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camera

electronics,

and a black & white
video viewing sys¬
tem. Extensive use

In addition, the Cinetal will ac¬
cept 138mm filters and diopters screwed
directly onto the front of the lens, and a

dust-sealed

rear

of weight-saving
materials such as

48mm Tiffin

or

magnesium, ABS
plastic

Mk.ll 25-250mm can also be used on the
Cinetal. The rugged construction of the new
zoom lens will withstand the stresses of

and Delrin

result in

one

of the

filter facility which takes
Hoya glass filters. The ex¬
isting lens support brackets for the Varotal

lightest 12V crystalcontrolled (at all

shooting in

Left: Osram's

For information: Rank Labs,
North Orbital Road, Denham Oxbridge,

tiny

125 W/SE HMI.
Below: SL Cine's
new

lightweight

35mm SL

a

vertical position or on a hot¬
without any fo¬

head for sustained periods
cus shift whatsoever.

Middlesex, England U89 5HQ.

camera.

Tripod
Clamping
System

For information:

Optical Radia¬
tion Corp., 1300 Optical Drive, Azusa, CA
91702, Phone (818)969-3344.

All

tripods

Single-ended HMI
and HTI lamps
Osram has expanded the range
of convenient single-ended HMI lamps with
outer bulbs by creating the smallest HMI
lamps, the HM1125 W/SE, and the largest,

Vinten
now

have

Broadcast's Torque
Safe system for

SE, installed in a suitable spotlight, will pro¬

tripod clamping,
which requires no
adjustment, incor¬
porates end limits
positioned ergo¬
nomically, and will

duce

not

the HMI 4000 W/SE. Osram's HMI 6000 W/

light than a double-ended 12K
lamp. The new models offerthe same ben¬
efits as all other single-ended HMI lamps:
hot restart, standard bases, dimming capa¬
bility and good photometric values and color
more

appearance.

The company's HTI 150W lamp
is the smallest metal halide lamp in the
world not much bigger than a daisy, or about

tungsten-halogen of the same
With its standard CY 9.5 base it pro¬
vides daylight for many applications that, to
date, have been confined to tungsten light
from effects spotlights and light guide
systems to slide projection and display light¬
ing. The HTI 200 W/SE, also fitted with a
standard GY 9.5 base, is somewhat larger
but offers optimal luminance, and is ideal
for sophisticated optical imaging systems.
as

big

as a

power.

-

For information: Osram GmbH,
Hellabrunner Str. 1,8000 Munchen 90, Ger¬
many,

Phone (089)62132503.

Lightweight SL camera
Weighing under 2.5 kg (five lbs.,
5 oz), SL Cine's (formerly SL Camera) new
lightweight SL 35 camera features a spe¬
cially modified Arri 35mm camera, a re¬
manufactured Arri 2C high speed move¬
ment, integral Cinematography Electronics

allow

mechanism to
stress the

the
over¬

clamp

components. The

speeds) film cameras available. Combined
with the SL200 magazine and 100 feet of

system also sports a knob design and
detente mechanism, making it difficult to

film (less lens), the total package weight is
less than 4.2 kg. With the SL 400 magazine,
the weight is under 5.1 kg.
SL Cine's SL 200 & 400 maga¬

accidentally knock off the clamp when done
up, and has a "tactile" and "audio feed¬
back" feature, indicating when the clamp is
fully tightened.

zines

are Steadicam-style magnesium
magazines, holding the film in vertical po¬

sition

on

Arriflex 2C and 3 cameras, respec¬

tively.
For information: Ken

Robings, SL

Cine, Phone (310) 396-9048, Fax (310) 3925790.

Chimera

"Lightbanks"
family of collapsible
croniecones, called "lightbanks," can be
mounted erect, backpacking tent style, on
Chimera's speed rings, which fit the barn
door holders of production lights. The sys¬
tem is fast to set up and delivers a soft yet
directional quality of light. No extra stands
are required. The degree of softness and
wrap is controlled by lightbank size and dis¬
Chimera's

Zoom Lens
The Cooke Cinetal 25-250mm
T3.7

zoom lens from Rank Taylor Hobson is
color matched to the Cooke Varotal 18-

100mm. The Cinetal's principal compatible
features with the Varotal are interchange¬
able metric and footage scale rings; scal¬

ing in large bright numerals on both sides
of the lens barrel; a common front diameter
of 150mm, providing interchangeability
with 6.6 inch matte boxes; and focus move¬
ment at

For information: Vinten Broad¬

Limited, Western Way, Bury St.
Edmunds, Suffolk, England, IP33 3TB, Phone
(0284)752121, Fax (0284)750560.
cast

tance from the talent. Additional control is

obtained with the
egg crates,

ries.

the front of the lens.

January 1993

use of honeycomb grid
louvers, and barn door accesso¬

For information: Chimera Photo-

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