[Leica] Re: Problem with M6 scratching film

[Walter S Delesandri <walt@jove.acs.unt.edu>]

Is anyone at Leica reading this list?  If not, is anyone forwarding these
posts to Leica (USA or other?)

On the Ten-tec radio list, the factory reads the mail reflector daily....
Scott at Tentec would NEVER let complaints like these (and the past rangefinder-
bitch threads) go unanswered....but then, that's an American company, in the 
south, no less!!

How long are ya'll gonna defend this gear?.....I think I've bought my 
last piece, and even have sold off some, I'm down to two cameras and 
three lenses (all fine, now :).....ricoh and cosina don't have this 
many complaints on new gear..!!!
This assumes that all the complaints are true, and aren't imagined 'faults' 
by obsessive whiners, but even the whiners couldn't AGREE on all the 
flaws, so they're probably true.

Walt


On Fri, 9 Apr 1999 16:13:00 -0400 (EDT) Patrick Snook 
<patrick.snook@yale.edu> wrote:
> Luggers
> 
> My first film back from the lab from my new M6 classic (#2422xxx).  Sure
> enough, scratches on the negs (tmax 100) like train tracks.  On some
> prints (3x5 machine prints) they appear too.  (Happy with some of the
> results nonetheless, with this my first time using a rangefinder, etc.)
> 
> What do we do about this?  I'm not hysterical (I could be--I'm the person
> who has the faulty brand-new summicron 50mm too).  I'm a little peeved,
> but also understand that everything has its flaws.  It would be nice to
> get this taken care of, however. 
> 
> Most importantly: has anyone had any luck getting the problem fixed?
> Patrick Snook