[thesu]

Just did a shoot today and noticed several specks of "dust" on all my photos. They always appeared in the same spot. I'm concerned that I have a dirty sensor (I change the lens once every couple years), but doesn't a dirty sensor give gray/black dust? I have colored dots, but when I convert the RAW to a jpeg, the dust turns gray. (To preserve the colors, I did a screen grab of the raw image). Or perhaps they're defective pixels. How did that happen?

Any detectives here? I'm afraid to open the camera and blow/wipe anything in there.

Here's the image metadata:
Camera Model Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XT
Tv( Shutter Speed ) 1/30
Av( Aperture Value ) 5.6
Metering Mode Evaluative Metering
Exposure Compensation 0
ISO Speed 1600
Lens 18.0 - 55.0mm
Focal Length 55.0mm
Image Size 3456x2304
Image Quality RAW
White Balance Mode Auto
Color Space sRGB
Noise Reduction Off

Thanks.

[EnglishBob]

Bad pixels, not dust.

[thesu]

Thanks, glad to know I don't have to clean it.

[shuttertalk]

Yes, definitely looks like stuck pixels. Question - are the on your camera sensor or the monitor? i.e. make the image window smaller and move it around the screen. Do the pixels move with the image?

[EnglishBob]

If they were on the monitor.... a screen capture wouldn't grab them would it?

[thesu]

No, those bad pixels aren't on my monitor. If I move the image around, the pixels move with the image. I only have one dead pixel on my monitor.