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Hi i am new to this site and to photography using a DSLR so sorry for any silly questions. I have started a college photography course and was taking a few pics then loaded them into Lightroom but when i zoomed in on the pics i noticed there was odd coloured spots on the pic. After searching the internet came across a few topics on hot spots which is what they look like when comparing images on the web. So my question is since i have been using my colleges Nikon D40x is it likely to be more of a problem using a older camera like that than a much newer model or will it make no difference?. As i was thinking of also buying a second hand D40x as there cheap since i am just starting out.
 
Hi thanks that is what i have also read about this problem on the net. But as far as pictures go i'm new to this site and need to find out how to get pictures on for crits etc. I have just got a flickr account but dont know how to host with this forum.
 
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Hi just trying image shack to see if it's any easier to use.
 
I managed to get one of the pics on but you can not see the dots as this pic would need to be zoomed in on. But i will try and get a pic of this zoomed so you can see the spots. This was also just one the test shots i was doing for my college project so any other crits would be welcome too thanks.
 
Yep, they are hot or dead pixels. Can happen to any camera at any time. Best bets is to just clone them out using Lightroom.
 
As you can hopefully see the dots in this zoomed picture one purple one green one red. The settings i had were F 4/8 shutter 1/4 sec and iso 400 as i was struggling with the kit lens getting correct light etc.
 
Yep thought they were hot pixels but being new to photography wanted to double check it wasn't something i was doing wrong haha
 
ALL monitors, CCDs, etc have dead pixels / hot pixels etc, however they are turned off during manufacture so you never know, even EIZO as per my monitor have them, however better companies such as EIZO explain this and the process when ordering.

As said here, jusrt use the clone tool.

Where they are most noticed is in things such as long exposure astronomical photography which I do, even the renowned Starlight express top end cameras have them.
 
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Thank you, so newbie, wish I was younger
 
Haha yes Noob is newbie people always do that on forums i don't usually so don't know why i did. Ha
 
Yup dead pixels. easy fix in lightroom especially.

As for the camera, you say its your colleges, id not worry too much.
 
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