Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/03/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Gary Colby wrote - - The only combination that scratches the film is my Leica M6's. Really. My experience is the same. I have been using both my Nikon and Leica M6 - same film, stored in the same conditions, sometimes even developed together. The Leica negatives are showing slight scratches; the Nikon negatives are not. I have to say that if Nikon negatives were not unscratched, I naturally would have suspected my loading of the film into my film scanner. It seems to me that it is either a problem with my M6 or, for some reason, M6s are more prone to scratching negatives than other cameras (or at least, than my Nikon FE) - or there is something about my technique that's leading to problems. One possible explanation, it occurs to me, is the greater tension of the film within my M6 which might increase the likelihood of scratching. I'm going to slow down my rewinding of film, too, and see if that helps. Otherwise, I could be testing out Adeal's warranty repairs... - - Do you folks use the LS-2000 scanner? I use an LS20. Regards Gareth Jolly