IWC Doppel Posted November 18, 2014 Share #1 Posted November 18, 2014 Advertisement (gone after registration) Interested how much the average M9 is used and how many actuations they are now on, some being 5 years old. I bought mine in 2012, M9-P it's now hit 18,000 shutter actuations, goes with me most of the time and unusual not to be without a shot in a week or so. I know some were 50k plus before the M240 came out, is my camera an average, high or low user Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted November 18, 2014 Posted November 18, 2014 Hi IWC Doppel, Take a look here Average M9 use, What's your actuation No ?. I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
dunkelblau Posted November 18, 2014 Share #2 Posted November 18, 2014 I bought mine used with 5701 actuations in May 2013; as of today (Nov. 18. 2014) it has 14867 actuations. I never checked its actuations count until today and am surprised it doesn't have more. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bocaburger Posted November 18, 2014 Share #3 Posted November 18, 2014 I bought mine new in 2011 and sold it a month ago with around 3000. The reason it had so few was I used it only for travel, and I shoot digital as though it were film, as I hate culling thousands of images just because they are "free". Also I have an EOS system and it let me get away with jpgs requiring only some sharpening whereas the M9's jpgs were unsatisfactory and thus I had to shoot DNG and post process, which I dislike immensely. I expect my M240 will have many more actuations as I'm back to shooting jpgs and haven't used my 5D nearly as much since getting the M240. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rus Posted November 18, 2014 Share #4 Posted November 18, 2014 I bought my M9 well used with over 40k+ actuations (at a good price..and with a newly replaced sensor) a month ago...Just checked shutter count...it's approaching 49k now~~ not a low shutter count for a month I guess...but that was because I snapped quite a lot of photos in the first two weeks while I was trying to get the rangefinder coupling to work properly... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
otto.f Posted November 18, 2014 Share #5 Posted November 18, 2014 M9: 15075 actuations in 4;7 years time; one sensor change after about 3 years MM: 4228 actuations in 1;11 year Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
thompsonkirk Posted November 19, 2014 Share #6 Posted November 19, 2014 Almost exactly the same as Otto: 14K on very early M9 – when I recently sold it. 4200 on MM since June. Using MM and A7 until Leica comes up with something better than 240. Kirk Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mumu Posted November 19, 2014 Share #7 Posted November 19, 2014 Advertisement (gone after registration) I bought the M9 in December 2009 and have today 22432 actuations with her Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
IWC Doppel Posted November 19, 2014 Author Share #8 Posted November 19, 2014 Glad to see most are well used and great to know my 8k or so a year should mean she's okay for a while yet I will hopefully add an MM when the 240 monochrom hits the streets and some more come on to the secondhand market Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tredlie Posted November 19, 2014 Share #9 Posted November 19, 2014 mine is 3 years old with around 27000 actuations. the zoom/wheel button was broken twice; the summarit 75 and the summicron 35 went belly up other than that: no problems cheers Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rramesh Posted November 19, 2014 Share #10 Posted November 19, 2014 3 years 17,000. Why is this important? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fotofanatiker Posted November 19, 2014 Share #11 Posted November 19, 2014 Bought in early 2010 58.696 actuations according to M9Info... Reasons are - I almost never leave home without it (changed a bit since I own a Ricoh GR) - I'm a very average photographer and frequently need a few shots to halfway nail it - However I try to compensate lack of talent with enthusiasm... There you go... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bundestrainer Posted November 19, 2014 Share #12 Posted November 19, 2014 80,000 and it's 4 years old. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
otto.f Posted November 19, 2014 Share #13 Posted November 19, 2014 3 years 17,000. Why is this important? Because it shows whether you hit bull's eye in one shot or you need a whole series to come to your point Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Johnston Posted November 19, 2014 Share #14 Posted November 19, 2014 mine just turned 19,027 don't remember the year of production but figure with serial # 3810xxx it is an early one. i bought it 2nd hand from a reputable dealer. it had been to n.j. for a cla shortly before i bought it. keeps on chugging along. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Printmaker Posted November 19, 2014 Share #15 Posted November 19, 2014 It was 11k + when the sensor was replaced 6 months ago. I've put another 3k on since. The sensor was dirty despite all my efforts to clean. I sent the camera to Leica NJ along with a lens to code. It came back with a new sensor, new covering and a zero capture count. Kinda like a new camera. I ordered my M9 in late 2009 and it arrived in early 2010. Being an old 4x5 shooter, I rarely shoot more that 50 exposures in a day. Often less than 20. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pambusby Posted November 19, 2014 Share #16 Posted November 19, 2014 Can someone tell me how to get the actuation count on my M9? I opened an image in Preview to get the image unique ID, which I read was what I needed to calculate it, but this number wasn't a hex number, I don't think. It was a huge number without any letters in it. If I had to guess, I probably haven't taken more than 2000 shots with it (bought it new). I'm going to sell it and I want to be able to give a potential buyer an accurate number. Anyone able to help me out? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
otto.f Posted November 19, 2014 Share #17 Posted November 19, 2014 You need this app: M9Info Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
colonel Posted November 20, 2014 Share #18 Posted November 20, 2014 the copal shutter is rates at something between 150k and 300k actuations but typcially could do alot more then that, its just conservative (like the 10 year recycle stamp on the base of all Japanese cameras today). i.e. I wouldn't sweat it .... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duane Pandorf Posted November 21, 2014 Share #19 Posted November 21, 2014 I have close to 30k on my 2 year old M-E. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
IWC Doppel Posted November 21, 2014 Author Share #20 Posted November 21, 2014 3 years 17,000. Why is this important? Useful for me to see what real world 'mile ages' are Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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