<html><head><base href="x-msg://98/"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Yes, Trevor. The 5 was a co-development of Studer and Ampex. Amazing technology that came out right before Betacam SP. A single piece camcorder was more friendly to the cameramen.<br><div>
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><div><div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline">Best,</div><div>Park</div><div><br></div></div><div>C. Park Seward</div><div>Visit us: <a href="http://www.videopark.com">http://www.videopark.com</a></div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"></span></div></span></div></span><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"></span><br class="Apple-interchange-newline">
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<br><div><div>On Feb 7, 2010, at 2:00 PM, Peter Ford wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div bgcolor="#ffffff"><div><font size="2" face="Arial"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><font size="2" face="Arial"></font><font size="2" face="Arial"></font><font size="2" face="Arial">Hi Trevor</font></font></font></div><div><font size="2" face="Arial"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><font size="2" face="Arial"></font></font></font> </div><div><font size="2" face="Arial"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><font size="2" face="Arial">The VPR5 was a very unusual machine. Apparently Ampex engaged Willy Studer to design the Transport. The Studer company (Factories in Germany and Switzerland) used to make very well engineered Studer professional audio recorders plus domestic audio recorders under the name Revox.</font></font></font></div><div><font size="2" face="Arial"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><font size="2" face="Arial"></font></font></font> </div><div><font size="2" face="Arial">Peter Ford</font> </div><div><font size="2" face="Arial"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><font size="2" face="Arial"></font> </font></font></div><font size="2" face="Arial"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"></font><div><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><font size="2" face="Arial"></font><br>>When they do that for C format VT machines mine will be the VPR5 again heavy<br>>but stunning engineering.<br><font size="2" face="Arial">></font><br>>I hate to imagine what they cost new<br><font size="2" face="Arial">></font><br>>Again not many around<br><font size="2" face="Arial">></font><br>>Trevor<br><font size="2" face="Arial">></font>UK Member</font></div></font></div></span></blockquote></div></body></html>