[LRflex] Re: R8 film scratching... what!
- From: Richard Ward <ilovaussiesheps@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 15 Apr 2010 09:59:55 -0700 (PDT)
" So am now definitely off the sedatives
now and feeling much better about things."
Query: If one was "Excited ~ Agitated ~ Worried ~ Concerned" about said Film
Scratching Issue, would that not be the opposite of the effect of being Sedated?
Might not it be better said 'off the Amphetimines'? :-)
Just my cock-eyed take on things!
Richard in Michigan
Tulips bloomed yesterday, Wind blew blooms up like inverted umbrellas today.
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To: leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Wed, April 14, 2010 11:09:48 PM
Subject: [LRflex] Re: R8 film scratching... what!
Thank you for input on the matter of scratching... I've had some time to
think this one through a little. When my R8 arrives I am going to test
completely... which is "stating the bleedin' obvious" as Monty Python would
say... and if there is a problem I will get the distributor here in Oz to
fita replacement part... whatever that is.
If the gossip is true and it starts to scratch again after 150 rolls I won't
care too much because I will simply do the same every three years or so. Am
not a professional and sometimes even one roll on a given camera is going to
too much (have an F3Hp, F90x and Pentax K10d - which is a wonderful camera I
use for work images of my clients). So am now definitely off the sedatives
now and feeling much better about things.
Has the R9 been known to have the same problem?
Best regards to all.
David Simms wrote: Static electricity could also be a factor in the
scratching... Dave ________________________________ From: Kevin Willey
<kevinwilley@xxxxxx>[1] To: leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx[2] Sent: Wed, April
14,2010 8:20:27 AM Subject: [LRflex] Re: R8 film scratching... what! Uh, I
hate to add to your misery. I bought a later production model R8 a little
over a year ago. I've shot and processed maybe 15 rolls of film. Recently, I
had a professional lab in Santa Fe, NM process a roll of Efke 25 film (shot
at EI 12). The lab owner pointed out to me personally that I had some bad
scratches on my roll of film (see url and look at light scratch on left
across the pic just near top of mesa) and offered that I may have some dirt
in my camera. Camera is spotless inside. I too saw the info on photo.net and
carefully examined this plastic piece that is supposedly the culprit. It
shows a little wear but still feels smooth to the touch. Yet, I don't know
how sensitive the film is when pulled across it. I live in Germany so I plan
to drive to Leica at Solms and personally ask them to examine my R8. It's
still a wonderful camera. I bought a Leica R6.2 which I also enjoy
immensely,but I reach for the R8 first. I believe this problem will prove to
be manageable. Kevin
http://www.flickr.com/photos/49219291@N02/4511762870/[3]On Apr 14, 2010, at
7:38 AM, Doug Herr wrote: Hello everyone, This is great, an email forum with
interesting news, views and comments. I have just read on the internet that
there are reports of the R8 having a built in film scratching mechanism, a
kind of non-optional image destruction device that initialises after around
150 rolls. Evidently there is some plastic plate that wears. As I have just
ordered an R8 I am a little concerned, no that's not true, I am freaked out.
Anyone know about this? Is it true? If so, can I get the darn offending
piecereplaced and by whom and is the fix permanent? I know nothing is
perfectbut I was looking forward to owning one of the finest cameras ever
made. Have a great day/night. I am on sedatives right now. Let me guess...
you found some posts by "Jay" on photo.net. Doug Herr Birdman of Sacramento
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