After looking at your pictures, I have come too the conclusion that is definitely a pixel deficiency, or a total lack of pixels, could be either or. To start I would get a camera with the megapixels of your choice and try too see if you can capture some photons and then post them in this thread for us all too see, that would help me a lot. I got a cheep mechanic that I call when I got car problems and I tell him I got that ping ping tick sound can you fix it, never works out though.