[Leica] My beloved M9...... And all you folk with glass corrosion issues

[Jim Nichols]

Thanks, Frank.  I'd say hold on to the luck, and cash it in when the 
camera returns, assuring you of another 5 years of happiness. :-)

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA

On 7/28/2016 6:31 PM, Frank Filippone wrote:
> Thanks for the very valid question... No, never been left in a car, etc..by
> me.... I did buy it used .. its life before me is unknown....
> but I have owned the camera for about 5 years... so I am not so sure that it
> was a factor.....
> When I asked Leica USA about the failure rate from this kind of problem, I
> was told it was the second camera they had seen the problem.....
>
> I feel so... Lucky(?) ... to be the winner of a one in  many thousand  ..
>
> Excuse me.. I must go buy a Lottery Ticket!!!!!
>
> I just KNOW I will be a winner again.....  ( or was that WHINER.?)
>
> Frank Filippone
> Red735i at verizon.net
>
> Frank, with the nature of your camera's failure, it occurred to me to ask a
> question.  Has your camera ever experienced high temperature conditions?
> I'm thinking of what might happen to cement if it were left in a hot car for
> a while, etc.  I'm not just being nosy, it might be a useful data point.
>
> Jim Nichols
> Tullahoma, TN USA
>
> On 7/28/2016 6:12 PM, Frank Filippone wrote:
>> My M9 died while on a recent long vacation.  Day 8 ( June 2 or so) of
>> a 42 day trip.  Luckily I had a Fuji XE-1 as a backup and used it with
>> my Leica lenses with success.
>>
>>    
>>
>> The camera symptom was that the Sensor cover glass ( AA filter, if you
>> prefer that language) fell off the sensor.  It was wandering around
>> inside the camera.
>>
>> There is a glue seal that attaches the glass to the sensor  cavity,
>> and the glue joint failed.  ( the seal is basically double sticky
>> scotch tape... or fancy equivalent).
>>
>>    
>>
>> The camera was returned for repair to Leica.  It has now been about 10
>> days and I heard the result today..Leica is going to fix it.
>>
>>    
>>
>> That is probably pretty uninteresting, until you hear HOW they are
>> going to handle the repair...
>>
>> They are going to put on a new glue seal and do the standard calibration.
>>
>> No mention of a new cover plate, but when the camera comes back, I will
>> check the firmware version..   We have already hashed that issue out..
>>
>>    
>>
>> I would imagine that those of you with the corrosion issue,  and
>> opting for the repair, are getting the same basic treatment..  A new
>> glue seal and a new glass cover plate.
>>
>> Not a new or refurbished sensor assembly.  A new glass cover plate.
>>
>>    
>>
>> FYI: I was not offered an upgrade path.  ( and I am not rich enough to
>> have taken it if I had been offered)
>>
>>    
>>
>> But I am thankful.  Very thankful.
>>
>>    
>
>
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