Help finding my M9 disease

[carbon_dragon]

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I know they have announced that the sensor is no longer being produced, but are they actually OUT of the sensors already?

[Boojay]

53 minutes ago, carbon_dragon said:

I know they have announced that the sensor is no longer being produced, but are they actually OUT of the sensors already?

I asked Leica Customer Care UK (Mayfair) who checked with Wetzler ten days ago and there were apparently no sensors available,  the post saying NJ still had some prompted me to ask a second time yesterday to receive the same reply.

 

[carbon_dragon]

18 minutes ago, Boojay said:

I asked Leica Customer Care UK (Mayfair) who checked with Wetzler ten days ago and there were apparently no sensors available,  the post saying NJ still had some prompted me to ask a second time yesterday to receive the same reply.

 

Well that was fast. And the first Leica Digital M becomes a paperweight (at least the ones that break from now on). Sad. I have two Contax cameras (RTS 1 and RTS 2) in the same condition (though it's the electronics rather than the sensor that is at fault). My RTS III still works though thanks to a Japan connection my local tech had by virtue of working for Yashica for quite a while. I'll be interested in seeing what it does to M9 prices. 

[dllewellyn]

That's not sensor corrosion.  That looks like something went (probably a capacitor) on one of the PCB's.  Could be sensor PCB but could be main PCB board.  Capacitors are a weak link.  They weaken over time and can fail.  There are high quality and low quality caps.  If you look into older high end audio equipment fixes/upgrades, you will see references to getting the older equipment 'recapped'.  That means going through the PCB's and replacing the capacitors with more modern, higher quality capacitors. And, from personal experience, I can tell you it makes a big difference!