Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2016/06/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Douglas I have a black m9 and am the original owner. I keep checking my photos for sensor issues but nothing as yet. I bought the camera in 2010. It's a real workhorse, naysayers or not! Would I buy a new 240? Probably not as the M9 serves me well. And I have a Fuji XPro 2 that I can also use my Leica glass on and at 24 MP it's just a super combination. If Fuji does go to a full frame, look out!! Scott > On Jun 1, 2016, at 10:37 AM, Douglas Barry <imra at iol.ie> wrote: > > 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 >> >> Nathan Wajsman >> Alicante, Spain >> http://www.frozenlight.eu <http://www.frozenlight.eu/> >> http:// <http://www.greatpix.eu/>www.greatpix.eu >> PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws >> <http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws>Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ >> <http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/> >> Cycling: http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator >> <http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator> >> YNWA >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information