is this banding on my m8 >600 ISO

ali_baba

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here's some shots i did of a friends jazz group the other day @ the garage in manhatten.

homepage.mac.com/j_lir/DM

as you will notice in portrait images there is a line in the top right quadrant, as well as a line through the bottom of the image.

BOO!

anyone have any experiences like this one?

thanks

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I wouldn't call that "banding" since it's more of a line, but it is a defect that some of the original M8s suffer from (IIRC, it's some sort of problem w/the sensor). If your camera is still on warranty, I would send it to Leica for repair/replacement.

ali_baba said:
here's some shots i did of a friends jazz group the other day @ the garage in manhatten.

homepage.mac.com/j_lir/DM

as you will notice in portrait images there is a line in the top right quadrant, as well as a line through the bottom of the image.

BOO!

anyone have any experiences like this one?

thanks

feel free to repost images in here.
 
Hmmm... the line isn't in the same place on all images and one image has two lines. I know that some M8s have had problems with columns or partial colums of dud pixels (I had one) but I wonder if it could be a faulty SD card.

I'd suggest taking several identical pictures of a uniformly lit wall, with a similar shutter speed and ISO as the pictures with a problem. Try the original card and another one. If it's a camera problem then all pictures will have a line in the same place. If it's a defective card then not all pictures will have the line or the position of the line will vary.

Bob.
 
bob --

thanks for the idea -- however when i tried all my memory cards,
the line appears still -- in color it's red however - which makes me wonder if it has to do with the IR / UV filter, although im not sure what exactly.

oh well at least i can swap it out no problem.
 
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