TaoTeJared said:
There is a very very long thread on this already. Well known issue. I would do a search on the forum on this topic to find what others have done.

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I think you should offer that faulty D7000 for sale at half off since it has 11 bad pixels. I am sure many members here would gladly take it off your hands.

There is a very very long thread on this already. Well known issue. I would do a search on the forum on this topic to find what others have done.

I'm with everyone else though - what did you expect if you turn off the Long NR and set a 60 sec exposure? 11 pixels out of 16 million? It's just a fact of life. I would contact Nikon, who is very good with working with customers. Not even attempting too and joining a forum to blow off steam isn't real productive.

Another fact is that it is never the dealer's issue with warranty issues. Not with Nikon or of anything else (TVs, BluRays, printers, computers, monitors, hell even a candy bar) they sell them, not fix or are expected to service them.

That few stuck pixels is not really a big problem: if there are only 11 pixels, just spot them out yourself.

That being said, you can always try getting a replacement. The retailer not handling this for you is standard practice- this is a warranty issue, so you have to deal with Nikon yourself usually. Be aware, though, that a replacement is unlikely to be much better. As the others have said, every digital camera will exhibit this to some degree or another, so you will probably have to learn how to deal with this.

With all due respect, there is a real reason Long Exposure Noise Reduction is there. The same reason the newest firmware makes the camera initialize it sooner. It does not hurt the shot at all, only helps it and it actually works wonderfully. Stuck pixels are a fact of life with ALL cameras, especially high resolution sensors. We own 2 D7000's and they both operate indentical and are amazing bodies. The SnR is as close to the D700 as you can get and DR exceeds just about all cameras on the market.

If you really want to make a stink, maybe Nikon will replace it....but you'll always have hot/stuck pixels. Every sensor made today has them, even $20,000 cinema rigs(who utilize Pixel Mapping to deal with the issue). Just use Long Exposure NR and have fun with your beast of a APS-C body.

Troll.

So Nikon (and every other camera company of note) has a procedure for dealing with facts of life - pixels which respond in a non-linear fashion to long exposures as well as amp noise, but it bugs you, so you turn it off, and it is NIKON'S PROBLEM?

I know for a fact the D200 and D700 will exhibit the same issue under those conditions. And if you don't believe me read Thom Hogan's review of the D700 when it came out. He pulled no punches in discussing the D700's long-exposure noise levels.

Mine works great. You got a dud maybe? It happens.

But... just for my reference, which DSLR's out there can handle 60 second exposures with no hot pixels with the NR turned off? Serious question, I'd really like to know. If most can handle that, but yours can't then I guess the frustration is justified.

I sent my D7000 back to Nikon for Stuck Pixels, many Stuck Pixels. I do not shoot Video, they were appearing at ISO 100, long exposure photos, around the 60 second plus mark. NR was turned off because it bugs me too much. The D7000 came back from Nikon, grunge in the finder that was not there when it went to Nikon (great) and 11, count it, 11 Stuck Pixels. I am now trying to return this D7000. The reputable NIKON dealer I purchased it from is not accepting any responsibility, but it pushing me off on Nikon. I have had and own far too many Nikon Lenses, plus D200,D300,D700,D90 and reluctantly a D7000. Don't get me wrong, I like the camera, but this New Sensor is a Dud. This is my first serious problem with a Nikon DSLR, but if I do not get this resolved, it will be my last Nikon. There will be a SALE. I have recently deterred 2 friends from purchasing.