The light is manipulated, if you had more light and a different view, it would look very different. The "mirror" as it was shown was not mirror like in any way as it would be much brighter under the correct light. Ive bought 2 razors from people that have shown me the same thing. They had plenty of scratches. If you want to find scratches, you will find the view that shows them, if you dont, you will find a view that eliminates them. I have the same scope and I dont use it as I find these images to be useless regarding shave quality. I would say with a 20 power loupe and the right light, I would find scratches as well. No need for the 400x.