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Better yet, maybe jdlaing, or someone, has the equivalent of this useful procedure.

 

Jeff

 

Does this procedure also work for the Monochrome? There is a store display model waiting for me at home. I'd be interested in finding out when I get back home n open the box.

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Does this procedure also work for the Monochrome? There is a store display model waiting for me at home. I'd be interested in finding out when I get back home n open the box.

 

Don't !!!

 

It may well depress you...... it will be at the very least in the hundreds .... and probably in the thousands.

 

My 'ex-demo as new fully refurbished' M9 had 5000 shots on the clock.

 

There is a grey line where 'ex -display' becomes 'ex-demo' and then 'second hand'....... :rolleyes:

 

If you got a reasonable discount and it looks ok, I would just use it and stay ignorant of how many punters have pressed the shutter whilst dreaming of owning one ....:D

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I would only buy from a reputable Leica dealer, with warranty, and any such dealer should be ready, willing and able to determine the number of actuations, regardless whether the camera is used, demo or whatever. I'd be wary if one couldn't. Number of actuations is not necessarily the best indicator of past use, nor the best predictor of future break-down.

 

How one can determine the actuations on his/her own is another question. I think someone posted at one point that jdlaing's M8 procedure, linked above, worked similarly on the M9 (I could be wrong). But if so, I suspect the MM, which is basically a reworked M9, would be no different.

 

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For the M8 and 9, the number of shutter actuations is shown in Adobe Bridge as a hexadecimal number on the file information/advanced/exif properties/image unique ID.

 

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The rudimentary method with a Mac computer is as follows:

 

open image file in Preview.app

open inspector

mark unique image id value (double click on it)

copy unique image id value (cmd + c)

open calculator.app (just type "1+1" or any other mathematical formula in spotlight and hit "enter")

switch view to "programmer" (cmd + 3)

paste hexadecimal value from unique image id into the calculator (cmd + p)

switch to decimal system (click the "10 button" on the calculator)

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Don't !!!

 

It may well depress you...... it will be at the very least in the hundreds .... and probably in the thousands.

 

My 'ex-demo as new fully refurbished' M9 had 5000 shots on the clock.

 

There is a grey line where 'ex -display' becomes 'ex-demo' and then 'second hand'....... :rolleyes:

 

If you got a reasonable discount and it looks ok, I would just use it and stay ignorant of how many punters have pressed the shutter whilst dreaming of owning one ....:D

 

Well, not going to get depressed. :D Once I got the Monochrome set up, and took a snap, looked at the unique image id in Bridge. 0xBA, which translates to 186 actuations. Well worth the $1K discount I got from the store with full Passport, and Leica warranty.

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That is delivery mileage :)

 

Yeah, he said that they had more than one demo/display MM, and this one was not fondled much at all.

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Well, not going to get depressed. :D Once I got the Monochrome set up, and took a snap, looked at the unique image id in Bridge. 0xBA, which translates to 186 actuations. Well worth the $1K discount I got from the store with full Passport, and Leica warranty.

 

Bargain.

 

Well done.

 

Enjoy :D

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