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Re: [OM] film scratches

Subject: Re: [OM] film scratches
From: "R. Lee Hawkins" <lhawkins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 07 Apr 1998 20:29:46 -0400
Cc: lhawkins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
In your message dated: Wed, 08 Apr 1998 10:15:35 +1000 you write:
>A roll of my tranny film has just returned with 4 parallel scratches
>across the entire length of the film. I have had this problem on and
>off, but as I use a couple of bodies I am unsure as to its causes. Would
>this be due to dust inside the camera? The pressure plate and other bits
>look OK, no obvious damage, although there are faint marks on the part
>of the camera that the film runs along straight out of the canister
>(does that make sense?)

Robert:
What does the spacing of the scratches match in the camera?  Does it
match the four "rails" on either side of the shutter that the film rides
against?  Perhaps the edges of those have burrs on them.

Cheers,
--Lee

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