David Simm, Photo Inspiration

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Way back in 1981, not long after Dr, Roger Saunders, John Hannavy and I inaugurted The Master Photographer Magazine, i received a package from Sony UK.
It was this absolutely amazing, ahead of its time video system.
The P1 system comprised a portable recoder, tuner and the camera pictured here.
It was my job to write a review for our young professional only house journal.
For 1981 this equipment was light years ahead of the field, sadly in spite of better handling, superior image and sound quality, Betamax just didn't catch on.
Following a thorough test and composing a very positive review,it was time to return the equipment to Sony.
It seems they were delighted with the three page illutrated article, that on the day i came to package the components for shipping, the loan period was indefinitely extended so that i could run more test projects.
It may well be commercially obsolete but what a fine work of art it still is. Im so reluctant to ditch the 43 year old piece of industry hustory.