a big risk anyway, they may lose all data suddenly. Not very welcome after a long shooting day. This is also the reason why I never bought third party batteries for the Epson. It's not worth risking the expensive camera to save a few $$ on the battery, though several RFFers mentioned their noname accus work flawlessly. But I just feel better not running this risk...
Didier
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We come from the same school of thought, Deeds, quality pays. That said, I believe memory cards are like hard drives -- it's not a matter of if they'll fail but a matter of when they'll fail.

In this case I received the R-D1s shortly before going on vacation. Had little time to get the proper card(s) much less test. In my haste I mistakenly used a card from an old point-and-shoot. Hence the issues. Lesson learned.
 
mn4367 said:
Glad to hear that! I hope you can enjoy the camera now.
I'm using Kingston cards, they are cheaper than SanDisk and worked well so far. I had problems with SanDisks and the builtin card reader in my HP Notebook. It refused to read some of the SanDisks, especially the fast ones...
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Thank you for the posts -- now and earlier.

The Sandisk cards are expensive but they've not failed me to date. Have had Kingston RAM for computers and CF cards but never SD. May need to try.
 
LCT said:
Why alas? Didn't come from the sensor fortunately.
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'Alas' because I was tweaked by the issue. IOW, I feel a tremendous sense of relief given the possible problems / issues. In the short time I've had my R-D1s I've fallen in love and didn't want to part ways with her. To me a new SD card was the best, least painful solution. I feel lucky.
 
I bought 2 additional Epson batteries along with my R-D1s from J-Pop Store on ebay, they gave me an excellent service. They have them available right now for $52.00
 
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