par 56 light curtain

[magicpyro]

hi

I have heard about this thomas par 56 light curtain thats for sale but I dont have a clue what it is. if any one knows a website because I can't find one anywere(I can't even find the thomas website) could you please let me know

cheers chris

[simschr]

The website address can be found on google by entering James Thomas Engineering into the search-http://www.jthomaseng.com/

Chris

[Guest lightnix]

To be honest, I'm not sure if James Thomas actually make tungsten light curtains any more (they don't seem to have any on their site) , although there are still a fair few available for hire.

 

Basically, they consist of a line of 8(?) PAR56 lamps in a batten-type enclosure, which, when pointed downwards through smoke, create a curtain of light.

 

Very 1980s When light curtains do show up these days, they tend to be of the DHA Digital variety

[simschr]

Here is a picture of one as shown on the usedlighting.co.uk site

http://usedlighting.co.uk/Thomas-PAR56-Light-Curtain.gif

it doesn't show it that well but you should be able to get a bit of a idea.

 

Chris

[magicpyro]

cheers for that I now know what it is but do you reckon the same sort of effect could be created with 15 narrow beam par 56's across a small stage

[gareth]

cheers for that I now know what it is but do you recone the same sort of effect could be created with 15 narrow beam par 56's across a small stage

Personally, I'd recone a speaker, not a Par56.

 

But yes, as long as you have a narrowish stage and put the lanterns close enough together you could get a reasonable sort of light curtain effect that way. Use the narrowest lamp you can lay your hands on, and put the units as close together as possible.

 

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