A old HS era portrait of Rob at age 15, proudly showing his Betamovie, a camcorder his parents bought back in 1983 for home movies.

A simple betamax camcorder with a 2/3" Trinicon picture tube, it was a simple, if not reliable camcorder that was in use from 1983-1998, the last few years as a small portable broadcasting camera for Rob's early film projects in class from September 1996, to June 1998 before being replaced by a fleet of Ikegami Hl-95b three tube plumbicons.