Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/04/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> ... Should they be considered defective >now...?' This ever so faintly raises the question - are earlier Leicas also >scratching film? > >So, how about a poll? How many LUGers are experiencing fine longitudinal >scratches on scanned negatives? The scratches can be spotted in Photoshop >if you enlarge the image to Actual Pixel Size then zoom in once or twice >more. > >Gareth > >>Seriously, though, would those M6s had been considered defective prior to >>the advent of the computer scanner (which they seem to predate)? I doubt >>it. Should they be considered defective now...? >> >>Bruce Feldman >>Warsaw No, its not the scanner. Though this problem is more visible when viewing scans. My camera would definitely be "defective" by any measure. It scratchs the hell out of the film. I would not accept this from a $100 point and shoot and certainly not from my Leica. I would love to hear any accounts of scratching film from other M6 users as Gareth suggested. Henry