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

[red735i at verizon.net (Frank Filippone)]

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.
>
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> 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).
>
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> 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.
>
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> 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..
>
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> 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.
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> FYI: I was not offered an upgrade path.  ( and I am not rich enough to 
> have taken it if I had been offered)
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> But I am thankful.  Very thankful.
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