I've had an occasional scratch or two on film from both my R8 bodies, and I've also had similar scratches from my SL. Unless it begins to show up frequently, and only on my R8s, I'm gonna lay it on to occasional film bits, or dirt getting into the film chamber, or bad processing. ------ Unsubscribe or change to/from Digest Mode at: http://www.lrflex.furnfeather.net/ Archives are at: //www.freelists.org/archives/leicareflex/