Low Light Streaks - Is my camera faulty?

I need to put this to rest right away. There is a SERIOUS issue between sensors! I have had a GH1 for about 2 years now and it has always been amazing very minimal banding even at high ISO. I just purchased another body and it arrived today and I have been shooting with it all day doing side by side shots along side my original one. I can't get rid of the vertical banding even at 100iso in bright light! There is a serious sensor issue! I will try to get some footage tomorrow and mount both cameras on one tripod with identical lenses and put the footage side by side. you will probably vomit when you see how bad this new one I got is! I am so furious I want to throw it at a wall!
 
The issue here is that I have two gh1's one is absolutely perfect and I can shoot indoors with the kit lens in lowlight with no banding, this new one I can't even shoot in full sunlight (properly exposed of course) without seeing banding. No mater where I look it is there.My GH1 No Lines.jpgYour GH1 Lines.jpg

there are two examples of photos both on 3200 iso with the 14-42 fully zoomed at 1/20 shutter speed and you can see the difference between them as far as banding. I am uploading a video right now showing a video with both cameras using the same lens and settings and the differences are insane! This is 100% proof that there is something wrong with the sensors not the shooter. I have been a professional videographer for 18 years and I know how to properly expose a shot. I purposely underexposed the video that I will post to show that my original gh1 could handle it with no banding ( sure there is noise) but no vertical banding. The newer one I just got shows banding no matter what!
 
I did shoots with both the blackout 24p patch and stock firmware and made no difference besides cleaning up the details in the shadows etc. It is definitely a sensor issue as hacking the camera won't affect photo quality and you can see in the photos above how obvious the difference is even at exact same settings!

here is a video I just shot using the two cameras to compare the vertical banding issue and I'm hoping once and for all we can all agree that there is a problem! It's not shooting conditions as my GH1 doesn't show the lines as this other one does even in underexposed areas.
I purposely under exposed to emphasize the banding on one but not both cameras even at same settings.

Don't say it is because I used the kit lens either as the point is not that lowlight doesn't look great with the kit lens, it's the fact that one camera looks completely different than the other!

I will do a shoot tomorrow hopefully in full light using my nikon E series 50mm 1.8 to show you that the problem still exists on this new GH1 even at 100 iso in properly exposed conditions.
 
Tyler Knight said:
I need to put this to rest right away. There is a SERIOUS issue between sensors! I have had a GH1 for about 2 years now and it has always been amazing very minimal banding even at high ISO. I just purchased another body and it arrived today and I have been shooting with it all day doing side by side shots along side my original one. I can't get rid of the vertical banding even at 100iso in bright light! There is a serious sensor issue! I will try to get some footage tomorrow and mount both cameras on one tripod with identical lenses and put the footage side by side. you will probably vomit when you see how bad this new one I got is! I am so furious I want to throw it at a wall!
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Send the one you just got back for a refund if you can. I wouldn't keep it. As a matter of fact it is likely time to "let go" of the old technology and move into something newer, a GH2 if you can find one.

Or a GH3.
 
I have messaged the seller with the video and photos showing how bad his unit is and I am waiting for a reply. He better give me a full refund including shipping that's all I can say! I love my Gh1 and I only got this one because I am shooting a wedding in Cuba and didn't want to have to bring my full size camcorder when I could bring two gh1s instead! But looks like this one is going back. I will buy getting a GH3 as soon I get money for a GH3 haha! I just read through all 57 pages though and people could not agree that the sensors were faulty! I was just proving to everyone since I have two now.
 
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