M9 with Rollei Sonnar 40mm 2.8

looks like 'classic' corrosion to me, maybe have a professional sensor clean locally first, if the problem persist, send it to leica they will put a new sensor in for free.
 
Alberti said:
Com'on, its just dust. It shows up because of the small aperture. Raid you must be a wide open shooter normally.
But use Visible Dust and it becomes invisible again. The images are nice, and need a clean camera.
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It is not dust. It is exactly how my sensor looked when it corroded.
 
maitani said:
looks like 'classic' corrosion to me, maybe have a professional sensor clean locally first, if the problem persist, send it to leica they will put a new sensor in for free.
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We have nobody here in Pensacola that is "a professional sensor cleaner".
 
Hi Raid

I envy your Pensacola ... Looks like a beautiful day.
The suggestion to send a sample image to Leica is a good one.
Whether it's dust or corrosion or both, eventually you will need to replace the sensor (free is a nice price).
May as well get the ball rolling. They put you in Queue which can be quite long.

Cheers!
 
Hi Andy,

Would I next contact the New Jersey based Leica service? They already replaced once the sensor in the M9.

Yes, Pensacola looks beautiful.
 
Do you have the Rocket Blower? If so, try it first and take picture of bright light source with white paper on the lens and at f16 and ISO200 after using of the Rocket Blower.
Also check how the sky did looks like in DNG, no processing, with gradation or not.
 
I used a rocket blower after I saw the dust spots. I will do it again more carefully this time.
Thank you for the detailed tip onw hat to check out.
 
Huss said:
It is not dust. It is exactly how my sensor looked when it corroded.
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Mine as well.

You are in the Leica queue, and shall now be months without your M9.

The good news is that when it returns you will know why you like it so much.
 
I once had a corroded sensor on my M3. Then I wound the lever and got an entirely new sensor. 36 new sensors on each roll, all for just $2.99!

Good luck Raid. It's gonna be a long wait. But this time you will get it back with the new type sensor, not a new sensor of the old corroding type.
 
I will contact as soon as possible the Leica service people in NJ.
I have many other cameras to play with until I will get back my M9.
 
I tried some sensor cleaning today. First, I used the rocket blower. Then I tried wet cleaning. Things looked worse afterwards! Then I went back to "dry cleaning" and used also the rocker blower. It needs more work, but I just wanted to share with you the results so that you can affirm either way; sensor damage or not. I used F 16.

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Thanks for the update!

Number two looks promising as perfect candidate for at least two FF sized and unused wet cleaning swabs and dedicated for sensors cleaning liquid.
 
It took me three attempts to wet clean my M9 sensor completely. Lots of oily residue from the shutter, I think.
 
Raid, glad this worked out without the apocalyptic step of sending your camera to Leica ;)
But seriously, for some time now I have experienced similar black spots that show up on my M8 shots, particularly when I have wide angle shots at small apertures. It's enough to make me leave the camera home sometimes. I have used the dry blower but am a bit frightened about trying to clean the sensor myself beyond that. Can someone educate me as to how difficult and risky this is? The closest I have ever gotten to this is cleaning a lens with drop of lens cleaner on a microfiber cloth....
 
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