Please help me with this mystery!

[rzFoto]

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[MattG]

What quality were you shooting at?

[rzFoto]

I shoot RAW only. The image was cropped to 300% so people can see the dots easily. This problem only occurs with the 70-200 F4 IS lens.

[neuroanatomist]

This problem only occurs with the 70-200 F4 IS lens.

That seems to imply that the issue is with the lens...does it occur at all focal lengths/apertures? When you remove the lens and look through it, does the glass look clean?

[rzFoto]

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[rzFoto]

That seems to imply that the issue is with the lens...does it occur at all focal lengths/apertures? When you remove the lens and look through it, does the glass look clean?

<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black; font-family: Verdana;"]I'd say it occurs in many focal length/apertures. The lens is very clean - the dots are clearly single pixels, so I am not sure if it is lens or the sensor or combination of both.

[Keith B]

That looks like images that use to come out of my old Nikon Coolpix 5000. That was a huge reason I bought Canon DSLR.

[rzFoto]

Keith, it is from a Canon 40D and the expensive 70-200 f/4L lens. Maybe Canon does not like me as much as you[:P]

[Daniel Browning]

My first guess is that it's an issue with the raw conversion. Can you post the raw file? Yousendit.com is a free way to host the raw file.

[rzFoto]

My first guess is that it's an issue with the raw conversion. Can you post the raw file? Yousendit.com is a free way to host the raw file.
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I do not have the RAW file with me right now, I will check after I go home and post the RAW file. Thanks!