• Panasonic Cameras

  pixel burn out?

  Posted by Thomas Kaufman on July 31, 2005 at 3:29 am

  Hi, Varicam users,

  I’m shooting a documentary, we’re filming at night and I’m at +18 gain and I see there’s a pixel that reads as white. I’ve tried using the black balance but it is still there. Is there anything I can do in the field to fix this? I have more to shoot before I can take it in for service.

  thanks

  Tom Kaufman

  Thomas Kaufman, DP
  Washington, DC

  John Sharaf replied 20 years, 9 months ago 3 Members · 2 Replies
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  Joseph Farris

  August 1, 2005 at 4:43 am

  There is a way to mask them if I remember correctly. I can’t seem to find my paperwork on the process but perhaps someone else out in cow land has them handy. Sorry this isn’t more help.

  Joseph Farris
  Director of Photography
  Visions of Light, Inc.
  Office: 312-829-8244
  Pager: 800.808.8244
  Mobile: 630.306.8244
  Fax: 630.690.7678
  http://www.visionsoflightinc.com
  joe@visionsoflightinc.com
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  John Sharaf

  August 1, 2005 at 3:05 pm

  If repeated ABB doesn’t eliminate the lit pixel, you can go into the Engineering Menu and use the pixel correction functions to address the errent pixel and turn it off. This is what they would do if you brought it in for service; it should only take a few minutes. It’s helpful though to have a large high resolution m,onitor to locate the actrual pixel. If you err in the correction, you’ll turn off good pixels which you’ll never be able to locate to turn back on. Good luck!

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