Leica Offers M9 Summer Repair Special II

David Farkas
After the positive response for the M240 Summer Repair Special, which was launched a couple weeks ago, Leica USA Customer Care will now offer a Summer Repair Special II for Leica M9 generation cameras. Eligible models includes the Leica M9, M9-P, M-E (Typ 22...

Price Increased on Leica CCD Sensor Replacement

David Farkas
At the end of 2014, Leica officially acknowledged the CCD sensor corrosion problem that started appearing on many M9, M9-P, M Monochrom and M-E camera bodies. The corrosion issue, identified by unusual spots on images with white “halos” around them, was caused...

The Great Debate: CCD vs. CMOS – Part 3

David Farkas
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The results are in! Thanks so much to everyone who cast their votes in both Part 1 and Part 2 of this experiment.The ExperimentTo recap, I was testing the theory that images from a Leica CCD-based camer...

The Great Debate: CCD vs. CMOS – Part 2

David Farkas
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Make sure you read and vote on Part 1 of the Great Debate: CCD vs. CMOS before venturing on to this test.In the first installment, I published various sets of images, each containing one shot from the Leica M9 and one from the Leica M (Typ 240). The premis...

The Great Debate: CCD vs. CMOS – Part 1

David Farkas
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Since the Leica M (Typ 240) was introduced, there's been an ongoing debate regarding the merits of CCD vs. CMOS sensors. From a technological and marketing viewpoint, Leica needed to make the move from CCD to C...

Leica M Lens Availability

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It has been a universal truth that for the past few years, shortly after the Leica M9 began shipping in late 2009, almost all Leica M lenses have been extraordinarily difficult to acquire. Wait times for certain lenses could be one year or longer. Now, h...