F10 photos and pixels problems

[lionoche]

Hello,

I got a strange problem with my F10. Whenever I try to use "night mode", I get stuck pixels. This get worse with an higher sensitivity or as the exposition time gets longer.

It has been the case for the following pictures:

http://img287.imageshack.us/img287 [...] les7kp.jpg

http://img287.imageshack.us/img287 [...] nau4mw.jpg

I had to use a small software to remove this bad pixels.

Using this freeware: http://www.starzen.com/imaging/deadpixeltest.htm

and pictures which were taken in total darkness, I get following results:

With0.25s, no problem
With 3 s, 3 stuck pixels
With 8s, 47 pixels
With 15s, 250 pixels !

Well, these are not really unfunctional pixels, but I get some interpretation why they appear as white in the final picture. Fuji F10 do not use noise reduction substracting one "black" pictures with the one which has been taken -> these pixels are not removed by a post treatment.

I would be glad if someone could do the same test and share the results.

Take care,

Bob

[Big-H]

This is a common problem with any digital camera, not just the F10. It is a feature of using in very low light conditions, and the poorer the light the worse it will get.
I had the same with my Nikon 995.

Don't worry about it - if they are visible in a print just use your software to remove them.
Incidentally if you have Nero 6 then you can use that program (Nero Photosnap) to reduce noise and remove hot pixels

Howard