This note adds no new facts. It compiles, from pages already on this archive, that the December 2014 goodwill named four bodies sharing the Kodak KAF-18500 CCD path — M9, M9-P, M Monochrom and M-E — and that later cost-sharing, Europe-only return, production stop and upgrade / glass-swap paths are read here against that same set. For the short word list see the glossary; for the sequence see the timeline.
1. Four bodies in the 2014 goodwill wording
As restated on this archive’s 2014 goodwill update, the December 2014 Kulanz programme was publicly reported as free CCD replacement for M9, M9-P, M Monochrom and M-E bodies, “regardless of age”, including sensors already swapped. The measuring stick is a four-body set, not a single model name.
2014 goodwill · unabhängig vom Alter · Promises vs delivery
2. LFI restatement, same programme
Leica’s house magazine LFI (journal 2014-12-11) restated the CCD goodwill independent of camera age and pointed owners to Customer Care. This archive treats that restatement as covering the same body set named in the goodwill baseline.
LFI 2014-12-11 · Goodwill baseline
3. Shared Kodak KAF-18500 path
The 2026-10-18 update compiling the Golem.de / Macfilos technical note names the sensor/glass stack behind the M9 generation as Kodak KAF-18500 + Schott S8612. The four bodies sit on that shared CCD path; corrosion of the cover glass / IR filter is the failure mode described in the archive, not “dirt”.
Golem KAF-18500 · Glossary · CCD-Korrosion (DE)
4. Cost-sharing later quoted across the set
After the free-goodwill baseline, public reporting and this file’s estimates show cost contributions: about €982 (DPReview, May 2017), then €1303 + VAT from 1 December 2018. The price-ladder update collects those quoted amounts in one table. A quoted amount is not proof of payment; the allegation is that cost-sharing replaced free Kulanz for the same CCD family.
Price ladder · DPReview 2017 · €1303 + VAT
5. Europe-only return
In November 2019 the file records a position that a repaired camera would be returned only to a European address. That constraint is compiled here as part of the same CCD-service arc that began with the four-body goodwill — not as a finding that only one body was ever covered.
Europe-only return · Journal 2019-11-11
6. Production stop and the CN service page
The June 2022 Complaint Manager letter in this journal says CCD production stopped in October 2019 and would not be restarted; the leica-camera.cn service page says the CCD cannot be replaced. Those stop notices sit on the same KAF-18500 body family the 2014 goodwill named.
2022 letter · CN official stop
7. Third-party glass: Kolari and EU workshops
When factory CCD parts ended, third-party cover-glass work became the practical path owners discuss: Kolari Vision from 2021 at about $999, plus EU Sensorglas workshops listed on this site. Those routes address the same cover-glass corrosion reported on the KAF-18500 bodies.
8. Upgrade path versus glass-swap
The upgrade / trade-in programme toward newer Leica models, and the third-party glass-swap route, are two different answers to the same parts stop. Neither restores a free 2014-style CCD replacement across M9, M9-P, M Monochrom and M-E; both are compiled from pages already on this archive.
Glass vs upgrade · Upgrade list
9. Homepage wording: “M Monochrom”, not a collapsed label
Where this archive’s homepage and related notes name the monochrome body, they use “M Monochrom” — matching the four-body goodwill set — rather than collapsing the programme to “M9 only”. That wording choice tracks the public 2014 naming.
Four-body goodwill · M9 CCD corrosion (EN) · 12 questions
10. What Q1, Q2 and Q9 still ask
Q1 asks what the current written position is on the 2014 goodwill for affected CCD bodies; Q2 asks where the official CCD notice lives after the 403 path; Q9 asks how quoted cost-sharing and later stop notices sit against “regardless of age”. No numbered point-by-point reply to Q1–Q12 is on file as of this date.
Q1–Q12 · Reader FAQ · Auto-replies ≠ answers
Open line as of 2026-11-01: no numbered point-by-point written reply to Q1–Q12 is on file. A company letter dated 2 October 2026 is on file; the consumer disputes its closure of the matter (2026-10-03 update). Allegations and unanswered questions only, not a court finding.
CCD-Korrosion (DE) · M9 CCD corrosion (EN) · Wetzlar Customer Care · Public sources · Exhibits · 12 questions