Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2015/09/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> The best bet, I think, is to have a camera store ship it to them. Then, > have the store phone them whenever you?re tired of waiting and want to > know the situation. From the latest info I have seen from Leica, they will > replace the sensor it for free. It will take a while; they must have quite > queue of them. It may help if you include in the shipment to them an SD > card with the picture showing the damage. I think some of their techs must > be both blind and lazy, because my camera just languished there until I > sent them an SD card with a picture showing the problem. Herb > On Sep 1, 2015, at 11:36 AM, Jeffery Smith <smithjeffery at mac.com> wrote: > > If you convince them that you are a professional photographer and that > your livelihood depends on their camera equipment, they will respond to > your email. I?m not going to bother asking about getting my M9 fixed until > I have time to make fake letterhead, fake business cards, and a fake name > for my post office box. > > Jeffery > > > > >> On Sep 1, 2015, at 1:25 PM, Frank Filippone <red735i at verizon.net> >> wrote: >> >> I have seen this kind of direction someplace on the WEB.... >> >> It is #2 on my hit parade.... >> >> I am trying to find a way to have Leica say... Yes, it is likely you have >> the dreaded disease.... >> >> Frank Filippone >> Red735i at verizon.net >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: LUG [mailto:lug-bounces+red735i=verizon.net at leica-users.org] On >> Behalf >> Of Jeffery Smith >> Sent: Tuesday, September 01, 2015 11:19 AM >> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> >> Subject: Re: [Leica] M9/MM corrosion question...... >> >> I stopped a 50mm lens down to F/22, went outside, and aimed at a cloudless >> area of the sky. The corrosion looks like OOF smudges on the frame. >> >> Jeffery >> >> >> >> >>> On Sep 1, 2015, at 1:14 PM, Frank Filippone <red735i at verizon.net> >>> wrote: >>> >>> How to determine if your M9 has the corrosion problem? >>> >>> >>> >>> You could send it to Leica and ask.. Most expensive, longest to get an >>> answer, but certainly definitive... >>> >>> You could take a blank picture and look for the noted corrosion on the >>> image. quickest, least expensive, least definitive... >>> >>> >>> >>> Is there another way? Will Leica examine a user made image for the >>> problem and give a preliminary answer? >>> >>> >>> >>> Frank Filippone >>> >>> Red735i at verizon.net >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >