I started off on BVP-300 cameras. Then Sony introduced the BVP-3 and I began to really take notice of cameras in general. We used BVP-3's and 3A's at CNN exclusively. They made great pictures. Alas, most have gone bye-bye although I actually have 3 BVP-3A's that were never sold. One is serial 10002. Then came the BVP-5 the first chip camera. Next in quick successison was the BVP-7, the BVP-7A, and sometime in this period the BVP-50. After the 7A came the BVP-90. These were basically all analog cameras and we repair them all. Just depends on whether you want to spend the cash. We go to component level on them and sometimes you luck up and it's a few caps and a delay line. But you never know.
Now comes your digital lines. The BVP-550 is a real nice camera. It's the first head Sony introduced the menu driven system into the software for painting and other goodies. Plus it's the first to use compression techno. Then you got your 700 and 900 series BVP units and now you're really talking business.