Originally posted by johnmflores I'm in the market for a K-5 (or Panny GH-2, but that's another story) and want to get a sense for how the "string of pearls" stains is affecting photos.
No test shots please - there are other threads for that.
Real videos (not test videos) demonstrating the impact of the "string of pearl" stains appreciated as well.
Thanks.
As requested. All shots with DA 12-24mm (no, it's not the lens. Also shows up with my others). All shots at 12mm, f22, ISO 80-100 Bright, sunny day. I could have gone to larger aperture to make the 'string of pearls' vanish, but thought - why? I may not need that option, but I did pay for it.
Based on these shots, I have decided that I
will send the camera for replacement. I was undecided up til now. The flaw is much more apparent in the original, full-size images.