xvi Contents SoftSun................................................................................................................. Carbon arc lights ................................................................................................. Lighting balloons................................................................................................... Lightning effects.................................................................................................... Lightning strikes!................................................................................................. Control units ........................................................................................................ Power requirements ............................................................................................. Xenon lights........................................................................................................... Follow spots........................................................................................................... Preparing the follow spot .................................................................................... Operating the follow spot ................................................................................... Black lights ............................................................................................................ 467 469 470 473 473 474 475 477 479 481 483 484 APPENDIX A Photometric calculations and tables................................................................... 487 Converting to foot-candles.................................................................................... 487 Calculating field diameter..................................................................................... 487 Calculating intensity.............................................................................................. 487 APPENDIX B Lamp Tables.......................................................................................................... 497 APPENDIX C Flicker-free frame rates ....................................................................................... 509 APPENDIX D Electrical tables.................................................................................................... 513 APPENDIX E IP and NEMA equipment ratings.......................................................................... 517 International protection ratings ............................................................................. 517 Nema ratings.......................................................................................................... 518 APPENDIX F Equipment suppliers and manufacturers ............................................................. 519 APPENDIX G Lighting equipment order checklist..................................................................... 523 APPENDIX H Expendables checklist.......................................................................................... 531 APPENDIX I Gels and diffusions ............................................................................................... 537 Glossary ........................................................................................................................................... 549 Index................................................................................................................................................. 567