Didn’t you know? A Leica needs to be handled like a piece of ripe fruit. Hold it gently, do not squeeze it unless you want Leica juice all over you.
And I stopped doing that after Leica has replaced the plate? How could I forget it? Thanks for this genius hint
It‘s why Leica made the pre-worn already brassed edition M. So it’s customers do not have to use the camera , but it looks like they did.
https://leica-camera.com/en-US/Company/Press-Centre/Press-Releases/2015/Press-Release-Special-limited-edition-LEICA-M-P-‘CORRESPONDENT’-SET-CREATED-BY-LENNY-KRAVITZ-FOR-KRAVITZ-DESIGN
"To achieve this look, every camera and lens of the edition was ‘aged’ entirely by hand to create absolutely unique individual products."
Was this on a small, hidden line in a Foxcon facility?
FSU cameras weren't cheap for us in USSR. And I never used expensive filmy cameras. Never had need, urge for it. Even my film Ms were well under 1K$.
Nor my post was about how rare scratching film is. It was about how easy it is to fix instead of whining on ten pages.
I just finished developing 5 rolls T-MAX 100. No scratches to report. A couple in my new M6 and last years MP, also my 1999 M6ttl. Still need to get out my super loupe. Apparently OK.
You don't need a super loupe. Sounds like yours is good! Which gives me hope for mine, as ridiculous as it is for me to have to type that!
Don't forget the white hazmat suit like in the Leica camera assembly videos.With such low volume products, an entire years worth of parts could fit into a single carton. Need 100% inspection, and the inspector needs proper inspection jigs, tools etc.
Kentmere, HP5, C200, Metropolis...@Huss
I haven't read all the posts in this thread but I am curious: Was your scratches in your new m6 with kentmere film? I ask because I know you shoot it a lot. Anecdotally, my M5 will put some scratches on kentmere but not with other kodak or ilford products. This led me to believe kentmere was just a softer emulsion. Anyways, no excuse for your new, spendy Leica to be scratching ANY film but was curious if it was film dependent. Granted, my M5 is not your M6 and the M5 is long in the tooth so I just deal with it's specific oddity of laying the occasional scratch on K100/400 by loading other films into it.
Kentmere, HP5, C200, Metropolis...
Weren't the scratches on the base side anyway?
Shiny side, whatever that means.
Kentmere, HP5, C200, Metropolis...
Ahhh, gotcha. So scratching with all....sorry to hear of this. I am sure you are beyond frustrated and rightly so.
I mentioned this somewhere but Leica's best step would have been to quickly acknowledge the problem and either offer a replacement or to move those cameras to the front of the repair line. In no way should it be incumbent on the customer to explain what needs to be done and better ways to check their product. Coming from a company that markets themselves as a beacon of quality, the customer should expect more.The amazing thing is not that Leica has problems. The amazing thing is the way that this has been handled (not handled) .
It's really sad. Anti-marketing.
Leica dealt with the sensor corrosion problem much better.I mentioned this somewhere but Leica's best step would have been to quickly acknowledge the problem and either offer a replacement or to move those cameras to the front of the repair line. In no way should it be incumbent on the customer to explain what needs to be done and better ways to check their product. Coming from a company that markets themselves as a beacon of quality, the customer should expect more.
Shiny side, whatever that means.
To exhale, I am going to be using this wonderful camera this weekend. It does not scratch film.
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