his issue marks 39 years since my byline first appeared in this magazine. I started working for the founding publisher in March 1982, but such were the lengthy production cycles back then (everything was done manually), it wasn’t until the May issue that I made my debut with a trio of test reports. These were very much of the day – a 35mm slide projector, a colour darkroom kit (“just add water and electricity” I wrote) and a Super 8 movie camera. At that time the magazine was called and I was listed in its heyday), style and design, the history (including classic cameras and the technological milestones), the philosophies, the aesthetics and the science. It was, as they say, a well-rounded education that John believed would lead to a well-rounded magazine editor.
