Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2021/03/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]My M9 had the sensor glass cover plate fall off while on day 8 of a 40+ day vacation in the Maritime Provinces of Canada. It was fixed under warranty by Leica USA.? ( Took 6 months.? On the trip anmd until it was returned to me, I used my Fuji XE-1 and Leica lens adapter.) The reason I mention this is that this a pretty mundane repair.... the glass plate is held in place to its "container" with a ring of sticky glue. This is the same repair ( but with different glass) that KolariVision or LifePixel makes with their IR conversions of Nikon or Canon cameras. These cameras cost $200-300 to change out the cover plate. I think both of them also offer this service on Leica M9 cameras as well. It is NOT rocket science.? It does take patience and expertise. Now for the kicker.... KEH has a bunch of M9 cameras with old sensor glass.... and they are all candidates for the PDX treatment. If you want a M9 at a bargain price, this might be your way..... Frank Filippone BMWRed735i at gmail.com On 3/12/2021 12:57 PM, Mark Kronquist via LUG wrote: > For those with M9s that are at risk of becoming elegant, expensive > paperweight?s here is some real world good news. Jayesunn and the PDX > Camera Exchange Crew have perfected the rotten glass removal and > replacement surgery and being something of a skeptic, I have played a > surgically corrected formerly rotten glass M9 real world tested against my > M9P new sensor and M9 original (good) sensor and the surgery works! > > So if you find a cheap, sensor rot M9 don?t be afraid! There is a solution > to breath new life into it. I am not sure of pricing but I am sure they > (copied here) will gladly get you the details. > > Mark > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information