Canon admits to 5DMkII Black Dot problem; announcement

Is this the black dot issue Ken Rockwell talked about last week?

To quote:

"For the Canon 5D Mark II, the latest tweaker discovery is that if you're lame enough to point the Canon 5D Mark II at a very bright light source at night, and then look on the right edge between light and dark at extremely high magnification, that you just might see a pixel or two that's darker then the other dark pixels.

This is caused by a combination of ringing in the analog circuitry that captures the analog data from the sensor, and the 5D Mark II's sharpening algorithms. If you could see them, these dreaded dark pixels help to emphasize the brightness of the light source and make the image sharper."

While I think he's been slightly off his rocker lately, I think the above is pretty funny! ;)
 
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