colonel Posted May 3, 2012 Share #1 Posted May 3, 2012 Advertisement (gone after registration) Just curious if Leica can get hold of M8 sensors quickly, given the shortage some have reported of M9 sensors ? the good news is that no one has posted about sensor issues for so long, perhaps the M8s are all so well bedded down now ! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted May 3, 2012 Posted May 3, 2012 Hi colonel, Take a look here Anyone had their sensor repaired recently ?. I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
jaapv Posted May 3, 2012 Share #2 Posted May 3, 2012 There have been one or two cracks, but no repair time complaints lately. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DOUG66 Posted May 3, 2012 Share #3 Posted May 3, 2012 If as it is widely rumoured that the May 10 announcement will in fact hearld the launch of the 26M pixil M10, Then it makes sense to make replacement sensors for the M8 as a byproduct on the same wafers. The reason for this is pure economics. The state of the art a few years ago involved 24 inch wafers for making computer processors. I would speculate that if this or larger technology is used for sensors then both the yield of acceptable sensors will increase and the costs will decreas. What is more interesting to us M8 owners is that it will be economical to make replacement sensors on the parts of the wafer that are too small for making the fullframe sensors. It would be crazy and expensive to run a different production line to make a few M8 sensors I may be optimistic but I would hope that we can look forward to 14 Mp replacement sensors for the M8s using the same pixil pitch as the M10. Doug. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RotarySMP Posted May 3, 2012 Share #4 Posted May 3, 2012 It would seem to me to be very unlikely that M8 sensors are still made. When the auto industry ends a product, they calculate the spares requirements for 20 years support, let the production lines run till these are produced and then store the parts. Given the production methods of electronics, combined with the ease of storage. I would pt my money on Leica having a few hundred (few thousand maybe) M8 sensors in stores. The upfront costs of letting the production line run a few weeks longer are insignificant against tooling a new line, or keeping a line mothballed. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
colonel Posted May 3, 2012 Author Share #5 Posted May 3, 2012 I may be optimistic but I would hope that we can look forward to 14 Mp replacement sensors for the M8s using the same pixil pitch as the M10. Doug. nice thought. however the costs of testing and designing a new sensor for a discontinued camera are not going to happen Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Black Posted May 4, 2012 Share #6 Posted May 4, 2012 I did send my M8 for a new sensor around february and took around 7 weeks to get it back.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Archived
This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.