Hello again. I realize that I am a couple of weeks behind on our continuing quest to go digital, but I have a very good excuse worked up and it's ready to fertilize the nearest garden.

The fact is that I have taken on a new position with a formidable company. This all started some five months ago and I needed to get caught up on the basic fundamentals of working for a corporation again. It has, after all, been over 25 years since I received a check with a signature other than my own in the authorization slot.

For those of you that have been emailing me with comments, questions and the such, I apologize for not responding. I am not trying to be rude; I have just been inundated by everything as of late, so please accept this as my blanket apology to all -- especially to Jocelyn Getson and the crew of Vision Technology International, who wrote and asked specifically if I would be continuing with this series on going digital.

Please note that I have a new email address for you to write to (see the About the Author footer at the end of this column). Please keep the comments and such coming and I will respond; I promise.

Does this job situation mean that I am no longer printing/distributing my books and training programs? Absolutely not. LeapFrog Training & Consulting is still alive and well and our technical library and various products can be found at www.LTCTrainingCntr.com. LeapFrog is slowly narrowing down its offerings, but this training center is alive and well just the same. I too am still very much alive, well and available for any/all that are having questions and problems, or for those who just want to comment.

OK, this is a good place for a review of our current standing on the process of going digital. The opening article, the one that actually started the series, concentrated on the whole definition of what going digital means and covered the general principals of designing CCTV systems with purpose. Article II ran through the process of choosing the proper camera for your application. Article III discussed lighting situations. Article IV covered analog and digital resolution ... the key differences and problems with both. Article V discussed choosing lenses and some of the intricacies of math and vision. Article VI, the last posted message before I had to take a break, ran through cabling and transmissions.