Aram, Thank you for sharing. I'm off to Solms with my R8. Kevin On Apr 19, 2010, at 4:34 AM, Aram Langhans wrote: > Haven't read all 300 messages in my backlog, but I do have experience with > this. Maybe it has already been said. I have an R8 and it did give me > periodic scratches that I could not blame on processing. I had to send it to > Solms for some work and they changed the pressure plate, besides replacing > some electronics, and I never had scratching problems again. Not sure if I > ran the magic 150 rolls through it, though. Acutally, I had never heard of > the magical 150 rolls. > > > > Aram > >> Subject: [LRflex] Re: R8 film scratching possibility >> From: rsphotoimages@xxxxxxxxxxx >> Date: Wed, 14 Apr 2010 21:59:45 -0700 >> To: leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >> >> Have both R8 and R9. R8 had a problem with the "door" that displays the film >> cassette. There was a minute light leak that developed after 15 rolls. Left >> a uniform vertical band on every frame. >> >> Leica USA fixed no charge - also made the R8 "DMR-Compatible" - whatever >> that was. >> >> No more light leak, no other problems. Both bodies continue to be pretty >> much bullet proof. >> >> Could the display door assembly scratch film? Maybe. >> >> But I think the designers thought about that so you'd have to look at the >> door insert very carefully to detect a "scratch hazard". >> >> I gotta believe it's something else in the film transport cycle. >> >> Bob >> >> >> >> Bob Shaw >> rsphotoimages@xxxxxxxxxxx >> >> >> ------ >> Unsubscribe or change to/from Digest Mode at: >> http://www.lrflex.furnfeather.net/ >> Archives are at: >> //www.freelists.org/archives/leicareflex/ > > _________________________________________________________________ > The New Busy is not the too busy. Combine all your e-mail accounts with > Hotmail. > http://www.windowslive.com/campaign/thenewbusy?tile=multiaccount&ocid=PID28326::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-US:WM_HMP:042010_4 > ------ > Unsubscribe or change to/from Digest Mode at: > http://www.lrflex.furnfeather.net/ > Archives are at: > //www.freelists.org/archives/leicareflex/ ------ Unsubscribe or change to/from Digest Mode at: http://www.lrflex.furnfeather.net/ Archives are at: //www.freelists.org/archives/leicareflex/