rybolt
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sensor corrosion that you've ever seen? Just picked this camera up from a friend and I assumed that it was going to have the problem but I've never seen one this bad. 4,276 actuations and never used in inclement weather.
BLKRCAT
75% Film
looks like someone tried to clean the sensor with an ice pick.
helen.HH
To Light & Love ...
what canera , M9 or ME??
BLKRCAT
75% Film
This thread is in M9/ME so I assume probably M9?
rybolt
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M9. And the damage is all UNDER the glass. You can see it with your eyes. I've been doing wet cleans for years (ex-camera store owner) and it was obvious it wasn't a surface issue.
helen.HH
To Light & Love ...
yes Thanks I realise the thread 
just Wondering which camera
i have not heard of many M-E's with sensor problems though I often wonder why...
same sensor
Either way 'rybolt' very Sorry to hear !
just Wondering which camera
i have not heard of many M-E's with sensor problems though I often wonder why...
same sensor
Either way 'rybolt' very Sorry to hear !
alan davus
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My M-E bought new in 2013 had a cracked sensor replaced under warranty last year. If M-E's haven't developed sensor corrosion in large numbers yet it is because they are newer cameras than M9's. Sensor corrosion/cracking or not, I love mine.
Huss
Veteran
yes Thanks I realise the thread
just Wondering which camera
i have not heard of many M-E's with sensor problems though I often wonder why...
same sensor
Either way 'rybolt' very Sorry to hear !
My M-E had the sensor issue 8 months after purchase.
I think you may have heard of fewer just because there were way more M9s sold.
Chriscrawfordphoto
Real Men Shoot Film.
Never seen anything like that. I can't afford an insanely great camera like a Leica, so I use my lowly Canon 5DmkII. That low-quality trash gives flawless images every time, and has for the entire four years I have owned it. Too bad I'm not wealthy like you guys, I could own a camera whose sensors corrode!
rybolt
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How about asking yourself what your comment adds to the discussion before you post.
cz23
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Indeed, Chris. Your post comes across as smug and condescending. It's particularly offensive on top of someone's misfortune.
John
John
Not to mention the Canon 5D MKII wasn't exactly cheap 4 years ago.
Mr_Flibble
In Tabulas Argenteas Refero
My M-E had a sensor replacement last August just before I bought it. 12 months of warranty on it. Not sure if it was replaced because of corrosion, but still, yikes.
Chriscrawfordphoto
Real Men Shoot Film.
No worse than the crap smug, condescending Leica fanboys post constantly. What I said is true not just of Canon; it was true of the Nikon digital SLRs I owned in the past. I find it amazing that despite the constant reliability problems with Leica's digital cameras, people are still giving the company their money.
I used to have a couple of M6 bodies; they were great, well made, reliable, and probably damn near indestructible. Its too bad they couldn't achieve that quality in their digital stuff.
rybolt
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Can you tell us which problems that you're referring to other than the sensor issues on the M9 and M-E?
I don't argue with people on the internet but you are out of line in your comments about smug and condescending fanboys when you know nothing of the people who are posting.
I don't argue with people on the internet but you are out of line in your comments about smug and condescending fanboys when you know nothing of the people who are posting.
willie_901
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Yes, I have not seen examples worse than this.
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Chriscrawfordphoto
Real Men Shoot Film.
I love rangefinders, too. I still use my Mamiya 6 all the time. I regret selling my Leica film cameras, they were great. I would not buy a Leica digital camera. The quality just plain doesn't match the prices.
Chriscrawfordphoto
Real Men Shoot Film.
Those are the 'big ones'; A digital camera is worthless with a bad sensor. Ohh, and don't forget the M8 fiasco where Leica ended up giving people IR cut filters for their lenses because they forgot to put one on the sensor.
No other digital camera manufacturer has had these kinds of problems. None. Not Nikon, nor Canon, nor Sony, nor Olympus, nor Fuji, Pentax, Ricoh or (when they still made cameras) Minolta. Just Leica.
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Chriscrawfordphoto
Real Men Shoot Film.
Actually, it was. I bought mine right after the 5DmkIII was introduced, and the prices were dropped. I paid $2900 for mine with the 24-105 f4L-IS lens. If I remember right, the body alone sold for a little over $2000, but I got it with the lens since I didn't own any EOS lenses at the time.
The camera paid for itself the first month I had it from a couple of commercial photo jobs I did and some prints I sold that were made with it.
I have used it heavily; it is carried with me everywhere I go, it has been rained on, taken in subzero cold and it has always "Just worked" with no problems, ever.