[Leica] WAS: Black and White C41 Film now.... SCRATCHES!

[tedgrant at shaw.ca (Ted Grant)]

Adam Bridge said:
Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: FW: Black and White C41 Film


> The scratches only show up on the negatives I process myself, not on
> ones that I send out, either color or CN black and white even if I
> scan without digital ICE. And it happens with three different cameras:
> two M6's and one . . . R8! (Just to connect to another thread
> happening here.)
>
> I actually DID have the R8 scratch my film - it was picked up by the
> lab I use for E6 who called me and I had the camera cleaned. (I
> definately like this lab.)<<<<<<<

Hi Adam,
I have to ask... If you only find scratches on the film you develop, is it
not possible some how you are doing the scatching when handling the film?

How do you get the film out of the casset? Pull it out the felt slot or do
you pop the end cap off and take the roll out into hand and load the reel
free hand?

And did you only have one roll scratched in the R8, the one the lab said
"they found it?" Or have you had many rolls scratched in the same R8?  And
if so, have you "louped" the pressure plate looking for anything that might
cause this? Because if you've only had one roll scratched in your R8 it
leaves a great deal of doubt that it was the camera.

ted