September/October View Camera

[Jeff Morfit]

Wow, no one has anything to say about the Sept./Oct. issue of View Camera? Usually there is a least one page of comments by this time of the month.

[Donald Brewster]

I liked the article on the new Fotoman and the article on using a Pinhole with a 4x5.

[David Luttmann]

Do we have a confirmed list of spelling, punctuation, and grammar errors yet....or are we finally just concerning ourselves more with the actual content....heaven forbid ;-)

[BrianShaw]

haven't received it yet... boo-hoo.

[Scott Knowles]

I haven't gotten my subscription copy yet. What newstands get first dibs on issues? They're like Photo Techniques, subscribers get the second round of issues. Makes you want to ask, "Hey, who pays the bills, those who paid in advance or those who you hope buy an issue?"

[Jeff Morfit]

Yeah, I am still waiting for mine too. Guess I will have to be satisfied with re-reading some of the previous issues. Just so long as I stay out of trouble. :-)

[Joseph O'Neil]

Hey, be happy guys. Here in Canada - and i live exactly one hour drive from the US boarder - we usually see VC magazine about a month late. I do not expect to see the Sept/Oct issue for another week or two yet. Yes, and i just checked it this past Saturday - the July/Aug issue is still on the stands. IMO, it's not VC magazine fault, it's just hte way specialty items of any kind seem to crawl accross the boarder anymore.

joe

[Louie Powell]

Guys -

I'm a View Camera subscriber. But in one of my other lives I'm the editor of a (non-photographic) magazine. My experience is that delivery is the one thing that readers bitch and moan about constantly - and that I can do absolutely nothing to improve!

The printer receives a digital mailing list and prints up the mailing labels in his shop in Mississippi, and applies them to the magazine after he completes assembling them. Then, they go into the hands of the US Postal Service, and from that point on all bets are off. It takes upwards of two weeks for them to arrive at addresses across the US, and readers outside the US have to wait several months.

When it comes, it comes. Until then, complaining doesn't do any good.

[Ron Marshall]

When it comes, it comes. Until then, complaining doesn't do any good.

Complaints about late delivery are a complement to the magazine and the editor. It's an indication of the eagerness and appreciativeness of the subscribers.

[SteveL]

I don't mean to upset anyone, but mine arrived, via Robert White, on Thursday last (21st). What is it with the US/Canada border?