[LRFlex] Re: scratch
- From: Douglas Herr <telyt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 17 May 2004 08:54:03 -0700 (GMT-07:00)
Steve Barbour <kididdoc@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> Barney Kahn wrote:
>> I have read that R8 and R9(?) were scratching film. I
>> don't know if they fixed it with the R9 or not.
>> Here's a link to what I have read about it from the
>> Leica FAQ.
>>
>> http://www.nemeng.com/leica/012c.shtml
>>
>>
>> Update...
>>
>> If it matters to anyone, I was visiting my local Leica
>> dealer and asked about the scratches I've been reading
>> about. I was told that they have not had ANY R8 or R9
>> returned for that reason and also was told that they
>> were not saying that as a sales pitch. I beleive them
>> and if there was a "REAL" problem with the scratching
>> I beleive we would have been hearing much more about
>> it and even from Leica.
>
> Seems this "scratch problem" is old news at
> best....if it ever was an issue it was corrected
> quite a while back....
>
> I first read about it years ago, looked into
> it...was satisfied that it had been addressed....
>
> I never have had a problem with several R8's and
> an R 9.....and I have not heard about it in a long
> time as an issue from current users. Steve
Most of the bad rap on the internet about R8 film scratching is spread by a
single person with an axe to grind who has posted under several aliases. It
seems the problem is ancient history.
Doug Herr
Birdman of Sacramento
http://www.wildlightphoto.com
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