Does this sound like a sensor defect

[Vickko]

Does this sound like a sensor defect on a GF1?

All my photos now have a line, that is in the upper left quarter of the frame, that goes 1/4 to 1/3 way across the frame.

Enlarging the photo to 8:1, it looks like the line is 1 pixel wide (with the 2 adjacent pixel lines about half as dark), and pretty much straight.

Should I be treating this as a manufacturers defect and be sending this back?

Is there a "dead pixel" routine that I run to get rid of this?

regards
Vick

 

[kbg32]

Can you post an image?

The GF1 has a "pixel refresh" in the menu. Try it and see what happens.

 

[Vickko]

Yep, tried Pixel Refresh, and cleaning. Still have problem. I then looked at photos that I took over the two weeks that I have had the camera (I bought it Feb 17) and sure enough, as I continued to shoot, the line is evident.

How do I post an image?

Vick

 

[Vickko]

Okay, here is a photo.

Okay, here is a photo.

Okay, here is a photo. I hope you can see it, it is under Facebook (under my name, Vick Ko)


http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=4961178&id=642184782

See the streak in the upper left corner?

Vick

 

[bronney]

return it.