Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/12/11

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Subject: [Leica] Leica M8 and M9 Sensor Problems?
From: photo at frozenlight.eu (Nathan Wajsman)
Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2014 05:41:18 +0100
References: <0NGB00E57PMX2A30@st11p00mm-asmtp003.mac.com> <CAJ4y7gx47vE5fJT14V13+ekcSRYcKkVEf=KLg_KsnBA85ced=Q@mail.gmail.com> <CAAsXt4POAM80P6piKK1ATQCPJQHcrpGVYbwBh_+c3v7HPc7=KQ@mail.gmail.com> <CA+yJO1CDjvC1cr3Lz2UTq+66b-S37t_Py14OTmepFsv6k2kW=A@mail.gmail.com> <E5F3C4C3-37BB-40AC-97A7-6174D4BA74BF@frozenlight.eu> <80F9701439F20347874CE5E4E03C22E901213D4872@WhizzMAIL01.whizz.org>

Enough of a percentage for Leica to take it seriously, apparently.

Yes, I would consider a used Fuji of that age since the price would be in 
the hundreds. A used M9 is still in the thousands. That makes a difference.

Cheers,
Nathan

On 12 Dec 2014, at 05:31, John McMaster <john at mcmaster.co.nz> wrote:

> It looks to be a very small percentage affected, but not a certain 
> period/batch. Of course the M9 will have been out +5.5 years by then, 
> would you ever consider buying a Fuji/Sony of that age ;-)
> 
> john
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> 
> However, this does scupper my plan to upgrade my M8 to an M9 during 2015. 
> Prices have now fallen to my level, but this sensor issue does give me 
> second thoughts about buying a used M9, and a new M anything costs more 
> than I am prepared to spend. 
> 
> Cheers,
> Nathan
> 
> On 11 Dec 2014, at 23:58, Tina Manley <tmanley at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> At least Leica is now replacing the
>> sensor at no charge no matter how old the camera is and I'll bet they 
>> come up with a permanent fix soon.
> 
> 
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