EricC Posted July 21, 2012 Share #21 Â Posted July 21, 2012 Advertisement (gone after registration) Just so I understand what Solms can do when one sends in a camera - they can "repaint" (for lack of a better word) it? Â No it isn't a repaint, it is completely new top and bottom plates, and they return the ones that they replaced. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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lanetomlane Posted July 24, 2012 Share #22 Â Posted July 24, 2012 I've just had my scruffy M9 upgraded to a black M9-P and am delighted with the results. I debated long and hard before I made the final decision as it is a considerable amount of money to pay. In the end I decided to go ahead as it would be thorougly cleaned (of late the sensor always seemed to be dirty, despite regular cleaning), the saphire screen seemed a good idea and the one year warranty gives me peace of mind. The new look gives me a big grin factor although it's not likely to look new for very long. At the end of the day life's no dress rehearsal and I thought what the hell. _________________ Cheers, Tom Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mgreernz Posted July 25, 2012 Share #23  Posted July 25, 2012 At the end of the day life's no dress rehearsal and I thought what the hell. _________________ Cheers, Tom  As one who is (a) fully satisfied with my M9 and ( sure as hell won't be able to afford an M10, that quote echoes my thoughts exactly. I'm looking forward to having a fully upgraded Black M9 back in my hands any day now.  I can't help but agree with the comment in another thread that suggests the M9 may well have already become the enduring marque the M3 has long been. Whatever bells and whistles may arrive with the M10, I'm still firmly an M9 evangelist, because as digital technology tramples relentlessly onwards, I suspect it may well be the last of the truly optical M's.  Does the M9 have shortcomings? Of course it does. Every camera camera ever built has and will have shortcomings. And sure, high ISO is one such in the M9. But as one who learned the craft when the best that Kodachrome could offer was 25 ASA - crikey, 400 ISO still seems miraculous! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
M9reno Posted July 25, 2012 Share #24 Â Posted July 25, 2012 I have thought about the M3 analogy, and would dearly love it to be true about my M9. Â Many a 50-year-old M3 still work fine, indeed as well as the day they came out of the factory, and can still be serviced if not. Â Could one say remotely the same thing about an electronic instrument like the M9, both prone to obsolescence as well as infinitely more complex in its electronic innards? Is upgrading to a sapphire screen equivalent to forecasting an unrealistically long life to an M9? Will the batteries, the memory cards, sensor etc. still be working or available for replacement in 50 years' time, or indeed as long as I (at least) believe some kinds of 35mm film will last? Â As much as I love and would love to keep using my M9, it is this sort of reasoning that has kept me from the M9P upgrade... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarlet Posted July 25, 2012 Share #25 Â Posted July 25, 2012 Could one say remotely the same thing about an electronic instrument like the M9, both prone to obsolescence as well as infinitely more complex in its electronic innards? Â Is upgrading to a sapphire screen equivalent to forecasting an unrealistically long life to an M9? Â Will the batteries, the memory cards, sensor etc. still be working or available for replacement in 50 years' time, or indeed as long as I (at least) believe some kinds of 35mm film will last? Â The D2 may be an example of an unusually long-living digital camera but I would still, bearing in mind the 50-year perspective, have to say no, no and no. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
M9reno Posted July 25, 2012 Share #26 Â Posted July 25, 2012 Exactly. If the upgrade consisted in making my M9's sensor (and the rest of its electronics) as hard-wearing as sapphire, then I would not hesitate! Â But alas, my sapphire-faced Tissot is likely to be in action longer than any sapphire LCD. The scratched plastic on my M9 will be the least of my worries in ten years' time, when my sensor needs replacement. Â At that point I suspect an M9 user will have no choice but to move on to whatever digital M is on offer, if any. The idea of a digital "camera for a lifetime" seems rather hollow. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomv Posted July 25, 2012 Share #27 Â Posted July 25, 2012 Advertisement (gone after registration) I've just had my scruffy M9 upgraded to a black M9-P and am delighted with the results. I debated long and hard before I made the final decision as it is a considerable amount of money to pay. In the end I decided to go ahead as it would be thorougly cleaned (of late the sensor always seemed to be dirty, despite regular cleaning), the saphire screen seemed a good idea and the one year warranty gives me peace of mind. The new look gives me a big grin factor although it's not likely to look new for very long.At the end of the day life's no dress rehearsal and I thought what the hell. _________________ Cheers, Tom hi Tom, What was the turn-around time? I am considering to upgrade my M9 as well. Thanks Thom Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mgreernz Posted July 27, 2012 Share #28  Posted July 27, 2012 hi Tom, What was the turn-around time? I am considering to upgrade my M9 as well. Thanks Thom  Mine is on the way back to NZ now after a full upgrade. Turn around time in Solms from arrival to departure has been just 10 days - which was remarkably less time than I'd expected. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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