geotrupede Posted November 4, 2020 Share #1  Posted November 4, 2020 Advertisement (gone after registration) Hi, I took out the SL (second hand just purchased, not sure how old) and run some tests. Besides the unremarkable shots (meaning my shots,, not the camera!) I noticed an issue in the JPGs. There are horizontal bands of noise in the frame. The bands are not shown in the RAW files. The SD card is new, fast, formatted in camera, and appears to operate well otherwise, battery was fully charged. Does anyone know of this issue, is it common? Is Maestro going to retire soon? Any help appreciated. I have 6 months to figure this out which is the warranty duration : ) Please see samples enclosed. G.  Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/314805-sl-image-writing-artefacts/?do=findComment&comment=4074016'>More sharing options...
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TeleElmar135mm Posted November 5, 2020 Share #2  Posted November 5, 2020 Hi, are the artefacts on your PC or also on the camera playback? So it could happend during download to the PC (No3 looks like such an error). Did you change the card-slot? And try to use another SD-card? Is the firmware uptodate? Test the card in another camera or test it with a special prgram (h2testw - https://www.heise.de/download/product/h2testw-50539 If nothing helps call Leica Support. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
geotrupede Posted November 5, 2020 Author Share #3  Posted November 5, 2020 thanks, camera has latest firmware, this happened on just few shots amongst many others I have taken. It is shown also on the camera screen and it is only the JPG which are affected. It is odd... my guess it is something to do with the camera processing the image in JPG and then introducing the error. as if it was an issue with the card this would affect also the DNGs... will see if leica has something to say G>  Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeleElmar135mm Posted November 6, 2020 Share #4 Â Posted November 6, 2020 Good luck - hope it's an minor problem Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
buj Posted November 6, 2020 Share #5 Â Posted November 6, 2020 try an different card reader... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
geotrupede Posted November 6, 2020 Author Share #6 Â Posted November 6, 2020 I will try to use slot 2, but if that is ok, it means slot 1 is faulty. Hope it is to do with some battery / button pressing / camera too busy to do something rather than a Maestro processor error... however as it is I can live with the issue (use RAW anyway) but I am a little concerned of the long term durability. Will have to get to the bottom of this : Â ) Â Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
geotrupede Posted December 26, 2020 Author Share #7 Â Posted December 26, 2020 Advertisement (gone after registration) just to update that no solution was found so I have returned camera and got another unit. battery / card were swapped, all combinations of slots without success. Â G. Â 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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