colinmonk Posted March 3, 2004 Share Posted March 3, 2004 Molefay with Scrollers - Now thats fun! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the kid Posted January 6, 2008 Share Posted January 6, 2008 Bumping up a OLD topic has anyone ever seen these over here in the uk ? and who would have them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gareth Posted January 6, 2008 Share Posted January 6, 2008 If anyone's going to have those in rental stock, it'll be one of the TV & film lighting rental houses - Panalux, Arri, PKE, ELP, and so on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boatman Posted January 6, 2008 Share Posted January 6, 2008 A good few years ago on a film location shoot. They were supplied by Lee Lighting now Panalux in Glasgow, along with a very large generator. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the kid Posted January 6, 2008 Share Posted January 6, 2008 It is more of a question to ask suppliers but I am guessing that is 7.8k on one cable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnhuson Posted January 6, 2008 Share Posted January 6, 2008 I agree with Gareth, TV/Film rental houses are probably the best shot. On the subject (ish) we worked on a series of shows with Travis during the summer, we supplied the overhead rig which was used by all the bands but Travis were also carrying their own floor rig which included some 'Dinos' which are film lights consisting of 24 PAR 64 lamps in each unit. These units had been modified so they ran on Socapex and each lamp was on it's own dimmer channel meaning you can create some excellent patterns. These were supplied by one of the TV/Film companies but I'm having a mental block on which one it was. http://www.travisonline.com/archive/pictures/109f1703f3181d0a2878d6bdfe5d1832.jpg http://www.travisonline.com/archive/pictures/928d6a1a60acf960e43469a7a851de81.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tokm Posted January 6, 2008 Share Posted January 6, 2008 Pretty sure Gareth got it right with ELP. I swear I've seen these or something very similar down at their warehouse (new & old ones). Chances are as with all these things, if your doing a gig where you'd actually be able to use these things, then the hire co where your getting all the other masses of gear from will know the place to get them from if they themselves don't have any. It is more of a question to ask suppliers but I am guessing that is 7.8k on one cable.:** laughs out loud **: That's why all the TV boys have racks of 8 or 10 KW dimmers in their inventory's! Something very similar to those dino things could probably be knocked up quite easily with the aid of 4x bars of 6, a few 2m (ish) lengths of scaff and some cheese burgers. Then suitably flown via the use of some half couplers to eye's clamped onto suitable locations.... (Hmm, might have a go at trying that idea now ;)) Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnhuson Posted January 6, 2008 Share Posted January 6, 2008 Something very similar to those dino things could probably be knocked up quite easily with the aid of 4x bars of 6, a few 2m (ish) lengths of scaff and some cheese burgers. Then suitably flown via the use of some half couplers to eye's clamped onto suitable locations.... (Hmm, might have a go at trying that idea now ;)) I'd had a similar idea myself, not yet got round to trying it though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the kid Posted January 6, 2008 Share Posted January 6, 2008 I had the same idea. I was simply wondering the net looking at blinders (thinking about the rock show in march) and saw them and thought :P :** laughs out loud **: ;) It would look really cool to have a pair of them, for effect more than actual blinding. Remembering that I already have gone bonkers designing it. I am looking at getting some showtech fay's now. Or at least a hire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danjshelton Posted January 6, 2008 Share Posted January 6, 2008 The Dino Lights that Travis we're using on the series of shows (which I was also working on!) that John has given pics of we're hired in from AFM Lighting (Who I have just noticed have merged with Lee Lighting and made Panalux). It was always quite entertaining trying to get them from there meatrack and put onto the stands and stood up! Hope that relieves your mental block John! Cheers Dan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
niclights Posted January 6, 2008 Share Posted January 6, 2008 These 12-ways are split into two lines with a separate earth. Regarding 'matrix' effects you can also get blinders with DMX control that switches the cells individually. Programming such effects is the hardest part! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bh00 Posted January 7, 2008 Share Posted January 7, 2008 Regarding 'matrix' effects you can also get blinders with DMX control that switches the cells individually. Programming such effects is the hardest part!Did a similar thing a while back using grids of pinspots. Wasn't hard to knock up a VB6 program to read through lines in a text file and control USB-DMX to turn on/off the pins in the required sequences. Much easier than trying to program it all onto a desk! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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