nilsdecker Posted October 4, 2016 Share #1 Posted October 4, 2016 Advertisement (gone after registration) Hey there, I tried finding the info on the forum/ google search but was unfortunately unsuccessful. A friend of mine gave me his old S2 body (yes, very nice friend ;-)) as he bought the newer version. He also told me that he tried cleaning the sensor and it looks somewhat scratched. I have not yet been able to afford a lens for the cam so I'm not sure how bad this will affect images, but: What is the (approximate) cost if I have to replace the sensor of my S2? Thanks much,Nils Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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diddus Posted October 4, 2016 Share #2 Posted October 4, 2016 Hey there, I tried finding the info on the forum/ google search but was unfortunately unsuccessful. A friend of mine gave me his old S2 body (yes, very nice friend ;-)) as he bought the newer version. He also told me that he tried cleaning the sensor and it looks somewhat scratched. I have not yet been able to afford a lens for the cam so I'm not sure how bad this will affect images, but: What is the (approximate) cost if I have to replace the sensor of my S2? Thanks much, Nils I think only Leica will be able to tell you ... if you're lucky and the Sensor already has corrosion it might even be free .. you might also be able to wait until it gets corrosion ... Anyhow ... go to a local dealer and try out an S lens ... or invest a little bit in a china adapter for pentax or mamiya 645 lenses and try these out. Shouldn't set you back more than $200-300 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
alan.y Posted October 4, 2016 Share #3 Posted October 4, 2016 The "china adapter" I know of is made by the Hong Kong-based Metabones, and it costs $300 new on its own. I had one and it had quite a bit of of play with the Mamiya lenses (45/80/150). In fact the 80/1.9 would simply twist off with some force. Unless I just happened to get three bad copies, I also think Mamiya lenses are not worthwhile due to their poor image quality and the trouble of manual focusing (requiring a microprism screen that is itself very costly). The S is wasted on them. I would rather save up for a used copy of the Summarit-S 70. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
earleygallery Posted October 4, 2016 Share #4 Posted October 4, 2016 I think only Leica will be able to tell you ... if you're lucky and the Sensor already has corrosion it might even be free .. you might also be able to wait until it gets corrosion ... Anyhow ... go to a local dealer and try out an S lens ... or invest a little bit in a china adapter for pentax or mamiya 645 lenses and try these out. Shouldn't set you back more than $200-300 Do the S sensors suffer from corrosion? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
John McMaster Posted October 4, 2016 Share #5 Posted October 4, 2016 My S2-P did and I think a few others have suffered the same. john Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
diddus Posted October 4, 2016 Share #6 Posted October 4, 2016 The "china adapter" I know of is made by the Hong Kong-based Metabones, and it costs $300 new on its own. I had one and it had quite a bit of of play with the Mamiya lenses (45/80/150). In fact the 80/1.9 would simply twist off with some force. Unless I just happened to get three bad copies, I also think Mamiya lenses are not worthwhile due to their poor image quality and the trouble of manual focusing (requiring a microprism screen that is itself very costly). The S is wasted on them. I would rather save up for a used copy of the Summarit-S 70. I did see some china adapters for around $120 on ebay ... however I can't find them right now... maybe they took them offline .. but they should exist. I have the Metabones one, which I bought used for $150 .. I think it works rather well with the Mamiya lenses I bought .. although one of them is really quite loose. It seems to be an issue with well used lenses and not so smooth focussing. The nicer the lens, the better it works. I do have quite a collection of Mamiya lenses now, I got most of them very cheap ... most of them are actually pretty decent. No not comparable with the S lenses, especially wide open, but for the prices not bad. So if you have a free S-2 and not too much money to spend I think you're well off with Mamiya lenses. I did get a few below $50 with an adapter for $150. So we are talking about $200 (with very good lens copies and the metabone adatper lets say $400) vs $2000 ... which I do think is quite a difference. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
diddus Posted October 4, 2016 Share #7 Posted October 4, 2016 Advertisement (gone after registration) Do the S sensors suffer from corrosion? I've read about it on the forum .... not too surprising .. I think the M9 and S2 sensor came from the same place, probably using the same materials. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
alan.y Posted October 4, 2016 Share #8 Posted October 4, 2016 Do the S sensors suffer from corrosion? I've read about S2 sensor corrosion. My own S2's sensor cover glass spontaneously cracked. Haven't read about S007 sensor corrosion. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
albertknappmd Posted October 4, 2016 Share #9 Posted October 4, 2016 No 007 reports so far but materials and type of sensor are quite different... Albert Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Printmaker Posted October 5, 2016 Share #10 Posted October 5, 2016 My S2-P did and I think a few others have suffered the same. john My S2 did as well. CCD filter design flaw. Leica replaced the sensor last year. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
leicapages Posted October 7, 2016 Share #11 Posted October 7, 2016 Do the S sensors suffer from corrosion? The issue is limited to CCD sensors, so the S2 and S 006 are potentially affected. Replacement of a defective sensor is done for free by Leica. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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