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The fixture includes a yoke with an attached junior pin. Generally, fluorescents have a very broad soft light output. The light tends to drop off rapidly which means the units need to be positioned close to the subject they are lighting. Just like the ParaBeam, the VistaBeam has a computer aided designed CAD parabolic reflector that was designed to maximize the light output at about 16 feet 5 meters.

This achieves two things: It doubles the light output of the lamps and concentrates the light where the lighting director needs it most. The removable Corner Mount blocks are made of high-impact plastic. They are designed to:. In order to appreciate the advantages and the advancements of VistaBeam technology, one has to compare the VistaBeam to other studio softlight sources. First, they are power guzzlers that can draw from 32 to 50 Amps at VAC and only produce as much light as a VistaBeam that uses barely 10 Amps of power.

Further, tungsten globes have a hour life. Or less. This means that a production can expect to change globes every 16 to 20 days of shooting. By contrast, the T7 True Match lamps in a VistaBeam are rated for more than 10, hours under normal operating conditions. A VistaBeam takes six T7 lamps. The cost savings over tungsten bulb replacements is huge. There is an important practical advantage to the long lived lamps as well. Once a fixture is rigged high up in the studio grid, it can be very difficult to maintain the fixture once the set is built below.

As a result, fewer lamp replacements in a hard-to-reach location translate into lower labor costs. In addition, each VistaBeam and have an "Auto Terminate" feature. The excessive heat produced by tungsten bulbs causes other problems. Not to mention that the low operating temperature of a VistaBeam affords substantially lower air-conditioning costs.

Softlights radiate light in a broad field. Flags, cutters, skirts or louvers are needed to concentrate the light into specific areas. The VistaBeam optical reflector drives the light out in a lateral beam. The beam is focused at about six meters. This highly efficient reflector maximizes the light output and concentrates it where it is needed most. To achieve a broad distribution of light, diffusion gels can be used to break the optical characteristics of the fixture. The Center Mount allows the fixture to spin degrees to produce a wide range of desired beam angles.

The Pole-Op Yoke includes an attached junior pin and offers an advantage of lighting from a grid and eliminating the need for ladder access or costly automated rigging and hoist systems. Blue and green screen lighting applications will also benefit from the optical design of the VistaBeam. The units can be positioned closer to the screen at a sharper angle than the popular Image 80 and Image 85 series cyc lighting fixtures.

The result is higher light levels using fewer fixtures. As a soft light instrument, the VistaBeam has a high potential for use on film and TV production sets. All set lighting rental operations profit from equipment that is in steady use. The less time it sits on the shelf, the more profit it generates. The VistaBeam series will not only be a popular location or studio soft key light, but can be used in place of more traditional single application instruments such as those discussed above.

With the push for reducing fossil fuel consumption, TV studios are looking at cooler more efficient lighting systems to reduce costs and save energy. Part of this process involves generating energy values to determine savings. For example, a standard incandescent light bulb converts only 11 percent of its electrical input into visible light, while the rest is dissipated directly as heat.

There are energy costs involved in cooling the studio environment. DMX and manual switching for stable color temperature and light level control Center Mount, Yoke Mount and Pole-Op Multi-use, location daylight fill or soft key, studio soft light, studio blue and green screen lighting Each System Includes: The VistaBeam and display a broad soft beam for studio and location lighting.

Its compact sibling, the VistaBeam , is half the size and delivers more light than a 2, watt quartz softlight. Pull locking pin and turn counter-clockwise to unlock. Turn locking pin to the right to lock into place. See Below. Remove Junior Stand Adapter and attach hanging adapter at the end of the center mount pipe.

The Hanging Adapter centers the weight of the fixture. D 42mm OD pipe. Custom rigs can be easily assembled to hold larger banks of fixtures for specialty studio applications. The blue cup alters the Pan left or right and the white cup alters the Tilt up or down. The ParaBeam is used as an example for illustration purposes: In the open face mode the fixture has nothing obstructing the front of the unit. Its high frequency electronics prevent any type of flicker as well.

A special heat-sink design and custom electronic engineering ensure stable operation without magnetic hum or cooling fans to interfere with the sound recording on the set. Keeping the ballast remote from the fixture and lamp makes the controls more accessible to lighting crews who might need to rig the fixtures into set designs or high up in a lighting grid, but switch them easily from a convenient location on the stage floor.

The Kino Flo Vista Single Ballast accomplishes all this and still out-performs tungsten lighting instruments when it comes to energy efficiency. In other words, the Vista Single uses less power to produce the same amount of soft light as incandescents. In extremely cold temperatures, the ballast may not strike the lamp initially because the lamp may need to warm up. Switch the ballast to Off, wait seven seconds and try again. If the ballast does not strike after two or three attempts, turn off the ballast, check that the extension and harness connections are secure and re-strike.

Once operating for a few minutes, the lamp should re-strike instantly. It was designed in this manner to allow the greatest flexibility when working on film production where the gaffer and DP are constantly being challenged to light unique locations and problem solve at a moment's notice.

The Vista Single is twice as bright as our 4ft Single and uses less than 2 Amps of power. Its slender feature delivers ample light for tight spaces. Its remote ballast is high output and flicker-free at any camera speed operating at 25kHz. The reflector gives more punch and direction to the light. Can use Honeycomb Louver to give direction to the light or remove louver to give broad coverage over an area. Slide the harness base away from harness alignment pins. The reflector is held in place with Velcro fasteners.

To remove the reflector, lift up from the lamp base side. To re-attach the reflector to the lamp harness, first insert the narrow indent of the reflector under the lamp clip. Press lamp securely into lamp clip and snap the locking clip in place. The Kino Flo specially designed metal foil Honeycomb Louver controls and focuses the light which narrows the light spread with minimal light loss. When the mount is removed, the grommet holes along the edge of the fixture are designed to allow the fixture to be screwed to a wall or ceiling through its eyelets.

It can operate outside the fixture shell. Just like the fixture housing, the harness has a center mating plate and accepts the same twist-on mount plate. Mounted on Surface Mounted on Surface The harness can also be mounted by locating the two rigging holes located along the central axis of the lamp holder which can be used to screw the fixture to a surface.