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john_j

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Greetings-

 

It has been several years since I was on this forum and today thought I'd check out the latest down-low.

 

To my surprise, I learned about the sensor replacement and its forth coming deadline. 

 

I have had this corrosion issue  for a while but but thought it was  just dust/oil. I was mostly able to solve it by correction in Capture I, Lightroom or Photoshop. I did from time to time clean the sensor but never thought is was a defect; just my cleaning skills.

 

I took a sky shot at f/16 (as advised on another thread); it matched the others for corrosion  and called Leica, NJ. Fortunately, I live less than an hour from Allendale and was going that way today. It's now in their hands and I received a follow-up email. I did ask about turn-around and there was some hesitation but it could be as long as two months. So for now back to the M-6's and my darkroom.

 

I need to visit here more often. I really appreciate this site and all of the contributions folks make. It certainly saved my butt today!

 

BTW, my M9 was purchased new in September 2010; I never registered it but had the receipt from BCC in Westwood, NJ. It had the number 5 sensor.

 

Best,

 

John

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  • 2 weeks later...

Had an email from Leica today verifying the sensor cover glass was seperating and the camera would be cleaned, lubed and adjusted as well.  

 

I followed up with a call and the turn around time will be approximately 14 weeks. 

 

Glad I made the deadline!

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FYI I just received my M-E back from New Jersey with a new sensor. I went though Leica Store Boston who were very helpful and wonderful to work with. I dropped it off to them on March 13th so it took just about 12 weeks. it's raining right now so it will be a little longer before I can go out and see the results of the new sensor but I'm very happy to have it back home.

Thanks

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I bought a leica m9 in February 2017 with a sensor certificate replaced on January 2017, can I be sure the new sensors are actually free from the problem? It happened that sensors replaced after August 2015 have re-reported the same problem, thank you?

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