Reporting one hot pixel (red) in the lower part of sensor, just left of center in my D7000. This would typically be considered "zone 3," and even on an expensive broadcast camera, this would not generally qualify for a warranty replacement of the optical block (I think you need to have three or more in zone 3). I'm probably not going to worry about it.How I found it: I tested my D7000 with the lens cap on at ISO250; NR = off; video = manual. I then scanned the LiveView image at 6.7x magnification by pressing the '+' button repeatedly. As long as your auto-focus area setting (regardless of whether you're currently using AF or MF mode) is set to either wide- or normal-area AF, you're able to scroll around the magnification window, using the cursor (Nikon D7000 user manual: p. 55). I'd be curious to know how many new D7000 owners there are out there who don't have any dead pixels.I suppose I should feel "lucky," if I only have one dead pixel, and that it's not in the center of the screen. At work we have three $70,000 Sony HDW-F900R HDCAM cameras. All exhibit several dead pixels each, if that makes anyone feel any better