[Leica] Sensor just replaced

[afirkin at afirkin.com (Alastair Firkin)]

They do have loyal customers and this is one reason. I'd love to sneak in 
for an
M9 if and when it arrives, but we shall see.

cheers from Ballarat

Alastair Firkin
www.afirkin.com

On Mon Aug 31  4:05 , Richard Clompus <rclompus at mac.com> sent:

>I had sent my M8 back to Stan Tamarkin for service.  I kept finding a  
>vertical line in the upper or bottom half of my images using higher  
>ISOs.  It became too much too ignore.  After 4 weeks, I just received  
>the camera back.  The line is gone and there is a greater clarity in  
>general to the images.  Less muddy,  more detail.   I called Leica in  
>NJ to find out what was done.  They confirmed they replaced the sensor  
>and brought the camera up to specifications.  I'm sure this was not an  
>inexpensive repair for Leica but they stood behind their warranty.   
>I'm always an early adopter of technology.  I went through some issues  
>early on and even returned my first M8 due to really lousy imaging  
>even with an IR filter.
>
>If and when the new M9 arrives, I'm going to take a deep breath and  
>just observe.  No need to jump into the fray so early this time  
>around.  I suspect there will be early issues, a few firmware updates  
>and then hopefully a Leica with even better imaging characteristics  
>than the M8.  I hope the M8 is not the end of the line for Leica.
>
>Happy shooting,
>
>Richard
>
>Richard Clompus, OD
>Ponte Vedra Beach, FL 
>  
>
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