Rent ARRI Compact 1.2K HMI With Ballast
The ARRI Compact 1.2K HMI is a high-output daylight-balanced fixture designed for professional film and TV production.
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Overview
The ARRI Compact 1.2K HMI is a high-output daylight-balanced fixture designed for professional film and TV production. Equipped with an integrated ballast, it delivers stable, flicker-free illumination suitable for key or fill lighting on larger sets. Its compact form factor and durable build make it ideal for both studio environments and location shoots, while compatibility with modifiers and diffusion gels allows for precise control over beam quality and spread.
1.2 kW HMI daylight output
Powerful source for windows, exteriors, and large sets
Flicker-free ballast mode
Square-wave operation for motion-picture capture
50-100% ballast dimming
Adjust output while retaining HMI daylight character
Hot-restrike capable system
Production ballast can restart a warm lamp
- Fixture type
- Daylight HMI
- Lamp power
- 1.2 kW
- Colour family
- Daylight
- Power system
- Matched external electronic ballast
- Ballast modes
- Flicker-free and low-noise operation
- Dimming
- Approximately 50-100% through compatible ballast
- Restart
- Cold start and hot restrike
- Beam control
- Focusable optics with compatible barndoors and scrims
- Typical use
- Window punch, exterior fill, and large-set key light
- Use only on a correctly rated, grounded circuit with the matched ballast and head cable; inspect every connection before power-up.
- Keep the lens, UV protection, and safety screen installed, and maintain generous clearance from people and combustibles.
- Select the ballast frequency for the camera frame rate and shutter, then roll a flicker test before principal photography.
- Allow the head and lamp to cool before handling or packing, and never look directly into an operating HMI arc.
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