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GREAT
SHOTS
NEED
SMOOTH

ing the only American made unit, the AstroLux.

Textile Ltd., 22/26 Victoria Road, New Barnet, Herts., EN4 9PF, England.

The Astro-Lux is an extremely
light weight unit with a 22 watt, 750 hour
life, quartz halogen lamp that produces more
illumination than 50 watt lights. The battery
will last up to 40 minutes.

With

a

built-in diffusion lens, it

produces a soft eye-pleasing light, ex¬
tremely uniform, with a crisp color of

New Lights

3250°K.
The Astro-Lux has

a

five (5) year

warranty and will operate on AC or DC
current. But the most important feature of
this unit is that via an adapter, it can be

Move Your Equipment
With Gemini®...lt Converts
From Hand Truck To
Platform Truck Instantly!

powered by your camcorder battery
have extra ones!
For information: Cool-Lux

if

you

Light¬
ing lnd„ Inc., 5723 Auckland Avenue, N.
Hollywood, CA 91601, (818) 761-8181.

It's

a light, strong, aluminum
Magliner® hand truck with a 500
lb. capacity. And, with a touch of
your knee to the release bar it
becomes a 4-wheel platform
truck that moves up to 800 lbs.

new

Birns & Sawyer now handles the
Dedotec line of Dedolights.
In a small rugged package, this

light features a patented optical system
which surpasses Fresnel technology, pro¬
vides an outstanding 25:1 focusing range
with an unusually flat field of illumination
and offers extraordinary lamp life. The low
voltage, highly efficient system achieves
output comparable to conventional fixtures
of much higher wattage and operates from
its own 4 output AC power supply, 12V
battery belt, or car battery.
A unique projection attachment
provides precise light control with no trace
of color fringing. Geometric or free-form
shapes can be defined with extremely clean
hard edges when the projection attachment
is used with the framing shutters, the iris, or
shadow-patterns cut from cinefoil or
blackwrap.
For further information: Birns &

Gemini is

a

great time and

money saver and a real work¬
horse. Choose from Jr. or Sr.
models and add a new optional
snap-on
deck for

embossed aluminum

Write

call for more informa¬

or

even more

versatility.

tion and the name of a dealer
near

you.

^MAGLIIMEH

The

466-7049.

Adapta Optic Lens Relay
System 35N from OpTex has been specifi¬
cally designed for use with 35mm still
lenses and 35mm motion picture lenses on
2h" Sony or Ikegami video cameras. The 35N
effectively reduces the focal length of the
lens while retaining the original angle of
view. Thus an 8mm SLR fisheye lens will
effectively become 2.6mm.
The unit is supplied with either a
Sony or Ikegami camera mount; a remov¬
able 75mm or 100mm field lens depending
on

the type

of lens used;

a

35mm Arri ST/

Arri Bayonet lens mount or Nikon or Canon
still lens mount. Arri PL or BNCR lens
mounts are available as optional extras.
For more information: Optical &

Magline, Inc., Pinconning, Michigan
48650; Chino, California 91710,
Sales Line: 800-624-5463, Ext. 101
24

Video Lens

Sawyer, Inc., 1026 No. Highland Ave., Holly¬
wood, CA 90038, (213) 466-8211, FAX (213)

October 1989

Flying-Spot Telecine
URSA, Rank Cintel's

new gener¬

ation flying-spot telecine, was launched in
New York and Los Angeles in June.
URSA offers a completely

revamped CRT assembly, fully digital color
channel, and

an

innovative series of pro¬

grammable scan effects - available before
the first generation of tape. It is designed to
offer the finest

performance and picture
quality for the most critical film-to-tape
transfer projects.
URSA replaces the Enhanced
MklllC Digiscan 4:2:2 and represents an
entirely new order of flying-spot telecine.
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