Kevin Please let us know the outcome. Gary > Subject: [LRflex] Re: R8 film scratching possibility > From: kevinwilley@xxxxxx > Date: Mon, 19 Apr 2010 18:44:01 +0200 > To: leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > 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/ ------ Unsubscribe or change to/from Digest Mode at: http://www.lrflex.furnfeather.net/ Archives are at: //www.freelists.org/archives/leicareflex/