Sony A7 III New a7iii - Bad Pixel?

[Damien]

Just purchased the a7iii back in November 2020 from B&H. All good until I started to pixel peep on some New years photos and the right hand corner showed a RED pixel for over a 100 pictures. Granted I had the camera ON so I could just blast out some photos when the action started, but I'm wondering if I should be concerned and send this unit back or in for inspection. I did some test shots with the lens cap on and it didn't show the dead pixel, but then it appeared again on some lunar shots in a different location in 2 spots! The sensor is clean and the lens is a Tamron APS-C 18-200. Any suggestions would be helpful.

 

[Boojum]

What happened with this?

 

[Damien]

I would have to chalk it up to just a hot pixel. Just a theory, due to no one able to give their opinion. It never resurfaced, but was very odd when it happened.

 

[Boojum]

Glad to learn it was transient

 

[pointreyes]

Were these long exposure shots? It is common with many cameras to have some hot pixels due to the sensor building up heat during a long exposure. Thankfully there is a setting in PhotoShop to remove those pixels with little effort.