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Does it apply to all, D3, D3X and D3S?
I was reading about the D3S and how it compares with the D3, when I spotted an article on 'thermal issues' (white dots) with the D810, curiosity got the better of me so I read the article below:
https://nikonrumors.com/2014/08/22/how-to-tell-if-a-nikon-d810-camera-has-the-thermal-issue-fix.aspx/
It seems there is a firmware update for the D810 which isn't directly available for public download, which fixes the D810 issue. I wonder if there is a similar fix for the D3 and it's derivatives?
I also wonder did the firmware number change when you did the procedure?
Have you updated the firmware?
My understanding is that all sensors have dead and 'hot' pixels. (A bit like all hard drives have some 'bad sectors'.) During manufacture the dead and hot pixels are mapped out so they don't appear in the image. Perhaps the procedure you describe 're-maps' those dead and hot pixels which have developed since manufacture?
I have to say I haven't noticed any hot pixels in my D3 images, the amount of night photography I do I would have expected to notice some if they were present.
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Robert.