ETC Announces The Source Four Fresnel

The day we’ve all been waiting for is finally here.  ETC has announced the Source Four Fresnel.

Part of ETC’s new Layers of Light marketing campaign, the Source Four Fresnel is everything you love about the Source Four with a classic Fresnel beam.  Taking the traditional optics and adding a quick-change HPL lamp/base combo along with a glass reflector, the S4 Fresnel is a long awaited addition to the Source Four family of luminaries.

With the intent of preserving the essence of the original, the Source Four Fresnel is designed from the ground up to improve every function of a fresnel while still holding onto that soft, romantic light.  The 20 to 65 degree zoom uses the same locking mechanism as the Source Four Zoom Ellipsoidal.  The lamp is the same HPL as the rest of the line (375w, 575w, or 750w) with a brand new quick change socket assembly.  The yoke has a slide bracket that allows you to set the perfect center of gravity for using all your existing 7.5in accessories.  The color frame slot also has a full length cover to minimize lens light bleed.

Available to ship in July of this year (can’t wait!!!!!), the ETC Source Four Fresnel is the greatest of the Source Four technology married to the the classic beam we all grew up with.  This, my friends is a match made in heaven!

For more information, check out ETC’s new Layers of Light website or contact your local dealer for pricing.

Tuesday Twitter Trivia Winner – The HPL Lamp

This weeks Tuesday Twitter Trivia question was about the HPL lamp.  You know that lamp that goes into the Source Four and can use a couple of different wattage versions of the HPL Lamp.  At first reading the question, it may seem easy enough right?  Well, there was a slight curve ball in the question. let’s see it again…

Since the HPL lamp is a “non-ANSI” code lamp, what does the term HPL stand for AND what wattage is the HPL lamp available in?

It was a two part question, the first half is a little easy.  HPL stands for High Performance Lamp. But what about the second half of the question. The standard lamps used in a Source Four are 575w and 750w. In some cases, lighting folks like to lamp the Source Four even further down to 375w.  Here is the curve ball part, did you know that there is an HPL 550w lamp?  The HPL 550w lamp is a 77v lamp that can only be used with ETC’s Dimmer Doubling.

We had a couple of responses with 150w.  Technically the Source Four can take a 150w CDM lamp for the HID version of the Source Four.  But looking back over the question, we are asking about the HPL lamp and not what wattage the Source Four takes.  Since the CDM 150w lamp is not a tungsten lamp and does not fall under the HPL designation, it should not be included as part of the response to our question. There were a couple of you out there trying to pull one over on us, but not so fast! ;)

This weeks winner is Eric Boxer who had answered the question with the correct name and all of the correct lamp wattage first. Congratulations Eric, look for an email from us!  You can follow Eric via twitter @eboxhead. Thank you to everyone for playing this week and for reading iSquint.net.

Tuesday Twitter Trivia – The HPL

Last weeks Tuesday Twitter Trivia question seemed like an easy one, and to some, it was.  This week, we are asking another lamp question.  It has to do with one of the most popular entertainment lamps out there.  With over 2 million Source Fours out there, the HPL lamp gets used quite a bit. Other then knowing that the Source four takes an HPL, do you know anything else about the lamp? So here we go…

Since the HPL lamp is a “non-ANSI” code lamp, what does the term HPL stand for AND what wattage is the HPL lamp available in?

As normal, please Direct Message us @isquint through twitter. The first person with the correct answer this week wins an iSquint prize pack. We have to limit this Tuesday Twitter Trivia to readers within the United States, sorry.  Break-a-leg!