M9 with Rollei Sonnar 40mm 2.8

[raid]

We had/have an amazingly beautiful day in Pensacola today. It "was my duty" to again experience Pensacola Beach. Some dust spots showed up on the M9
sensor. I cleaned it off later on. I did not manipulate the color except for adding a small bit of contrast. The colors were very rich, so that using some added contrast reduced the darkness of the colors a little. It was a Velvia Day, so to speak, and without any filters.

smugmug link: https://raid.smugmug.com/Rollei-Sonnar-40mm-28-M9/i-Gb2ZWdt

 

[______]

The greens and browns look a little odd to me. It that the rendering of the lens or post-processing?

 

[raid]

Post-processing was used. The water was green-blue. This is what Pensacola Beach is known for. This is what we could see with our eyes.
The M9 was set to ISO 200, and the Rollei lens aperture was set to 16.

 

[Huss]

I'm seeing severe banding in the skies, and literally hundreds of 'dust' spots. The more you look, the more you see. That is how my M-E looked before Leica replaced the sensor.

 

[Vobluda]

I am afraid that your camera sensor is corroded.

 

[Lss]

It does not look like sensor corrosion to me, although it may be that. It looks like it has been a long long time since the previous sensor cleaning, though. While that many particles may end up on the sensor in a short time, it is more likely the result is cumulative.

 

[Vobluda]

Unfortunatelly I have in my hands so far 4 cameras with sensor corrosion and that is the way it looks like:/
Personally I think that every single M9/M9P/ME/Monochrom will develop it sooner or later.

It does not look like sensor corrosion to me, although it may be that. It looks like it has been a long long time since the previous sensor cleaning, though. While that many particles may end up on the sensor in a short time, it is more likely the result is cumulative.

 

[Bille]

Unfortunatelly I have in my hands so far 4 cameras with sensor corrosion and that is the way it looks like:/

Missing the halos, but could be a very early stage.
https://www.dpreview.com/articles/8752612172/leica-m9-users-report-sensor-corrosion-issue

As far as I know, Leica has a lifetime warranty for the M9 sensor.

 

[Vobluda]

If you would have Raids photos in full resolution and magnify them I am pretty sure that you will see the same as in dpreview article.

Missing the halos, but could be a very early stage.
https://www.dpreview.com/articles/8752612172/leica-m9-users-report-sensor-corrosion-issue

As far as I know, Leica has a lifetime warranty for the M9 sensor.

 

[Lss]

Personally I think that every single M9/M9P/ME/Monochrom will develop it sooner or later.

Yes, but this is not apparent in the photos that are posted here. It simply looks like dust spots. Raid even writes: "I cleaned it off later on."

 

[Alberti]

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.

 

[Ko.Fe.]

I never seen so much dust on sensor before. But even new M-E, I have to clean it....
PP was kind of Q&D as well. Was it GIMP? It left strikes of visible gradation on top of the images.

 

[sebastel]

GNU image manipulation program

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=gimp

 

[raid]

I'm seeing severe banding in the skies, and literally hundreds of 'dust' spots. The more you look, the more you see. That is how my M-E looked before Leica replaced the sensor.

This is bad news! So I need to send in my M9 to Leica you are saying.

 

[raid]

I am afraid that your camera sensor is corroded.

Thanks for pointing this out to me. I need to contact Leica about it then.

 

[raid]

It does not look like sensor corrosion to me, although it may be that. It looks like it has been a long long time since the previous sensor cleaning, though. While that many particles may end up on the sensor in a short time, it is more likely the result is cumulative.

I have not cleaned the sensor in quite some time. Maybe 6 months.

 

[raid]

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.

Yes, I had to use f 16 for these images, with white sand beach and strong sunlight.

 

[raid]

So, what are your suggestions to me what to do, or what is the verdict here?
Carefully clean very well the sensor and test it again?

 

[Vobluda]

Share high res f16 photos of the sky or white wall with Leica.
To me it is obvious.

So, what are your suggestions to me what to do, or what is the verdict here?
Carefully clean very well the sensor and test it again?

 

[raid]

Thanks for the tip.
When I get home tonight, I will try to remember to post here an image without any post processing except changed from DNG to jpg for posting it here. I will also take a photo of a white screen at F 16.

I did not notice "white halos", though.
"Corrosion manifests in the form of white halos around darker specks, rather than the dark spots created by dust on a sensor. If you own a Leica M9, M9-P, M Monochrom and M-E, you can check for white spots in the same way as you might check for dust. Stop down the lens, and take a picture of the sky, or a sheet of white paper. At 100% examination, dust spots will manifest themselves as dark spots on your image, whereas the so-called 'corrosion' will appear as white spots or white rings around dark spots (see images above)."