I cannot image laying out $5500 for a new film camera let alone going after the pressure plate (of all things) with sand paper on a brand new $5500 film camera! It is completely insane!
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And void the warranty and in one swell foop!
Do it neatly, and no one will be the wiser!
Seriously, what an embarrassing cluster flog. Leica's own brand ambassador publishes a review of a camera known to scratch film and the official review includes hideously scratched negatives but the text of the review makes no mention of the plainly observable, perfectly straight and parallel scratches along the length of the negatives. What's the not-so-subtle message here? Yeah, it scratched the shit outta the negatives but I cannot talk about that because if I did, then I'd be summarily relieved of this cushy brand ambassador gig but in order to maintain my own integrity, I'm showing you plainly observable evidence that the negs are scratched to hell. Work it out on your own.
But that is part of what people expect when you pay a premium price for a product.Who can say what's up with that, could be simply an errant film squeegee.
But the secret of Leica M happiness is not to expect perfection, or for anyone to kiss your butt just because you paid a lot of money. With Leica service, you queue up with everyone else, and it's best not to sweat the small stuff.
Who can say what's up with that, could be simply an errant film squeegee.
The funny/tragic thing is, it doesn't really matter how the scratches got there - squeegie, scanner, Paterson reels, kitchen floor whatever, make any excuse you want...doesn't matter. They're right there in plain sight, they're long and straight and parallel, one can easily imagine how the camera might be responsible, and they're inextricably associated with the new M6 which has been reported by several (un)lucky new owners to scratch film right out of the box, from the factory. One and one makes two. The unspoken, implied message is unmistakable....Think about it: Official Leica Brand Ambassador, reviews 2022 Leica M6, displays scratched negatives, and the nature of the scratches is entirely consistent with the hypothesis, "the new M6 scratches film". One might assume that a Leica Brand Ambasador would not make such apparently careless mistakes.
Who can say what's up with that, could be simply an errant film squeegee.
But the secret of Leica M happiness is not to expect perfection, or for anyone to kiss your butt just because you paid a lot of money. With Leica service, you queue up with everyone else, and it's best not to sweat the small stuff.
How can anyone like a $5000+ camera that scratches film? Especially a 35mm that doesn't offer much opportunity to crop out such scratches, they pretty much ruin the photos taken with it. Time-consuming and sometimes a challenge to clean up if scanned film is your thing. Maybe he just likes looking at it and fondling it.Here is Slack's statement on M6 film scratches from the comments following his review:
"I’m sure the stories about scratched films are true (but I’ve also seen similar criticisms of the MP). I don’t know how common they are though (how can one).
To be fair, I think that given a level playing field I might have gone for an MP as well, but having bought the M6 I do like it!"
Here is Slack's statement on M6 film scratches from the comments following his review:
"I’m sure the stories about scratched films are true …..I don’t know how common they are though (how can one).
Maybe he just likes looking at it and fondling it.
Heck if film is the problem, put in a memory chip and shoot digital.
And void the warranty and in one swell foop!
Yep. I mean, thats not an issue with a used cameras but a new one with warranty? Not a good and sane idea.
As you mention it, I did think that the photos in Slack’s review made a poor case for using a $5,000 camera. An Olympus Trip 35 would probably have done as good a job (without scratching the film!).As an aside, does anyone miss the days when manufacturers got real photographers to shuck their products? You know, people that had a reputation to think about? I mean this whole influencer/ambassador thing these days is a joke, as is evidenced by the aforementioned ambassador.
$5000+ camera that is supposed to be the highest quality camera in the world
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