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Remember that troublesome "black dot" problem which afflicted Canon’s 5D MkII? The one you could only see if you put the resulting pictures under a microscope? Well, Canon has fixed it.

Reports from 5D MkII owners with over-sensitive eyes said that the camera was putting the tiny dots at the edge of over-exposed (or "blown") highlights. At the time, we speculated that this was a software problem and that Canon might swiftly fix it with a firmware update, which the company has duly done. Canon:

Firmware Update Version 1.0.7 improves and mitigates the following two
types of image quality phenomena that occur under certain shooting conditions.

1. "Black dot" phenomenon (the right side of point light sources
   become black)
2. Vertical banding noise

EOS 5D MarkII Firmware Update Version 1.0.7 [Canon]

See Also:

• Canon 5D MkII Plagued by ‘Black Spots’?