Re: Film photography in 2024 and 2025 - where we're at, and where we're going?
Tina Kino wrote:
I dove into the rabbit hole of the "scratchgate" (an unknown number of those new M6's, also MP's, were apparently fittet with pressure plates that scratch the film)..
..haven't been able to find out yet whether this is limited to a certain range of serial numbers 🤷♂️
Leica never officially admitted it nor issued a recall for a specific batch or serial number range. It remains a gamble to get a good new M6. I suspect many more than known suffer from this issue but they are not being used for actual film photography (collector item purchase or keeping in the original box to resale). The issue was very well discussed here on FM, and shut down in the Leica Camera forum by admins after it caught momentum there.
Same when Leica ignored the patch flare issue in original M6 cameras which was only silently removed with the newer MP rangefinder and in few late M7 versions. The only time they did a recall was when they couldn't avoid it since it occurred on nearly every M9 camera severely affecting performance - the well-known sensor corrosion issue.
There are also less severe hiccups with other Leica M film cameras - but the one without fault is definitely the M3. It remains one of the best and well built M cameras Leica ever made.
Dec 20, 2024 at 02:13 PM
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