Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2016/02/11

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Subject: [Leica] Defunct M9 - Repaired
From: jhnichols at lighttube.net (Jim Nichols)
Date: Thu, 11 Feb 2016 10:01:02 -0600
References: <453CF2EC-AE2D-4E97-ABDD-279EED219555@icloud.com> <DD6F9E87-69F3-4681-B9A0-2E7130593DD8@bex.net> <CA+yJO1DqZd9y0UfJu0mHSxd2T=7SpYi0EYmC6JXQEFWdWTEX0Q@mail.gmail.com> <927188d0d8e04773806ac1201d85c24e@WhizzEXM01.whizz.org> <7B24FCC3-3B95-4B79-BAC0-1F18C17494FD@icloud.com>

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.
>
> Gerry
>
>> On 11 Feb 2016, at 14:24, John McMaster <john at mcmaster.fr> wrote:
>>
>> 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....
>>
>> john
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>>
>>
>> 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!"
>>
>> So don't tell Germany!
>>
>> Tina
>>
>> On Thu, Feb 11, 2016 at 8:32 AM, Howard Ritter <hlritter at bex.net> 
>> wrote:
>>
>>> 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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In reply to: Message from gerry.walden at icloud.com (Gerry Walden) ([Leica] Defunct M9)
Message from hlritter at bex.net (Howard Ritter) ([Leica] Defunct M9)
Message from images at comporium.net (Tina Manley) ([Leica] Defunct M9)
Message from john at mcmaster.fr (John McMaster) ([Leica] Defunct M9)
Message from gerry.walden at icloud.com (Gerry Walden) ([Leica] Defunct M9 - Repaired)