I am not a photographer (though very interested in photography!) but I do fairly basic digital retouching for wedding customers. I have received a few discs of photos from the same photographer a few times now with the same problem.
About a quarter from the left border of a landscape image, a vertical, single-pixel greenish line run through. I've zoomed in and can see a small (maybe 2x2 pixel) white spot about 5 pixels from the top of the image, and the green line runs vertically down from there, right to the bottom of the image. This littel white spot looks like there's a "hole" in the image, which is "leaking" the green line.
Can this learned forum please advise me as to why this keeps happening?
I have raised this previously with the photographer and he told me last time it was down to a corrupted media card. That sounded wrong to me, as an IT support pro - if the media card was corrupt, we would be having other issues. (That's not to say he was being dishonest - he's not an IT person.) He told me he ditched the faulty card, but here we are again. I suspect he's mis-diagnosing the problem, and that ditching this data card too will not fix the issue.
Could his explanation be right? I suspect it's a problem with his camera and that he's giving me excuses to fob off having to spend money on it. I'd be very grateful for advice, as I don't want to dismiss him if I'm wrong. He tells me he took many more photos after the ones he took for me, and none of them have this issue, so he reckons it's ot the camera. Then again he never noticed this the first time, nor this time, until I raised it with him.
> I am not a photographer (though very interested in photography!) but I do > fairly basic digital retouching for wedding customers. I have received a few > discs of photos from the same photographer a few times now with the same > problem.
> About a quarter from the left border of a landscape image, a vertical, > single-pixel greenish line run through. I've zoomed in and can see a small > (maybe 2x2 pixel) white spot about 5 pixels from the top of the image, and > the green line runs vertically down from there, right to the bottom of the > image. This littel white spot looks like there's a "hole" in the image, > which is "leaking" the green line.
> Can this learned forum please advise me as to why this keeps happening?
Is it in the direction of the sun or a very bright light? If so, its an artefact of CCDs and digital cameras. Point a digital camera at a very bright light source, like the sun, and you'll get a vertical line. Different cameras have different colours but the cause is always the same.
> I have raised this previously with the photographer and he told me last time > it was down to a corrupted media card. That sounded wrong to me, as an IT > support pro - if the media card was corrupt, we would be having other > issues. (That's not to say he was being dishonest - he's not an IT person.)
He's wrong.
> He told me he ditched the faulty card, but here we are again. I suspect he's > mis-diagnosing the problem, and that ditching this data card too will not > fix the issue.
Yep. He's wrong.
> Could his explanation be right? I suspect it's a problem with his camera and > that he's giving me excuses to fob off having to spend money on it. I'd be > very grateful for advice, as I don't want to dismiss him if I'm wrong. He > tells me he took many more photos after the ones he took for me, and none of > them have this issue, so he reckons it's not the camera. Then again he never > noticed this the first time, nor this time, until I raised it with him.
Its what he's pointing the lens at. You'll notice this artefact with any digital camera if you point the lens at a very bright light source like the sun or a light.
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>> I am not a photographer (though very interested in photography!) but I do >> fairly basic digital retouching for wedding customers. I have received a >> few >> discs of photos from the same photographer a few times now with the same >> problem.
>> About a quarter from the left border of a landscape image, a vertical, >> single-pixel greenish line run through. I've zoomed in and can see a >> small >> (maybe 2x2 pixel) white spot about 5 pixels from the top of the image, >> and >> the green line runs vertically down from there, right to the bottom of >> the >> image. This littel white spot looks like there's a "hole" in the image, >> which is "leaking" the green line.
>> Can this learned forum please advise me as to why this keeps happening?
> Is it in the direction of the sun or a very bright light? If so, its an > artefact of CCDs and digital cameras. Point a digital camera at a very > bright light source, like the sun, and you'll get a vertical line. > Different cameras have different colours but the cause is always the same.
>> I have raised this previously with the photographer and he told me last >> time >> it was down to a corrupted media card. That sounded wrong to me, as an IT >> support pro - if the media card was corrupt, we would be having other >> issues. (That's not to say he was being dishonest - he's not an IT >> person.)
> He's wrong.
>> He told me he ditched the faulty card, but here we are again. I suspect >> he's >> mis-diagnosing the problem, and that ditching this data card too will not >> fix the issue.
> Yep. He's wrong.
>> Could his explanation be right? I suspect it's a problem with his camera >> and >> that he's giving me excuses to fob off having to spend money on it. I'd >> be >> very grateful for advice, as I don't want to dismiss him if I'm wrong. He >> tells me he took many more photos after the ones he took for me, and none >> of >> them have this issue, so he reckons it's not the camera. Then again he >> never >> noticed this the first time, nor this time, until I raised it with him.
> Its what he's pointing the lens at. You'll notice this artefact with any > digital camera if you point the lens at a very bright light source like > the sun or a light.
Thanks, Dr Sir John. Big fan.
Would that it were the solution, but 'tain't. Sadly this is ahppening in all lighting situations. Every pic has this, well, every one I've zoomed right into.
>>> I am not a photographer (though very interested in photography!) but >>> I do >>> fairly basic digital retouching for wedding customers. I have >>> received a few >>> discs of photos from the same photographer a few times now with the same >>> problem.
>>> About a quarter from the left border of a landscape image, a vertical, >>> single-pixel greenish line run through. I've zoomed in and can see a >>> small >>> (maybe 2x2 pixel) white spot about 5 pixels from the top of the >>> image, and >>> the green line runs vertically down from there, right to the bottom >>> of the >>> image. This littel white spot looks like there's a "hole" in the image, >>> which is "leaking" the green line.
>>> Can this learned forum please advise me as to why this keeps happening?
>> Is it in the direction of the sun or a very bright light? If so, its >> an artefact of CCDs and digital cameras. Point a digital camera at a >> very bright light source, like the sun, and you'll get a vertical >> line. Different cameras have different colours but the cause is always >> the same.
>>> I have raised this previously with the photographer and he told me >>> last time >>> it was down to a corrupted media card. That sounded wrong to me, as >>> an IT >>> support pro - if the media card was corrupt, we would be having other >>> issues. (That's not to say he was being dishonest - he's not an IT >>> person.)
>> He's wrong.
>>> He told me he ditched the faulty card, but here we are again. I >>> suspect he's >>> mis-diagnosing the problem, and that ditching this data card too will >>> not >>> fix the issue.
>> Yep. He's wrong.
>>> Could his explanation be right? I suspect it's a problem with his >>> camera and >>> that he's giving me excuses to fob off having to spend money on it. >>> I'd be >>> very grateful for advice, as I don't want to dismiss him if I'm >>> wrong. He >>> tells me he took many more photos after the ones he took for me, and >>> none of >>> them have this issue, so he reckons it's not the camera. Then again >>> he never >>> noticed this the first time, nor this time, until I raised it with him.
>> Its what he's pointing the lens at. You'll notice this artefact with >> any digital camera if you point the lens at a very bright light source >> like the sun or a light.
> Thanks, Dr Sir John. Big fan.
Thanks.
> Would that it were the solution, but 'tain't. Sadly this is happening in > all lighting situations. Every pic has this, well, every one I've zoomed > right into.
Hmm ... it might be something different then. But you can confirm my one by pointing at a bright light source. However, the vertical lines are wider than 1 pixel. They're usually as wide as the size of the image of the light.
If the line is only 1 pixel wide and happens in the exact same location with every shot then it might be a hardware fault with the CCD itself. If you can put up a sample image somewhere, maybe someone can confirm this. A hardware fault would mean replacing the CCD. It would help if the camera's still under warranty.
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"This is the recession we had to have!" - Paul Keating explaining why he gave Australia another Labour recession.
"Silly old bugger!" - Well known ACTU pisspot and sometime Labour prime minister Bob Hawke responding to a pensioner who dared ask for more.
"By 1990, no child will live in poverty" - Bob Hawke again, desperate to win another election.
"A billion trees ..." - Borke, pissed as a newt again.
"Well may we say 'God save the Queen' because nothing will save the governor general!" - Egotistical shithead and pompous fuckwit E.G. Whitlam whining about his appointee for Governor General John Kerr.
"SHUT THE FUCK UP YOU DUMB CUNT!" - FlangesBum on learning the truth about Labour's economic capabilities.
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>>>> I am not a photographer (though very interested in photography!) but I >>>> do >>>> fairly basic digital retouching for wedding customers. I have received >>>> a few >>>> discs of photos from the same photographer a few times now with the >>>> same >>>> problem.
>>>> About a quarter from the left border of a landscape image, a vertical, >>>> single-pixel greenish line run through. I've zoomed in and can see a >>>> small >>>> (maybe 2x2 pixel) white spot about 5 pixels from the top of the image, >>>> and >>>> the green line runs vertically down from there, right to the bottom of >>>> the >>>> image. This littel white spot looks like there's a "hole" in the image, >>>> which is "leaking" the green line.
>>>> Can this learned forum please advise me as to why this keeps happening?
>>> Is it in the direction of the sun or a very bright light? If so, its an >>> artefact of CCDs and digital cameras. Point a digital camera at a very >>> bright light source, like the sun, and you'll get a vertical line. >>> Different cameras have different colours but the cause is always the >>> same.
>>>> I have raised this previously with the photographer and he told me last >>>> time >>>> it was down to a corrupted media card. That sounded wrong to me, as an >>>> IT >>>> support pro - if the media card was corrupt, we would be having other >>>> issues. (That's not to say he was being dishonest - he's not an IT >>>> person.)
>>> He's wrong.
>>>> He told me he ditched the faulty card, but here we are again. I suspect >>>> he's >>>> mis-diagnosing the problem, and that ditching this data card too will >>>> not >>>> fix the issue.
>>> Yep. He's wrong.
>>>> Could his explanation be right? I suspect it's a problem with his >>>> camera and >>>> that he's giving me excuses to fob off having to spend money on it. I'd >>>> be >>>> very grateful for advice, as I don't want to dismiss him if I'm wrong. >>>> He >>>> tells me he took many more photos after the ones he took for me, and >>>> none of >>>> them have this issue, so he reckons it's not the camera. Then again he >>>> never >>>> noticed this the first time, nor this time, until I raised it with him.
>>> Its what he's pointing the lens at. You'll notice this artefact with any >>> digital camera if you point the lens at a very bright light source like >>> the sun or a light.
>> Thanks, Dr Sir John. Big fan.
> Thanks.
>> Would that it were the solution, but 'tain't. Sadly this is happening in >> all lighting situations. Every pic has this, well, every one I've zoomed >> right into.
> Hmm ... it might be something different then. But you can confirm my one > by pointing at a bright light source. However, the vertical lines are > wider than 1 pixel. They're usually as wide as the size of the image of > the light.
> If the line is only 1 pixel wide and happens in the exact same location > with every shot then it might be a hardware fault with the CCD itself. If > you can put up a sample image somewhere, maybe someone can confirm this. A > hardware fault would mean replacing the CCD. It would help if the camera's > still under warranty.
The photographer mentioned some time ago wanting to buy a new camera, so I doubt it. He often gets dust on the sensor when he changes lenses, and is getting a new one which does some kind of magical magnetic shimmy to clean the sensor automatically. Or something.
I think I'll check out photobucket or something. These are 1-2MB files though.
"The Labour Party is corrupt beyond redemption!" - Labour hasbeen Mark Latham in a moment of honest clarity.
"This is the recession we had to have!" - Paul Keating explaining why he gave Australia another Labour recession.
"Silly old bugger!" - Well known ACTU pisspot and sometime Labour prime minister Bob Hawke responding to a pensioner who dared ask for more.
"By 1990, no child will live in poverty" - Bob Hawke again, desperate to win another election.
"A billion trees ..." - Borke, pissed as a newt again.
"Well may we say 'God save the Queen' because nothing will save the governor general!" - Egotistical shithead and pompous fuckwit E.G. Whitlam whining about his appointee for Governor General John Kerr.
"SHUT THE FUCK UP YOU DUMB CUNT!" - FlangesBum on learning the truth about Labour's economic capabilities.
"I don't care what you fuckers think!" - KRudd the KRude at his finest again.
"We'll just change it all when we get in." - Garrett the carrott
> The photographer mentioned some time ago wanting to buy a new camera, so > I doubt it. He often gets dust on the sensor when he changes lenses, and > is getting a new one which does some kind of magical magnetic shimmy to > clean the sensor automatically. Or something.
What's the brand that he currently has? I would have thought that it'd have a cover that drops over the CCD while the lens is being changed.
> I think I'll check out photobucket or something. These are 1-2MB files > though.
I searched too (see other post). Not much out there by way of faulty CCD images.
"The Labour Party is corrupt beyond redemption!" - Labour hasbeen Mark Latham in a moment of honest clarity.
"This is the recession we had to have!" - Paul Keating explaining why he gave Australia another Labour recession.
"Silly old bugger!" - Well known ACTU pisspot and sometime Labour prime minister Bob Hawke responding to a pensioner who dared ask for more.
"By 1990, no child will live in poverty" - Bob Hawke again, desperate to win another election.
"A billion trees ..." - Borke, pissed as a newt again.
"Well may we say 'God save the Queen' because nothing will save the governor general!" - Egotistical shithead and pompous fuckwit E.G. Whitlam whining about his appointee for Governor General John Kerr.
"SHUT THE FUCK UP YOU DUMB CUNT!" - FlangesBum on learning the truth about Labour's economic capabilities.
"I don't care what you fuckers think!" - KRudd the KRude at his finest again.
"We'll just change it all when we get in." - Garrett the carrott
>> Can this learned forum please advise me as to why this keeps >> happening?
> I've tried googling to see if I can find any reports with images > matching your description. No luck yet but I've found these links so > far - > http://www.imaging-resource.com/badccds.html
> Here's one such pic. The green vertical line appears across the > left-hand collar of the leftmost gent. This is from the set I'm talking > about!
I had to download the image and zoom in to see it. It appears its a damaged pixel on the CCD a few pixels from the top. That affects the rest of the column of pixels. I gather its more pronounced depending on the background colour.
If the camera's out of warranty, tell your friend he can either try getting the CCD replaced or buy a new camera.
"The Labour Party is corrupt beyond redemption!" - Labour hasbeen Mark Latham in a moment of honest clarity.
"This is the recession we had to have!" - Paul Keating explaining why he gave Australia another Labour recession.
"Silly old bugger!" - Well known ACTU pisspot and sometime Labour prime minister Bob Hawke responding to a pensioner who dared ask for more.
"By 1990, no child will live in poverty" - Bob Hawke again, desperate to win another election.
"A billion trees ..." - Borke, pissed as a newt again.
"Well may we say 'God save the Queen' because nothing will save the governor general!" - Egotistical shithead and pompous fuckwit E.G. Whitlam whining about his appointee for Governor General John Kerr.
"SHUT THE FUCK UP YOU DUMB CUNT!" - FlangesBum on learning the truth about Labour's economic capabilities.
"I don't care what you fuckers think!" - KRudd the KRude at his finest again.
"We'll just change it all when we get in." - Garrett the carrott
>I am not a photographer (though very interested in photography!) but I do >fairly basic digital retouching for wedding customers. I have received a few >discs of photos from the same photographer a few times now with the same >problem.
>About a quarter from the left border of a landscape image, a vertical, >single-pixel greenish line run through. I've zoomed in and can see a small >(maybe 2x2 pixel) white spot about 5 pixels from the top of the image, and >the green line runs vertically down from there, right to the bottom of the >image. This littel white spot looks like there's a "hole" in the image, >which is "leaking" the green line.
>Can this learned forum please advise me as to why this keeps happening?
>I have raised this previously with the photographer and he told me last time >it was down to a corrupted media card. That sounded wrong to me, as an IT >support pro - if the media card was corrupt, we would be having other >issues. (That's not to say he was being dishonest - he's not an IT person.) >He told me he ditched the faulty card, but here we are again. I suspect he's >mis-diagnosing the problem, and that ditching this data card too will not >fix the issue.
>Could his explanation be right? I suspect it's a problem with his camera and >that he's giving me excuses to fob off having to spend money on it. I'd be >very grateful for advice, as I don't want to dismiss him if I'm wrong. He >tells me he took many more photos after the ones he took for me, and none of >them have this issue, so he reckons it's ot the camera. Then again he never >noticed this the first time, nor this time, until I raised it with him.
spacetime wrote: > On Wed, 4 Nov 2009 12:34:56 +1000, "Here's Johnny" <r...@tattat.net> > wrote:
>> Hi all,
>> I am not a photographer (though very interested in photography!) but >> I do fairly basic digital retouching for wedding customers. I have >> received a few discs of photos from the same photographer a few >> times now with the same problem.
>> About a quarter from the left border of a landscape image, a >> vertical, single-pixel greenish line run through. I've zoomed in and >> can see a small (maybe 2x2 pixel) white spot about 5 pixels from the >> top of the image, and the green line runs vertically down from >> there, right to the bottom of the image. This littel white spot >> looks like there's a "hole" in the image, which is "leaking" the >> green line.
>> Can this learned forum please advise me as to why this keeps >> happening?
>> I have raised this previously with the photographer and he told me >> last time it was down to a corrupted media card. That sounded wrong >> to me, as an IT support pro - if the media card was corrupt, we >> would be having other issues. (That's not to say he was being >> dishonest - he's not an IT person.) He told me he ditched the faulty >> card, but here we are again. I suspect he's mis-diagnosing the >> problem, and that ditching this data card too will not fix the issue.
>> Could his explanation be right? I suspect it's a problem with his >> camera and that he's giving me excuses to fob off having to spend >> money on it. I'd be very grateful for advice, as I don't want to >> dismiss him if I'm wrong. He tells me he took many more photos after >> the ones he took for me, and none of them have this issue, so he >> reckons it's ot the camera. Then again he never noticed this the >> first time, nor this time, until I raised it with him.
"The Labour Party is corrupt beyond redemption!" - Labour hasbeen Mark Latham in a moment of honest clarity.
"This is the recession we had to have!" - Paul Keating explaining why he gave Australia another Labour recession.
"Silly old bugger!" - Well known ACTU pisspot and sometime Labour prime minister Bob Hawke responding to a pensioner who dared ask for more.
"By 1990, no child will live in poverty" - Bob Hawke again, desperate to win another election.
"A billion trees ..." - Borke, pissed as a newt again.
"Well may we say 'God save the Queen' because nothing will save the governor general!" - Egotistical shithead and pompous fuckwit E.G. Whitlam whining about his appointee for Governor General John Kerr.
"SHUT THE FUCK UP YOU DUMB CUNT!" - FlangesBum on learning the truth about Labour's economic capabilities.
"I don't care what you fuckers think!" - KRudd the KRude at his finest again.
"We'll just change it all when we get in." - Garrett the carrott
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