Upgrade M9 sensor OR (save up) and trade in for M10/M10P?

[richardvanle]

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Thanks for responding, everyone. There's much to chew on here. I'm almost 100% certain it is corrosion and not dirt on the sensor (as someone mentioned above).

For now, I have been taking the M9 out daily and doing personal shooting with it (in the f/2 - f/4 range to minimize problems). I'm going to try and use it daily for a month or two and then decide what I want to do. 

[pippy]

If the figures for a replacement M9 in your area are as quoted in post #3 ($2,000 - $2,500) then having your existing sensor replaced for $1,600 seems the obvious answer. As has been mentioned a couple of times the camera will come back as good as new (any existing brassing apart) and you can use the smaller apertures once more...

Philip.

[ianman]

27 minutes ago, richardvanle said:

Thanks for responding, everyone. There's much to chew on here. I'm almost 100% certain it is corrosion and not dirt on the sensor (as someone mentioned above).

Post of photo here, it's usually quite obvious if the sensor is corroded.

[richardvanle]

1 hour ago, ianman said:

Post of photo here, it's usually quite obvious if the sensor is corroded.

Here's a shot I just did of my wall. ISO 160, f/16, 2s exposure. Corrosion is upper left, bottom right and bottom center. 

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[jaapv]

Yes, it does look like corrosion, I fear. If I were you I would bite the bullet and have the sensor replaced.

[capelini61]

12 hours ago, Jeff S said:

O seu foi substituído pelo mesmo sensor problemático, antes que houvesse uma solução permanente. Como a Leica ofereceu aos usuários a nova substituição sem corrosão, não li ou ouvi falar de uma única falha. Revendedores de renome não venderão um M9 ou M9 Monochrom sem o novo sensor e documentação da Leica.
 

Jeff

 

12 hours ago, Jeff S said:

O seu foi substituído pelo mesmo sensor problemático, antes que houvesse uma solução permanente. Como a Leica ofereceu aos usuários a nova substituição sem corrosão, não li ou ouvi falar de uma única falha. Revendedores de renome não venderão um M9 ou M9 Monochrom sem o novo sensor e documentação da Leica.
 

Jeff

Dear Jeff, understanding your unwavering defense of the company, now let's get to the facts; there were problems with the original M9 sensor, which I replaced. The second sensor also had corrosion. So my problem was not solved, Leica had an obligation to make a recall, the defect is manufacturing. Now the company believes that it managed to definitively solve the problem, ok then recall.

[Jeff S]

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18 minutes ago, capelini61 said:

 

Dear Jeff, understanding your unwavering defense of the company, now let's get to the facts; there were problems with the original M9 sensor, which I replaced. The second sensor also had corrosion. So my problem was not solved, Leica had an obligation to make a recall, the defect is manufacturing. Now the company believes that it managed to definitively solve the problem, ok then recall.

You obviously have no idea about my criticisms of the company, when I felt it was warranted; most recently the S lens AF motor debacle.  And I found their lack of proactive response or transparent communications regarding it troubling. There should have been a recall IMO.  And I don’t like that some people get fast, and free, attention while other suffer delays, at a cost.

But it seems obvious did not receive the most recent sensor fix.  If you spent more time reading about that here, rather than just spitting all over the place, you would already better understand the sequence of events and potential course(s) of action.  But you haven’t exactly invited adult discussion. 

Jeff

[strangeboy]

I just had my sensor replaced and highly recommend that you do the same. Corrosion is an organic problem that only gets worse. It can begin slowly, as mine did, then suddenly bloom overnight. I live in Chicago, warm air = humidity. 

Yes, you'll spend $1635-US, including shipping. But what you'll get back is a "brand new" version of your M9, complete with paperwork verifying the new sensor and CLA... which includes new leather and a fully calibrated rangefinder.

Also - selling it, if you decide to go that route, will be infinitely easier.

My 2¢.

[rivi1969]

I paid last year directly at Leica Wetzlar $2850 for my pristine, new sensor, new shutter, new leather, CLA, warranty etc M9-P a-la-carté, I have seen a few being re-sold for more. I think an M9 with new sensor will keep its value higher than an M10, in a couple of years a used 24mp M10 will cost maybe $1000 or so more than a well loved refurbed M9. (Right now there are a few M240s for less than $3000).

Edited July 25, 2020 by rivi1969

[Malcolm Kays]

Leica M9 CCD sensors have been discontinued, defective sensors can no longer be replaced

Read more: https://leicarumors.com/2020/08/07/leica-m9-ccd-sensors-have-been-discontinued-defective-sensors-can-no-longer-be-replaced.aspx/#ixzz6URzt0fnI

You can now only part exchange your dead M9 for a newer model

[richardvanle]

Thanks, Malcolm. I guess my decision is made. Save up and trade in my M9.

[strangeboy]

1 hour ago, Malcolm Kays said:

Leica M9 CCD sensors have been discontinued, defective sensors can no longer be replaced

Read more: https://leicarumors.com/2020/08/07/leica-m9-ccd-sensors-have-been-discontinued-defective-sensors-can-no-longer-be-replaced.aspx/#ixzz6URzt0fnI

You can now only part exchange your dead M9 for a newer model

Oh, man. Looks like I got in just under the wire. RIP, M9 Sensor. You were loved.