Tim gregory Posted February 3, 2014 Share Posted February 3, 2014 Hi, I am looking for some smallish moving beam lights to hire but need framing shutters. Any idea what is available for hire in the UK. The event is in Birmingham and I am based in Northampton. Thanks, Tim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mac500 Posted February 3, 2014 Share Posted February 3, 2014 Martin Viper Performance has framing shutters. Whitelight have them for hire if you wish to enquire about them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shez Posted February 3, 2014 Share Posted February 3, 2014 Hawthorns have some CP Alpha Profiles although they may not fall within your definition of smallish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Cowles Posted February 3, 2014 Share Posted February 3, 2014 I'd disagree there Shez. Hawthorn do indeed have some Alpha Profiles in their hire stock, they have the Alpha Profile QWO 800 ST in stock and these are a very compact, high performance shuttering unit. They are about the same size as the Alpha Profile 700 and only weigh 32kgs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itiba Posted February 3, 2014 Share Posted February 3, 2014 VL1000/1100 Series have got shutters and have the benefit of having the ballast separate from the fixture... how small does small need to be? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonathanhill Posted February 3, 2014 Share Posted February 3, 2014 V*L1000/1100 are about as far away from small that you can get. You also need to be careful with the spec as they come in six different variants, of which only three have shutters. It is only the two arc source variants (V*L1000AS/AI) that have a separate ballast, the four tungsten variants either have an internal or external dimmer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Bleasdale Posted February 3, 2014 Share Posted February 3, 2014 Agreed that while the VL1000 isn't small, it still is the best Tungsten profile with framing shutters IMHO - there isn't really much option in that bracket of fixture either. The Alphas and the Vipers are comparable in size, but the Alpha 700 is smaller and there is an option with framing shutters - but from experience trying to get them, there aren't that many in the UK it seems (Alpha 700 Profile) There are plenty of older fixtures like Mac 2000s that have shutter options and can probably do the job. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Judge Posted February 3, 2014 Share Posted February 3, 2014 Robe Robin MMX Blade. Super bright and quite small. Weighs about 27kg.Richard Martin Lighting have them in stock, but do not know who does in your part of the country. Ian Brown at Robe would be happy to help you though I'm sure.They also have a wash/beam version which is even smaller. http://www.robe.cz/products/article/robin-mmx-blade/ http://www.robe.cz/products/article/robin-mmx-washbeam/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Bleasdale Posted February 3, 2014 Share Posted February 3, 2014 Robe Robin MMX Blade. Super bright and quite small. Weighs about 27kg. Ahh yeah, I forgot about those. They are similar in size to the equivalent Alpha. Quite a nice fixture actually. Richard Martin Lighting have them in stock, but do not know who does in your part of the country. I didn't realise RML had them!! I knew they had the Wash/Beam, but not the blade. Theres nothing on the website, and I don't recall it being announced on FB either… Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Judge Posted February 3, 2014 Share Posted February 3, 2014 Ah, you are right there Joe. I misread the Robe press release. They just have the wash beams. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam L F Posted February 3, 2014 Share Posted February 3, 2014 Although slightly out of the way, I believe that Sonalyst in Port Talbot may have the Robe equivalent of what you're after. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim gregory Posted February 5, 2014 Author Share Posted February 5, 2014 Hi, Thank you for all the replies. The lights are going on top of truss uprights so the lighter the better really, else it is going to be a mission to rig. I think I may be better off getting a set of rectangle gobo's for my existing lights rather than try and use framing shutters. Thanks, Tim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calder Posted February 5, 2014 Share Posted February 5, 2014 Hello Just a FYI but we (Black Light Scotland) have a stock of MMX Blades. Thanks Calder Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mac500 Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 The robe wash beam has shutters in it to if I remember correctly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
top-cat Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 The robe wash beam has shutters in it to if I remember correctly. It does but since it's a wash these are more like barn doors than framing shutters as such. Obviously being a wash there is No ability to focus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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