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Leica Reparatur & Wartung / Leica Service & Repair

• LHSA The International Leica Society - Repair Services in the US -
• Rangefinderforum - The Definitive Leica Technician List For CLAs and Fixes -

Leica M Reparaturanleitungen / Leica M Service Manuals

• Factory tips on the M-Series Leicas (PDF)
• Leica IIIf Repair Manual - Leica factory manual covering the Leica IIIf with diagrams and parts list (PDF) - very helpful for understandig the funtioning of the rangefinder

Akku - Battery

• Leica User Forum English - Battery Reading Incorrect on M9 - M9 charger lights don't come on - Battery life - Batteries after 5 years - Exactly half a battery -
• see also Leica M Zubehör / Accessories

Back Focus - Front Focus

(see also "Entfernungsmesser / Rangefinder)

• Mark Dubovoy, Are Your Pictures Out Of Focus?
• Steve Huff, Leica focus issues - lens or body?
• Jeffrey Hughes, Of Lenses and Cameras - Or, not letting obsession get the best of you...
• Tim Jackson, Focus Test Chart (PDF)
• Michael Reichmann, LensAlign - The Simple Solution to Back-Focus and Front-Focus Problems
• Dante Stella, Leica M8 rangefinder self-adjustment and other myths
• Dante Stella, Faraway, yet so close
• Forum Discussions:
  • GetDPI Forum - Calibrating your own M lens -
  • Leica User Forum English - Backfocus anyone!? - M9 - coincidence at infinity - backfocus lens or m9 body - new backfocus thread-solution - Testing possible back focus on M9 - problem with front focusing - Rangefinderproblems on new M9s - Front focusing - Question about Lens Focus Adjustment -

Belichtungsmessung / Light metering

• New 2012 Erwin Puts, Exposure Metering with the Leica M9
• Leica User Forum Deutsch - M9 - Längste Belichtungszeiten unter B -
• Leica User Forum English - M9 metering - Expose to the right (ETTR) or underexpose? -
• Decisive Momentum, Metering by Eye
• New 2012 Thorsten Overgaard, Light metering with the Leica M9, Leica M9-P and Monochrom

Chromatische Aberration / Chromatic Aberration

• Erwin Puts, Chromatic Aberrations

LCD-Display / LCD sreen

• Leica User Forum Deutsch - Display: Vorteile des Saphir-Displays? -
• Rangefinderforum - Protective cover for back screen - M9 / M9P sapphire cover .. easy upgrade ?? -

Druckgröße / Print size

• Leica User Forum English - Largest Prints from M9? -

Entfernungsmesser / Rangefinder

• Steve Huff, Leica focus issues..lens or body?
• Erwin Puts, M8 part 8: Rangefinder accuracy
• Erwin Puts, Issues in rangefinder engineering
• Leica User Forum Deutsch - Entfernungsmesser Justage -
• Leica User Forum English - M9 rangefinder alignment - Basic Questions on Rangefinder Alignment - Leica M rangefinder adjustment - Solms or Milton Keynes for Rangefinder Adjustment? - Rangefinder Adjustment Question - M9 Focus/Rangefinder Calibration - Leica M9 Rangefinder Alignment - Finnicky? - How do you adjust the cam in the lens? - Range finder vertical adjustment tool - Photos please - M9 RF adjustment needed? - Funky RF Alignment - screwdriver for rangefinder adjustment - M9 Focus/Rangefinder Calibration -
• Rangefinderforum - M9/M8 distant focusing -

Von Farbe nach Schwarz-Weiß / Conversion from colour to black & white (b&w)

• Graeme Cookson, Greyscale vs 'RGB Grey'

Filters

• B+W FILTER HANDBOOK (PDF)
• Review: Pebbleplace, Using a Polarizer on the Leica M8 and M9
• La Vida Leica, Polarizers and the M-System
• La Vida Leica, Using Filters in B&W Photography
• GetDPI - monochrom color filters -
• Leica User Forum Deutsch - Polfilter für M-Kameras -
• Leica User Forum English - Polarising Filter and Shooting in Bright Sunlight Outdoor Environment - m9 & hoya infrared r72 filter - Leica M9/9-P and Infrared - Filters - yes or no if yes then what? - Recommended Filters Brand -
• PhotoMalaysia - Polarizers and the M System -
• photo.net Leica and Rangefinder - Polarizer filter -
• Rangefinderforum - Leica M9 and infrared? -

Firmware M9

• Leica User Forum English - Instructions for updating LEICA camera Firmware - Having trouble updating to latest firmware -
• Firmware v 1.196:
  • Leica User Forum Deutsch - Neue Firmware v1.196 ist da! - Probleme nach dem Update! -
  • Leica User Forum English - M9 new 1.196 firmware available - future M9 firmware - Problem to revert back to 1.176 -
  • Rangefinderforum - M9 Firmware Version 1.196 -
• Firmware v 1.176:
  • Leica User Forum Deutsch - Neue Firmware 1.176 -
  • Leica User Forum English - Shall I update to firmware 1.176? - Problem to revert back to 1.176 -
• Firmware v 1.174:
  • Leica User Forum Deutsch - Neue Firmware 1.174 verfügbar -
• Firmware v 1.162:
  • Leica User Forum Deutsch - Firmware 1.162 für M9 ist da! -
  • Leica User Forum English - I need firmware 1.162... -

Focus-Verschiebung / Focus shift

• GetDPI Forum - How to master focus shift? -
• Leica User Forum English - M9 & Zeiss ZM Lens Focus Error? - Focus shifting lenses - Focus shift on new 35/1.4 FLE - Differential Focus Errors - Focus Shift - a possible cure via the RF? -

Objektivanschluss / Lens mount

• PhotoMalaysia Forum - Desecrating the M, Part II: m42 lenses on Leica M bodies - R lenses on M bodies -

Objektivcodierung / Leica Lens coding

• Bernd Margotte, Objektivcodierung Leica M - Lens coding Leica M System
• bophoto.com, M8 coder - simple manual handcoding of M lenses
• legallou.com, Leica - Codage des objectifs -
• Whimster-Photography, Leica M Lens Codes (s.a. La Vida Leica)
• WOSIM, Lens coding with a Dremel / Proxxon - how I did it
• Forum Discussions:
  • DSLR Forum - Objektive selber codieren -
  • GetDPI Forum - Do-it-yourself permanent coding with a Dremel? -
  • LeicaInfo - Objektivcodierung selbst gemacht -
  • Leica User Forum Deutsch - Lens oder Kit - Objektiv Codierung mal anders -
  • Leica User Forum English - 6-bit Lens Coding on Uncoded Lens - 6-bit coding - necessary? - Anyone tried these Coded Leica Lens Mounts? - How useful is the M coder kit from MatchTeck? - Leica lens coding - Coding question - Which Lenses really need 6-bit coding - Coding Voigtlander Lenses... - 6 Bit your old lens (DIY) - M9 not recognising coded lens - Lens coded directly in Solms ? - Lens coding with a Dremel - notes -
  • Summilux.net (French) - Utiliser un M9 avec des objectifs anciens non codés - Codage maison des optiques : au "dremel"... -

Objektiv-Tests und Objektiv-Design / Lens Testing an Lens Design

• dpreview, Lens Reviews Explained
• H. H. Nasse, How to Read MTF Curve (ZEISS)
• LumoLabs, Understanding Image Sharpness
• LumoLabs, The true reasons for a full frame camera
• C.B. Neblette, Photographic Lenses (CollectiBlend)
• Erwin Puts, Lens testing and lens design in the digital age
• Erwin Puts, Reflections on current optical design
• Erwin Puts, Three generations of optical design: Berek, Mandler, Kolsch
• Toothwalker.org, Photographic optics (collection of illustrated articles on the chief causes of image degradation in photography)

Sensor Damage?

• dpreview - Leica M9 Kodak CCD Sensor Coating Degredation
• Leica User Forum English - Flying your digital camera - Sensor Damage In Flight? -

Sensorreinigung / Sensor Cleaning

• Dick van Leeuwen, How to clean the Leica M9 sensor?
• Lupico, Sensor cleaning for the brave at heart – do it yourself with(out) fear
• Leica User Forum English - There are spots on my images, especially at small apertures - M9 sensor cleaning - Dirty sensor - sensor cleaner recommendations and basic technique - Trying to understand sensor dust... - Sensor Cleaning gone seriously wrong - Adventures in M-Monochrom Sensor Cleaning - Cleaning the new M sensor -
• PhotoMalaysia Forum - How do you clean M8/M9/M9-P sensor? -
• Rangefinderforum - How did you clean the M9 Sensor? - Sensor Cleaning 001 -

Speicherkarten / SD-Cards

• Leica User Forum English - Leica M9 SD Card Issues - Best memorycard for M9 at the moment - Leica M9 SD-Card issues - M9 Banding and noise issues are gone! -
• Rangefinderforum - M9 SD card lockdown signs and escape manouevre -

Sucher / Viewfinder

• La Vida Leica, Viewfinder Magnifiers
• Leica User Forum English - Dust in M9 viewfinder -

Tiefenschärfe / Depth of Field

• DOF-Master - Depth of field calculator

Weißabgleich / White Balance

• Paul Lester, Leica M9: Mystery White Balance , Expodisc and M9 AWB
• PebblePlace, The Leica M9’s Color Rendition
• ShootTokyo, Correcting White Balance
• ClubSnap - Leica m9 problem, can anyone help? (white balance) -

Zubehör / Accessories

• Blitzlicht / Flash - Canon Speedlight on M9? - Canon 580EX? - M9 with Canon Flash - M9 Triggering Canon Flash - Vivitar 283 on M9 - Nikon Speedlights with M9 - M9 and SB-800 flash problems - Radio Flash trigger for M9 - SF 24 Flash problem? - Canon Speedlite 430 ex an M9 -