Nikon D7000 - The problem, the appearance of dark vertical lines across the image

<p>Hi All,<br /> Do any of you had experience with the problem of dark vertical lines that appear throughout the picture, especially in low light and hi contrast situations?<br /> My Nikon D7000 is just one month old and has firmware 1.02 and has no more than 2000 shots so far, and is 100% mechanically functional but while shooting pictures in JPG format it gets some artifacts on whole frame (it looks like old curtain with stripes) ...as you can see on attached 100% crop example.<br /><br /> Thanks in advance for helpful advices if you have them.<br /> p.s. Fortunately in RAW mode it does not yet appear :)</p><div></div>

<p>a similar photo shot taken in RAW format...</p><div></div>

<p>If you bought the camera new, you need to contact a Nikon service center and send it in for a check-up. The warranty will cover the repairs or adjustments ... you just won't have a camera while your D7000 body is in the shop.</p>

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<p>Does it do this on all JPGs the camera creates, regardless of JPG size/resolution and compression/quality?<br /><br />Does this behavior persist through a reset of the camera body to factory refaults (the "two button" reset)?<br /><br />Do these lines appear in the LCD display on the camera?</p>

<p>I'd try updating the firmware if just reinstalling if you can, if you can find nothing else to do..</p>

<p>Thanks All for responding, I try with reinstalling firmware 1.02 as Johnny proposed but with no effect.<br>

Matt, when camera start producing artifacts (losing it self) those lines appears on all JPG-s regardless of JPG size/resolution and compression quality regardless of picture control and ISO value. I try with reset and various user settings but camera function seams to have no affect on produced picture (with stripes). Yes you can easily see when your picture is affected on camera LCD display and even zoom in/out as it is all fine, although you have mess up picture with stripes easily recognizable by Morrie effect.<br>

Jarry, camera seams to work mechanically and over all fine all the time, but when Gremlins start controlling it those lines start appearing but just in JPG mode. I send official request to Nikon online support for furred instruction regarding solving that problem.<br>

Again thank all for responding :)</p>

<p>Hm, that seams after about 40-50 good shots in a row (in JPG) it's starts appearing, regardless of settings, ISO and lighting conditions. Its time for visiting local Nikon service no doubt about that.</p><div></div>

<p><strong>Seems that this is an example of Nikon D7000 - Banding problem, it seems that similar problems Nikon D200 had few years ago.</strong></p>

<p>Got the exact same problem after my camera fell out of the bag onto the pavement.<br>

what got fixed/replaced on yours and how much did it cost?</p>

<p>If you take the pic in RAW and convert to JPEG in camera do the lines still appear?</p>

<p>nope, its converts it to a clean jpg... what could that indicate?</p>