#LEICA M9 WITH GPS4CAM HOW TO#
#LEICA M9 WITH GPS4CAM SERIAL NUMBER#

On the upside is that the m9 colors are just nicer looking straight outside of the SD but let's say that if you rate color accuracy on a scale from 1 to 100 the m240 will have 97 and the M9 will have 99.5. I believe that the price of an m240 is more justifiable but still with a fraction of the price you can get a far better specd camera. I believe it's a very fun camera to shoot with but, I personally do not justify the price (even though it was a good deal). Though finally I got the m9 simply because it was cheaper and i really got a good offer. I personally preferred the idea of an M240 because it's more like a modern camera while the m9 it's technologically speaking a tragedy. Hope that this clarifies a little bit the mind of whom wants to buy it.Įdit 1: thanks to /u/dauerkiffer I added the new part about the campaigns.Įdit 2: thanks to /u/gorillamonkeyape I added the date of starting of the last campaignĮdit 3: checked few spelling mistakes and other issues since it had been pinned. However, since the buying moment is tense this should give you much more confidence about what you're actually buying. THIS METHOD SHALL NOT EXCLUDE THE FACT THAT YOU SHOULD TRY TO TAKE A PIC OF THE SKY AND LOOK FOR SENSOR CORROSION. however, it was never confirmed by Leica. This method is an educated guess since the people with newer sensors are the ones reporting to have CCD ID 15 or 16. This applies for M9, and i believe M9-P but not M monochrom, for that one I'm sure there is another reference number in the above mentioned forum.

#LEICA M9 WITH GPS4CAM HOW TO#

Select (SET button) on hardware IDS and check the CCD ID number:Īs far as i know if you have 15 or 16 then (according to this forum ) it's the new sensor (unless the owner knows how to hack the M9, which is a possible thing to do but still it requires a good set of skills). If you're worried that the owner might have switched the hotshoe (which has the SN) with another Leica with the new sensor do this:ĭelete -> up (2x) -> down (4x) -> left (3x) -> right (3x) -> Info

#LEICA M9 WITH GPS4CAM SERIAL NUMBER#

In the end you don't want to pay 2000 dollars for a camera with a corroded sensor.Ĭall Leica in Germany (or send an email) with the serial number and ask them if the sensor is the new one or the old one. However, following you will find the 2 methods to do a proper check and remember, it is always better to go through both of them and an actual analysis of a picture to tell if the sensor is the correct one. Rule of thumb is that, if it was substituted after mid 2015, should be the new sensor. This is why having the owner telling you that the sensor was substituted is not enough, but you need to check which of the sensors is on the camera right now. So a short introduction: there had been 3 recall campaingns for that sensor:Ĭampaign 1 -> substitute with the same sensorĬampaign 2 -> substitute with a new iteration of the old sensor (that still corroded)Ĭampaign 3 -> substituted with a sensor that does not corrode (or at least yet) It should have started around the 4th quarter of 2015 according to this forum However, seems like I've got the right deal. I am writing this because I really wished I knew before buying, it would have saved me a long argument with the owner that apparently did not like the fact that I did not trust him. But for those in the process of buying an M9 or (i believe) M9-P, I've just been through the same process and I discovered two ways to check if the sensor was replaced or not, they should not exclude each other.

So I am pretty sure that most of you here won't be interested in this mini guide because you probably already have a Leica.

Leica m9 with gps4cam