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Photon Beard Fluorescent Lighting
Fluorescent Lighting
       
   

The most cost-effective and efficient studio lighting

 
   

Running costs are 90% less than conventional tungsten lighting, due to low energy consumption, very low heat output and a much reduced air conditioning requirement. High colour rendering index lamps are suitable for television, film, video, stills and digital image recording.

Lamps are cool running and flicker free, with a choice of tungsten or daylight colour balance. Average lamp life is 10,000 hours with near constant colour temperature.Choice of control systems: Dimming by phase control, local or remote via DMX512. Carefully designed reflectors give bright light output.

Range of luminaires with optional accessories for every application.

       
    The best light – the very best performance  
   

The compact fluorescent lamps we use offer the very best performance. Continuous spectrum light output gives outstanding colour rendition (CRI 93-98 group 1A) for the most demanding application, with virtually constant colour temperature throughout the long lamp life of approximately 10,000 hours.

We offer two colour temperatures as standard fitments, 3000K to balance with tungsten (ordering suffix T), or 5400K to balance with daylight (ordering suffix D).

For the most demanding film applications we offer the GE CinePlus tubes which have been carefully balanced to provide the highest CRI possible.

Colour temperature remains almost unchanged when lamps are dimmed, greatly simplifying lighting balance. Flicker free operation is guaranteed by high frequency electronic lamp ballasts, which drive the lamps at 85 kHz, suitable for even the most demanding high speed photography.

 
       
    More choice  
   

The Highlight range is available as standard with manual operation yoke for use in lower height studios, or with floor stands.

For larger studios where pole operation is required, just add ordering suffix  P.

As well as our standard black/red studio finish, we also offer the option of a white finish, which is more suitable for architectural applications, such as presentation suites and display areas. White finish lampheads are manufactured to order using the ordering suffix  W.

 
       
    Versatile control systems  
   

You can choose the perfect system for your application:

Phase control dimming to operate from conventional forward/leading edge dimmers. Ideal for replacing tungsten lighting in existing studios, each luminaire includes a switchable ballast load resistor of 38 watts for stable triac dimming.

Local dimming is the most economical option where remote control is not required. Each Highlight has a local fader to allow full dimming from 100% to 5% with near constant colour temperature.

DMX 512 dimming is the industry standard for larger systems. Local dimming works independently of the DMX input and dims all the lamps together. DMX dimming can be set in two ways: one address for the whole luminaire, so all lamps dim together, or one address per pair of lamps, so pairs of lamps can be controlled independently. Lamps can be dimmed down to approximately 1% brightness

Because address setting is manual, it can be set independent of mains power. There is a DMX received indicator and at least 32 luminaires (usually 50) can be connected before signal boosting is required. Should the DMX signal fail, the last level is held.

 
       
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