Strange scratches on negs from Leica M6

[philmunro]

I have scratches on my negatives from my Leica M6. They are not the usual horizontal lines. They are not on every frame, but when they appear, they are on the far right of the frame. Any ideas, please? Thank you

 

[aw614]

Is it an M6 reissue? There was a lot of talk about the film scratching a few years ago

 

[philmunro]

hi - No it is the classic M6

 

[Ko.Fe.]

Usually scratches should appear as strictly horizontal if it caused by camera or bulk loading.

 

[philmunro]

Yeah it's strange

 

[Jonathan R]

Presumably there's also a scanner involved in the situation?

 

[Richard G]

Not straight, not camera.

 

[Jonathan R]

Are these shots on transparency film? I'm just thinking that the non-parallel scratching suggests someone scrabbling to put the frame into a slide mount (or take it out). The impression is reinforced by what looks very much like a fingerprint at the right of the lower image.

 

[Godfrey]

I have scratches on my negatives from my Leica M6. They are not the usual horizontal lines. They are not on every frame, but when they appear, they are on the far right of the frame. Any ideas, please? Thank you

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I can't think of any way that kind of scratching could be caused by the camera. They look like scratches made when handling the film.

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[TenEleven]

Not straight, not camera.

What Richard said.

Dusty negative sleeve. Improper handling. Improper cutting technique. Anything but not the camera, lab or scanner.

If it were the camera, scanner or the lab machine the scratches would be horizontal and straight.

 

[Halftrack]

I've seen "scratches" caused by static electricity when quickly advancing the film in cold dry weather.

 

[philmunro]

Thank you. I will definitely be changing my lab