Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2015/06/02

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Subject: [Leica] My Sony broke; my M9 too.
From: rgacpa at gmail.com (Bob Adler)
Date: Tue, 2 Jun 2015 19:50:11 -0700
References: <D3059024-2ACF-49DC-BB6A-2514A98B85D6@gmail.com>

How old was your M9?

Bob Adler
Robert Adler Photography
www.robertadlerphotography.com

> On Jun 2, 2015, at 7:12 PM, Sonny Carter <sonc.hegr at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Of interest to the several people here who also shoot with Sony A-x 
> cameras:
> 
> My A7s back dial stopped working, and so it became difficult to shoot in 
> manual mode, as I use that to control the iris. The dials are swappable, 
> but you get the picture.
> 
> So I called Sony support, and while I was on the phone, the guy emailed me 
> a work order and label to Precision Camera repair, their contractor. I 
> packed it the next day and sent it, and it arrived there June 22. 
> 
> They sent it back, and it arrived today, which means it spent about 3 days 
> in the shop.
> 
> The papers say they made the repair, cleaned it inside and out, cleaned 
> the sensor, updated the firmware, and adjusted everything to factory 
> tolerances.
> 
> Not too bad.
> 
> While it was gone, I spent a lot of time with my M9, and as usual, enjoyed 
> the experience.
> 
> Unfortunately, I realized my camera is a victim of the dreaded sensor 
> issue.  I learned to work around it, but now I'm ready to send it off to 
> Leica.  I emailed them.  We'll see how it goes.
> 
> from my iPad
> 
> Sonny Carter
> 
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