[Leica] film scratching

["Gary and Dawn Klein" <gdklein@bytehead.com>]

Before you blame the camera, make sure you don't rule out some idiot at the
lab where you send your slide film.  What you can do is shoot 2 rolls of
chrome film.   Send one roll to Kodak for processing and have instructions
NOT to mount.  Take the other roll at the same time to your regular lab.
Have the slides mounted.

Now, I would consider the kodak roll as the control roll and the new roll
from your lab as evidence.  Make sure you use the same exact emulsion of
film, hopefully from the same emulsion batch (kodak pro films have this
data).

Make sure your camera is cleaned of film chips etc.  Look at the film area
of the camera critically with a magnifier.

Now if you determine the film is being scratched by the camera, by all means
send the film sample you have just shot in with the camera, so the
technician can pinpoint and rid the camera of the offending scratcher.

gck