[Leica] Defunct M9 - Repaired

[Jim Nichols]

I could hear your sigh of relief clear over here!

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA

On 2/11/2016 8:39 AM, Gerry Walden wrote:
> I decided to have one last-ditch attempt and decided to use the cable release to see if that worked, which it did!!! It was then clear that it was a stuck shutter button which was freed by pulling up on the release, and all is now well. Whether a little grain of dirt had got in there I don’t know, but camera is now as right as rain, and so is my blood pressure.
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> Gerry
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>> On 11 Feb 2016, at 14:24, John McMaster <john at mcmaster.fr> wrote:
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>> Thanks, I asked my French dealer about that and was told it was not possible (just to M(240) or new M-P) :-( Might try going back to my NZ dealer....
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>> john
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>> -----Original Message-----
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>> I just got my new Monochrom yesterday as an upgrade because my M9 was determined to have sensor corrosion.  I told the repair person that I already had the M240 and asked if I could get the M246 instead.  She said, "Just don't tell Germany!"
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>> So don't tell Germany!
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>> Tina
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>> On Thu, Feb 11, 2016 at 8:32 AM, Howard Ritter <hlritter at bex.net> wrote:
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>>> And I just had my M9 assessed by someone who knows what to look for.
>>> She says it’s the worst case of sensor corrosion she’s ever seen.
>>>
>>> So I’m going to call Leica USA this morning. Anyone know whether
>>> Leica’s trade-up offer for affected cameras includes the MM? Does the
>>> camera have to go to Solms?
>>>
>>> —howard
>>>
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