IkarusJohn Posted June 5, 2014 Share #21 Posted June 5, 2014 Advertisement (gone after registration) Ultimately, what the dealer says is irrelevant - you buy the camera, you own it, and if you clean the sensor, it's down to you. If a dealer says something odd/wrong/misleading or just plain dumb, it doesn't change the camera. Cleaned my T sensor the other day - perfect! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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jaapv Posted June 5, 2014 Share #22 Posted June 5, 2014 Maybe the owner didn't think a serious dSLR user was a likely customer for Leica products?Even if this were the case that is no reason to make up a cock and bull story. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptZoom Posted June 5, 2014 Share #23 Posted June 5, 2014 Even if this were the case that is no reason to make up a cock and bull story. I agree (with you, jaapv). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
vikasmg Posted June 5, 2014 Share #24 Posted June 5, 2014 Not DSLR - film SLR And I've never been in this dealer before, but he's recommended by others and has a gallery also. There was one other "customer" there who was also looking at the T before I arrived and heard the whole conversation. I think he was saving his last T in the shipment for a favourite customer or maybe for a girlfriend. He came up with whatever story he could conjure up at the spur of the moment to make reduce the chance of anyone else buying it up. In fact at the Leica Store in Singapore when I went in the day before The T was released they sold me everything was sold out and I'd have to wait for the next shipment. I replied that I'd been there two days earlier and had been told they would keep one for me if I put down a deposit by Monday. There was some conversation and looking at a computer screen and they then told me that why, yes, they did have one unit (but only with the Vario Elmar) and they also has an M adapter and a visoflex. I was also told that They just might have the 23mm the next day. Who knows how or why sales people come up with strange stories in the face of scarce supply! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stanislaw Posted June 5, 2014 Share #25 Posted June 5, 2014 I really dont understand WHY no mirrorless camera including oh so venerable Leica, doesn`t offer a shutter covered mode. They just could built a switchable sensor that upon removing the lens, camera shutter covers the sensor or do it manually.. The only exception is RICOH GXR A12 m-unit, which is why I chose it for my leica lenses. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjh Posted June 5, 2014 Share #26 Posted June 5, 2014 I really dont understand WHY no mirrorless camera including oh so venerable Leica, doesn`t offer a shutter covered mode. DSLRs do and still their sensors attract dust. A closed shutter doesn’t offer any real protection against dust. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fi5herman Posted June 7, 2014 Share #27 Posted June 7, 2014 Advertisement (gone after registration) A closed shutter not only doesn’t offer any real protection against dust, but also make it difficult to clean if dust exists. Perhaps sometimes it's difficult to differentiate a manufacture defect from an owner's fault, words are widespread that it needs a professional to clean the sensor just to avoid argument in case of camera return. For me, I just wipe it not much different from wiping my glasses, just with cleaning kit of course, no problem at all. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaapv Posted June 7, 2014 Share #28 Posted June 7, 2014 The extra opening and closing action of a closed shutter might even distribute dust from the surrounding area onto the shutter. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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