biglenslittlelens Posted May 8, 2021 Share #1 Posted May 8, 2021 Advertisement (gone after registration) Hi, My monochrom just died with the error in the VF and Shutter failure message. Can this still be repaired? Really really hoping so…. cheers Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted May 8, 2021 Posted May 8, 2021 Hi biglenslittlelens, Take a look here Shutter failure. I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
jaapv Posted May 8, 2021 Share #2 Posted May 8, 2021 The camera is in Leica's service program. AFAIK the only unavailable part is the sensor. Mine is getting a new LCD right now. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
biglenslittlelens Posted May 8, 2021 Author Share #3 Posted May 8, 2021 That’s good news…will be timing the Leica repairer here in Aus Monday morning ASAP. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Bonn Posted May 8, 2021 Share #4 Posted May 8, 2021 Out of curiosity... how many shutter actuations? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
biglenslittlelens Posted May 8, 2021 Author Share #5 Posted May 8, 2021 Not sure, how do I tell with this camera. It’s not heavily used so nowhere near my other gear so pretty surprised. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianman Posted May 8, 2021 Share #6 Posted May 8, 2021 IIRC it's in the service menu (or maintenance menu?) You access it by entering the following sequence: Delete once up twice down four times left three times right three times info once Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Bonn Posted May 8, 2021 Share #7 Posted May 8, 2021 Advertisement (gone after registration) Ianman's suggestion is best, but you can also extract a hex value from the exif of a dng and convert it into a numerical value using an online calculator Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaapv Posted May 8, 2021 Share #8 Posted May 8, 2021 Shutters don’t wear down but tend to fail catastrophically. Sometimes through a piece of grit, sometimes without apparent reason. The shutter count has little relevance in this context. Expected shutter life of the M is 150.000 actuations. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herr Barnack Posted May 8, 2021 Share #9 Posted May 8, 2021 (edited) 12 minutes ago, jaapv said: Shutters don’t wear down but tend to fail catastrophically. Sometimes through a piece of grit, sometimes without apparent reason. The shutter count has little relevance in this context. Expected shutter life of the M is 150.000 actuations. Nikon and Canon's pro DSLRs are rated at higher shutter actuation life expectancies; apparently that is not something to lose much sleep over: https://improvephotography.com/46433/long-dslr-last/ This thread makes me wonder what Wetzlar charges for an M camera shutter replacement surgery; does anyone know? Edited May 8, 2021 by Herr Barnack Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaapv Posted May 8, 2021 Share #10 Posted May 8, 2021 On an optimistic note: There may not be a need to replace the shutter. It happens from time to time that the nylon actuator "finger" gets stuck. The technician only has to give it a nudge, maybe apply a minuscule drop of lubricant and all is well again. This is the M8 Anatomy thread, but the M9 internals are quite similar. However, if the shutter itself must be replaced, it is another story. Although the part costs less than 200 Euro, the camera has to be completely dismantled, which is not cheap. I would guess that a price of 750-1000 Euro including VAT (Guess!!) would be a realistic expectation. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Bonn Posted May 9, 2021 Share #11 Posted May 9, 2021 22 hours ago, jaapv said: The camera is in Leica's service program. AFAIK the only unavailable part is the sensor. Mine is getting a new LCD right now. How much is that costing? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham (G4FUJ) Posted May 9, 2021 Share #12 Posted May 9, 2021 One of the last posts in this thread: https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/320472-over-the-top-repair/ 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaapv Posted May 9, 2021 Share #13 Posted May 9, 2021 Unfortunately I cannot say as the final price is the outcome of an email exchange. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Bonn Posted May 9, 2021 Share #14 Posted May 9, 2021 It’s good they’ve looked after you Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
biglenslittlelens Posted May 9, 2021 Author Share #15 Posted May 9, 2021 Approx 12000 shutter count which is nothing really… 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pedaes Posted May 9, 2021 Share #16 Posted May 9, 2021 1 hour ago, Adam Bonn said: It’s good they’ve looked after you Hopefully exactly as they would you (and anyone else)! 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Bonn Posted May 9, 2021 Share #17 Posted May 9, 2021 3 hours ago, biglenslittlelens said: Approx 12000 shutter count which is nothing really… Mine’s done 3x that... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Bonn Posted May 9, 2021 Share #18 Posted May 9, 2021 3 hours ago, pedaes said: Hopefully exactly as they would you (and anyone else)! But apparently not.. as Jaapv said in the other thread, they gave a price, he said ‘what how much’ so they made him a new price... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pedaes Posted May 9, 2021 Share #19 Posted May 9, 2021 29 minutes ago, Adam Bonn said: But apparently not.. as Jaapv said in the other thread, they gave a price, he said ‘what how much’ so they made him a new price... The question is what Jaap paid relative to original quote, not revised quote he challenged. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaapv Posted May 10, 2021 Share #20 Posted May 10, 2021 On 5/9/2021 at 12:19 PM, pedaes said: Hopefully exactly as they would you (and anyone else)! Which is precisely the case. They took the service history of the camera into account which made some work superfluous. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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