Leica Offers M9 Summer Repair Special II

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

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

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

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

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

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...