Stage lighting instruments are used in stage lighting to illuminate theatrical productions, concerts, and other performances taking place in live performance venues. They are also used to light televi
A Source Four ERS with major parts labeled
20 PAR can lighting instruments
Optics of an Altman 1000Q followspot. From left to right: Lamp, Ellipsoidal Reflector, Shutter/Iris Assembly, Fixed Lens, Variable Lens.
Floodlights (the intelligent moving head lights) and spotlights (the Source Fours) in use at the USMC museum.
Ellipsoidal reflector spot is the name for a type of stage lighting instrument, named for the ellipsoidal reflector used to collect and direct the light through a barrel that contains a lens or lens t
Stage lighting instrument
…the lens or opening. Each unit has a characteristic reflector, used in conjunction with the lens (or lack thereof) to create the desired effect. An ellipsoidal reflector has a lamp set at one focus point of an ellipsoid-shaped reflector that bounces the light and focuses it at the second focus point of the ellipse. This…
An Ellipsoidal Reflector from a Leko
Niethammer Enizoom ERS with variable focus (Zoom).