[Leica] I shattered the sensor glass; mea culpa

[geordiepete211 at yahoo.co.uk (Peter Cheyne)]

Geoff, the Caono technician here in Japan did not teach me to touch  
the sensor glass with a micro-fibre cloth.  In Japan, for cameras made  
before their dust-shaking technology, Canon sell a kit for sensor  
cleaning.  It costs about 1500 yen, or 15 dollars.  They will only  
sell you one, and insist they teach you how to use it before you may  
purchase it.  It basically involves using a kind of rubber stamp which  
you coat with something slightly sticky and gently apply to the sensor  
glass.  They show you how much pressure may be used.  I used no more  
than that on the Leica, but as you say, the sensor glass assembly is  
not the same design, so I made an expensive mistake.

I really do hope Leica won't insist that all I can do is to pay for a  
whole sensor assembly.  I think that would cost more than I paid for  
the camera.  I'll keep you posted.  I'll e-mail Leica today.