[Leica] Corroded M9 upgrade

[Mark Rabiner]

With those 3m Green abrasive cloths when have become ubiquitous in American
households and were originally designed to be something else. I got one in
my sink and one in my tool chest.

In Boston October 2000 in a fancy hotel lobby a bunch of LHSA people were
sitting around a fireplace on sofas and chairs and some guy presented
Jonathan Eastland with a very brassy M3 or M2.
He turned it over in his hands and very nicely called him out on the use of
the 3m cloth. You could say everyone was mildly impressed.. We never saw
that guy again. Turns out that technique is used to jack up the price of
cameras. Perhaps say there were used by a famous photographer. Like Tina!


On 2/13/16 8:53 AM, "Tina Manley" <images at comporium.net> wrote:

> Somebody suggested Leica was going to take my extremely well-brassed M9
> and
sell it for even more than it's worth!!  I wish I could figure out how
> to
do that.  I have 6 very well-brassed M6's for sale!!

Tina

On Fri, Feb 12,
> 2016 at 8:49 PM, Howard Ritter <hlritter at bex.net> wrote:

> Here¹s my
> take:
>
> I get the 246 for $3950 plus my M9 because I¹m just a schlub with an
> older
> Leica.
> Bob gets the 246 for $3550 plus his MM because he¹s just a
> schlub with a
> newer and costlier Leica (nothing personal, Bob!).
> Tina gets
> the 246 for $2900 plus her M9, probably older than mine and far
> more used,
> because, well, because Tina!
>
> All as it should be. Leica should give her
> equipment for free.
>
> ‹howard
>
>
>
> > On Feb 12, 2016, at 7:05 PM, Robert
> Adler <rgacpa at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > They quoted me the price sight unseen:
> no questions were asked (#
> > exposures, date manufactured, serial number,
> etc.).
> > Guess it just depends on their mood?
> > Weird
> >
> > On Fri, Feb
> 12, 2016 at 3:45 PM, Tina Manley <images at comporium.net>
> wrote:
> >
> >> I'm
> not sure how they figure the upgrade prices.  Maybe based on the
> age of
> >>
> the M9?  I don't really know.  I've seen everything ranging from $4000
> to
>
> >> $2800.  I really have no idea.
> >>
> >> Tina
> >>
> >> On Fri, Feb 12,
> 2016 at 6:29 PM, Robert Adler <rgacpa at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >>> Hmmm. Just
> got word from Leica that my MM had the glass issue also.
> >>> Upgraded to the
> M246 but at $3,550. And I thought, Tina, you got yours
> >> for
> >>> around
> $2,900?
> >>> Seems odd if I'm right in reading these different upgrade
> costs...
> >>> Best,
> >>> Bob
> >>>
> >>> On Fri, Feb 12, 2016 at 12:08 PM,
> Howard Ritter <hlritter at bex.net>
> >> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> Yo, Tina!
> >>>>
>
> >>>> I just got off the phone with Leica in New Jersey. The gist of the
> >>>>
> conversation follows.
> >>>>
> >>>> Me: ³I¹m the owner of an M9 that¹s been
> found to have sensor
> >> corrosion.²
> >>>>
> >>>> Leica: ³You can sent it in
> for repair and that will cut the lead time
> >>> from
> >>>> 4 months to 2
> months.²
> >>>>
> >>>> Me (tentatively): ³I understand there¹s an upgrade
> pathŠ²
> >>>>
> >>>> Leica: ³If your camera is found to have sensor corrosion,
> you¹ll be
> >>>> offered an upgrade to one of 4 cameras.
> >>>>
> >>>> Me
> (...4 cameras? FOUR?? Fingers crossed.): ³Is the Monochrome 246 one
> >> of
>
> >>>> them?²
> >>>>
> >>>> Leica: ³Yes. You say you have an M9?²
> >>>>
> >>>>
> Me: ³Yes.:
> >>>>
> >>>> Leica: ³You can upgrade to the 246 for $3950.²
>
> >>>>
> >>>> Me: ³It¹ll be in FedEx¹s hands tomorrow, and thank you very
> much!²
> >>>>
> >>>> ‹howard
> >>>>
> >>>>
> _______________________________________________
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>
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> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> --
> >>> Bob Adler
> >>>
> www.robertadlerphotography.com
> >>>
> >>>
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> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> --
> >> Tina Manley
> >> http://
> >> <
> >>
>
> http://t.sidekickopen35.com/e1t/c/5/f18dQhb0S7lC8dDMPbW2n0x6l2B9nMJN7t5XYgfmKY
> PW4WzBHl3Mx_9dW3LqWkM56dQ1Jf7P8b5b02?t=http%3A%2F%2Ftina-manley.artistwebsites
> .com%2F&si=6038418186567680&pi=15b06035-37a0-4383-9f65-7ff2dbba1323
> >>>
> >>
> www.tinamanley.com
> >> http://tina-manley.artistwebsites.com/
> >>
> >>
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> >>
>
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Bob Adler
> > www.robertadlerphotography.com
> >
> >
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-- 
Tina
> Manley
http:// 
> <http://tina-manley.artistwebsites.com/>www.tinamanley.com
http://tina-manley.
> artistwebsites.com/

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