Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/04/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Ted, I'm sorry but I totally disagree with you post. > a perceived scratch situation need not clutter the LUG with scratch > messages and just send their camera to Leica and let Leica sort it out. So what is a user group for ? Maybe you will find this ridiculous by I always thought of user groups as (virtual) friends meetings or at least a meetings of people sharing a interest. When one have a problem related to the subject of the group why not discuss it ? First, I guess the original poster was worrying about those scratches and could find some comfort by telling his story, second he could have received a solution by another lugger, third, that allowed several persons to discover that they were victims too. This, IMHO, fully justifies the post. Let me say too that, although I don't own a M6, I was very interested by the thread and impressed by its human and technical quality. I can understand you don't share my opinion on that point. > What happens with a post of this nature is, it tweakes all the Leica worry > worts who immediatly rush out buy mega size magnifying glasses or > 100 times > loupes :) and begin examinging their film for scratches. Then immediately > blame the camera. If I had bought a $3000 body (ok $2000 in the US, lucky people) I would expect it to work perfectly. What I would find strange is that a M6 owner did not check his films after several reliable persons told us here they had the problem too. > My suggestion ....why worry about the scanner so much, go in the > darkroom make a real old time print 11X14 or larger and see if > the scatches > appear. If they do not appear on a real print, then throw the > scanner away > and get a new scanner, as the problem lies with the scanner and not the > camera! I guess few will agree but the scanner is now THE way to use a picture. As you say yourself a darkroom is an old time way to work. Only amateurs and some fine art photogs still use an enlarger. Anyway, as somebody stated in the thread, if a M6 produces scratched films and other bodies don't the Leica is faulty, not the scanner. Have a nice day. - -- Jean-Claude Berger (jcberger@jcberger.com) Systems and RDBMS consultant (MCSE) Lyon, France http://www.jcberger.com