Anyone with dust melted into the sensor of the M9?

[Calzone]

I can attest, for what it's worth, that the Visible Dust system is great.

Keith,

At the last NYC Meet-Up there were a lot of laughs about how much money I spent on my Visible Dust kit. The kit I bought was not inexpensive, but I think worth it if you want to maintain your camera.

Cal

 

[pepeguitarra]

+1.

... Please don't make a big deal out of nothing, or confuse a now known design defect with routine maintenance that should be your responsibility.

Cal

Thanks for your comment. In fact, in Dec 2013,when I first posted my "melted dust into the sensor", I had no idea that there was a known effort to get Leica to accept a flaw in the design/construction of the M9. I thought it was my fault for not caring for the camera (although I do care). Finally, and thanks to the Leica Forum, I found out that it was a Leica flaw. I sent the camera, they agreed and changed the sensor and CLA my camera. I am very thankful. I do clean my Canon, Pentax sensors, but I hesitated to clean the Leica because of the warranty. As it turned out, it was not "melting" dust onto the sensor. Although, it looked that way. It was a corrosion from within the sensor and the cover. In any case. My M9 was good then, and is good now. I intent to keep is as log as I live. It is one of the best cameras, second only to my M8.2.

 

[Calzone]

Thanks for your comment. In fact, in Dec 2013,when I first posted my "melted dust into the sensor", I had no idea that there was a known effort to get Leica to accept a flaw in the design/construction of the M9. I thought it was my fault for not caring for the camera (although I do care). Finally, and thanks to the Leica Forum, I found out that it was a Leica flaw. I sent the camera, they agreed and changed the sensor and CLA my camera. I am very thankful. I do clean my Canon, Pentax sensors, but I hesitated to clean the Leica because of the warranty. As it turned out, it was not "melting" dust onto the sensor. Although, it looked that way. It was a corrosion from within the sensor and the cover. In any case. My M9 was good then, and is good now. I intent to keep is as log as I live. It is one of the best cameras, second only to my M8.2.

My comments are about dust that bonds strongly to the sensor due to the element of time. It has been my experience if a little preventitive maintenance is performed dust does not get the opportunity to get stubborn, and wet cleanings can be avoided.

Sorry to hear that you went through the corrosion difficulty. I love my MM9, and I intend on hopefully keeping it, even though also hopefully one day I want to also own the new M-246 also. It has been 2 1/2 years and I have no signs of corrosion.

Cal