[LRflex] Re: R8 film scratching possibility
- From: Kevin Willey <kevinwilley@xxxxxx>
- To: leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 19 Apr 2010 18:44:01 +0200
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
>>
>>
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