Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/12/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> "Conflict of interest" > I think this is one of those things that is way over used and cared Being a journalist, I am automatically suspiscious of people who hide their affiliation with anorganization. As for Erwin, I think he has established a reputation for his testing methodology. The manknows lens performance. And I have no idea what is official relationship is with Leica. If hegets equipment free to test, that's one thing. If they pay a substantial part of his yearlyincome, that's another. I'm not aware of any financial relatinship they may have. But thatwould call into quesiton his credibility if I didn't already know him to be honest to a fault inhis reviews. (In the sense that he truly believes what his tests tell him. There is no deceptiongoing on). I do know that he gets information ahead of the rest of us. Which only makes senseconsidering what he does for Leica in terms of benefitting them with test results that usuallymake them look good. That's becuase their lenses are good. Not becuase Erwin isobsequious. He is not. But anyone who doesn't see conflict of interest as a problem in the context of any reportageis naive. - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html