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As I stated in another thread, my beloved D2 failed yesterday. Only vertical stripes: sensor died. Appearantly Leica is replacing them under warranty because the Sony sensors fail.

I read somewhere that only some batches have this annoying problem. I can't find out any more. So here I go: mine is serial 2990xxx.

 

What's yours? Or is yours still OK? If so, what's the serial?

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29892xx. Had it in the first time for a failed sensor. It took around 3 months if I recall.

 

Sent it back in for a smeared area on high detail shots and decided to take the upgrade offer for a D3. While it's bigger than the D2, the raw buffer makes it worth the added size. That, and noticably less distortion.

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The # 298 seems to be common to all the D2's that have gone pear-shaped in this thread.Mine's 3014*** and was bought new in Feb.'06 and I'm guessing it was one of the last of 'em.So far no heart stopping pictures have graced it's display and I hope the dreaded sensor failure 'aint gonna be the first.....Liam

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My serial number is 79942918xxxx, bought Feb '04, sent in Sep '07 to NJ. Still waiting - maybe by end of January, and no D3 offer.

 

Hey Scott, are you sure about that serial number? Very different and much longer than the others. Could it be like 7994 plus 2918xxx? That would make sense considering the other numbers. Yours being one of the first would imply that production may have started at 2.900.000. Highest numbers being 3.110.xxx. About 200.000 cameras made?

 

Thank you all!

 

cheers, Rob.

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After Sony had made that fateful change to the sensor manufacturing process, they did crank out lots of CCDs before they noticed there was something wrong. I don’t think it is safe to assume that any Digilux 2 might be exempt. However, the time it takes for an affected sensor to fail will vary; it depends on environment factors such as humidity. It’s quite possible that the sensor will work flawlessly within the whole of the useful lifetime of a camera (but might fail immediately after you’ve sold the camera).

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