[Leica] Re: M Small Viewfinder comments

[Jim Brick <jimbrick@photoaccess.com>]

As a LUG member, I frequently attempt to answer those questions that are
within my interest area. Do I always know the answer to all of these
questions? No. But since it is in an area of interest, I spend the time and
do research in order to find the answer.

Where do I do the research? On the Internet and in my library. In my
library, I have twenty years of Photo Techniques (Darkroom Photography) and
Leica Photographie International. All Jobo and DMAX newsletters, all of
Patrick Dignan Photo Chemistry newsletters and publications, several years
of Viewfinder and Rangefinder, plus at least 150 books on various and all
aspects of photography.

I rely heavily upon periodicals for answers to my own, and others questions.

I have published numerous technical articles in computer design journals.
EDN, Computer Design, etc. I can tell you from experience, that the editors
of every periodical that I have ever dealt with (photo or computer) was a
stickler for accuracy. Why? Because people will read these articles and
make decisions based upon their content.

A great way to lose credibility, as a writer, and as a periodical, is to
disseminate inaccurate information.

The "editor" of any periodical, which publishes information about a
product, method, or process, is bound by ethics, to do everything possible
to insure that the information being published, is accurate. There is
nothing worse than researching for an answer, finding it, stating it, only
to find out that what you have just researched and said, is wrong.

The editor cannot pass the buck. The credibility of the publication is at
risk. Once stained, always tarnished.

I have not received the current issue of Viewfinder. I cannot comment on
the articles in question. My entire premise is that technical based
periodicals, that are revered as a source of technical information, should
have a "primary" goal if insuring that the information presented is indeed
true and accurate. There are no excuses. None.

Make a fool out of me, I'll never open your door again.

Jim