[Leica] M9/MM corrosion question......

[Jeffery Smith]

Good idea. I’ll use the name “Norman de Plume”. Sounds like a French street photographer.

Jeffery L. Smith
smithjeffery at mac.com





> On Sep 1, 2015, at 1:42 PM, Frank Filippone <red735i at verizon.net> wrote:
> 
> Me too.....
> 
> Can I use your Nom de Plume?
> 
> 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 11:37 AM
> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
> Subject: Re: [Leica] M9/MM corrosion question......
> 
> 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
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> 
>> On Sep 1, 2015, at 1:25 PM, Frank Filippone <red735i at verizon.net> wrote:
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>> 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
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>>> 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
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
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