30D, Hot Pixels and Lightroom 2.4

Phil B , Jul 04, 2009; 11:39 p.m.

I turned off my long exposure noise reduction a while back but didn't have the opportunity to see results till shooting this evening's fireworks. As I imported my 30D shots into LR 2.4, a dozen or so hot pixels were showing up in the previews. As the 1:1's fully loaded, the hot pixels disappeared. Is this a recent feature in LR? I can't recall having ever read or heard that the program removes hot pixels. Camera calibration was set to Adobe Standard.

Responses

Roger Smith , Jul 05, 2009; 12:04 a.m.

LR has done this since version 1.x.

Phil B , Jul 05, 2009; 06:51 a.m.

Thanks Roger. Apparently someone hasn't been paying attention. Was a pleasant surprise, tho.

Godfrey DiGiorgi , Jul 06, 2009; 02:20 a.m.

The Camera Raw RAW conversion engine has done hot pixel removal in every revision I've used since 2003. Lightroom shares the RAW conversion engine with Camera Raw.