I think finally I found banding in a D200?

Rita Ä Berkowitz wrote:
Here is a picture from a gentleman by the name of Cynicor in the group
that posted pics in a thread titled "Treasure Island night shots."

http://trupin.smugmug.com/gallery/1279919/1/60120634

Is this "banding" or is it random noise with a pattern?

First of all, I am no gentleman.

Second of all, it's banding near the moon, but I found it more severely
on another (out of focus) photo I took. Here's a slightly sharpened
crop. http://trupin.smugmug.com/gallery/1279919/1/60242130

Ed Ruf wrote:
Cynicor wrote:
Second of all, it's banding near the moon, but I found it more severely
on another (out of focus) photo I took. Here's a slightly sharpened
crop. http://trupin.smugmug.com/gallery/1279919/1/60242130

Have you tried any other raw converters other than Capture 4.4.0 to
see if they make any difference?

No I haven't. That would make too much sense.

Maybe I'll try it this afternoon. Not like I can return the camera
anyway, as I can't read the Japanese service center address.

Rita Ä Berkowitz wrote:
Cynicor wrote:

Second of all, it's banding near the moon, but I found it more
severely on another (out of focus) photo I took. Here's a slightly
sharpened crop. http://trupin.smugmug.com/gallery/1279919/1/60242130

I didn't yet even make it over to the section where the moon was when I
first looked at it. Looking at the moon section now and it is
definitely much worse than what I pointed out. Here is the section I
was talking about. After looking at the whole image I did find a lot
more banding.

http://www.geocities.com/ritaberk200...00_banding.jpg

I'll give hotbuyselectronics.com a ring. I'm sure they'll be right on
top of it. :-(

So for people who are paying attention, does this seem like something
that will be fixable in a firmware rev?