On may of the motion picture projects that I have worked on recently I have seen an increase in S4 fixtures geing used in the Gaffer's arsenal. I am curious to know if ETC has ever looked into making a some options for the S4 (par and leko) that will make is more 'film' friendly. If shops chould get the fixture form the factory with a 1 1/8" (sinior) pin on it rather then a standard C-clam that would be a step in the right direction. The ability to get the fixtures with a longer tale made of SO (or similar cord set used on film heads) with a switch in-line, would be amaxing. And if there could be a set of scrims made for the fixtures tha would also be great. And possibly an insert fo the color frame slot that would provide better attachment of color with C-47's. Now that would be hot.
I know that all of these things can be piecemealed together, but if they were available form the company tha would be amazing for us gys and galls that use a lot of S4 for motion picture work.
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point the bright end at the talent!
All sounds good. Would love the availabilities Just wondering why you would need to C47 attach color? (I'm a TV guy, we have a few S4s for our 14' fixed-hung grid, we just cut a 9x12 or similar gel sheet basically in half to use in two S4s and stick them in the gel frame or when we have a full sheet, we'll premake a few S4 cuts)
As a rental house, we already have some units with these items such as a TVMP adapter, inline switch with 20' cord, etc. Not hard things to acquire and easy enough to modify. We used an Arri Switch and cordset on our caps.
JP Gagnon High Output, Inc. Portland, ME