[Leica] M9 reliability question

[Douglas Barry]

That seems excellent value. I been pondering and sniffing at secondhand M9s 
too, and even looked at one here at a dealers. They were looking for €3,000 
and there's another private one on an Irish ad site looking for €2,600 - 
both of which, I'm assuming the dealer's one, have had their sensors sorted. 
There are some optimistically priced ones on fleaBay, but the real disrupter 
to these inchoate ponderings is the distant drumming of a possible full 
frame, or bigger, offering from Fuji. BTW, has anybody get a Pentax 645Z 
here?

On Leicas, I brought my M3 along together with a Rolleiflex and a 
Voigtlander Perkeo to my camera club's show your old equipment, and people 
loved them. There more I look at my M3, the greater I admire it. Ah well....

Douglas

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Nathan Wajsman" <photo at frozenlight.eu>
To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>
Sent: Wednesday, June 01, 2016 5:05 AM
Subject: [Leica] M9 reliability question


>I have always said that once the M9 prices come down to a level that I am 
>prepared to pay, I will buy one. Well, in the past week I have seen two for 
>sale, for $2500 and $2200, respectively. The one I saw this morning has had 
>the sensor replaced. Those prices are within my range, but I now have 
>doubts about reliability. Clearly, buying an M9 that has not had a sensor 
>replacement is out of the question; but in case one has had it, is the new 
>sensor reliable—or is it just a matter of time before it starts rotting 
>just like the original one did? And are there other reliability issues 
>besides the sensor? Digital Leicas have not exactly had a stellar record.
>
> TIA,
> Nathan
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