I wouldn't disable the backingstore completely - instead invalidate it manually ( QwtPlotCanvas::invalidateBackingstore() ) when you zoom in/out.
But I strongly recommend not using QGraphicsView: you will run into problems like yours and serious performance issues when zooming in deep. You can zoom in/out using QwtPlot in a better way and QwtPlotRenderer is much more powerful for creating vector graphics.
As long as there is no real strong reason for embedding a QwtPlot widget into a QGraphicsView: don't do it !
Uwe
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