Black spots afflict Canon's new dSLR

Stephen Shankland | Dec 09, 2008

Some users have reported that photos taken with Canon's new US$2,700 EOS 5D Mark II camera can be blemished with dark spots near areas with very bright highlights.

Canon's EOS 5D Mark II. (Credit: Canon)

I first heard about the issue on the DP Review forums on Friday, but now one pixel-peeping user has come up with a fix spotlighted by Photography Bay: Disable for highlight tone priority, lighting optimizer, and noise reduction, according to commenter f_stops.

"No black dots," the photographer and new 5D Mark II owner reported on the posting, supplying before-and-after shots as proof.

Canon is checking into the issue. "We have been made aware of this and are looking into it," spokesman Len Musmeci said Monday.

The spots appear on the right edge of some shots with very bright highlights.

One forum poster spotted a dark patch on a 5D Mark II video; it appears fleetingly at about 1:04 into the video.

Via CNET Crave

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