Hi folks, just taken my self modded 450D outside to the rig to take some darks with the new set up i.e no IR filter on sensor and with new field flattener. I know it's not dark yet but have covered every oriface well and seem to be getting far more hot pixels on my 8.3 minute darks (iso 800 500 secs)
Is this normal for a bare sensor or have I buggered it up?
Can I still rely on my darks/flats to extract this noise?
Need kindly hugs from self modding experienced peeps

Graham