Weird white dots in Hyperlapse DNG’s

[FarangPilot]

Hi Folks.

Has anyone experienced artifacts like tiny white dots in your DNG’s, in my case it’s in the hyperlapse DNG.

Is there an issue with my camera or could it be something else? I was using DJI ND 32 filter at the time shooting this hyperlapse.

See example of a zoomed in DNG in Lightroom.

 

[Aerial-Pixel]

First off It's not a good idea to use an ND filter when shooting hyperlapses or most photos for that matter, unless you are going for motion blur in the waves, keep those ND filters for video. but I don't think thats your issue here. Does this only occur in your raw files or also your jpg's? Are these spots in the same location in each photo are do they vary between photos? If they are in the same location you may have dust on your lens, filter or sensor (the sensor is unlikely but not impossible).