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i,4otion picture cinematographers have long needed a source to efficiently produce the
equivalent of daylight-or approximately 5600'Kelvin. Film balanced for daylight
requires that color temperature, and there is no efficient way to create it with
tungsten halogen sources. The HNy'l bulbs were nvented to meet this need.
They fill an equally pressing need in llve or tape telev sion broadcasting, too. There,
HN/l lights preserve the character of the light when telecasting in daylight. One ot the
earliest uses of Hl,4l equipment, in fact, was to provide fill iight for outdoor Olympic
events and to illurninate the commentators when the camera switched to them. H[,41
light, because it has the same video quallties (and the sarne kelvin temperature) as
daylight, permitted a balanced and smooth television picture even in those areas where
there was insufJicient natural iighl.
It is now widely used for the popular "natural" look in television commercials, too.

A number of manufacturers around the world otfer a wide range of equ pment built for
the OSRA[.4 HMI bulb. l\,4acbeth Sales Corporation, who distr]butes the West
German-made bulbs in the U.S., has available a lst of sources for the purchase or
rental of HMI liqhtinq equipment.
Ny'acbeth Sales Corporatron rnaintains a tollJree phone (800-431-9980) to enable users
in the motion picture or teievision industry to call anytlme for rapid, authoritative
answers to technical questions. lf you want to know something about the Hl\,41 source,
and you think Ny'acbeths eng neers can help, don't hesitate to call.

TilTNBY ITTIGITINCY
The two major features of the HN,4l source are its 5600' Kelvin temperature
output and its remarkable etficiency. The Hl,4l bulbs deliver more lumens per watt than
any other bulb used in rnotion p cture and television production. Etficiency ranges from
80 lumens per watt for the 200-watt bulb to an incredible 102 umens per watt for the
400o-watt bulb.
Tungsten-halogen sources, when filtered for daylight, can provide about 15 lurnens per
wat1. To get the umen output of a single 1200-watt bulb you would need 7,000 walts ol
tungsten'halogen light, filtered for daylightl
The secret oi this remarkable etficlency s the HN/l bulb's unique capacity for converting
energy into light, not heat. You can see this phenomenon most dramatically by putling
your hand direct y in front of an Ht\,41 bulb that has been burning for some time . . . in
most cases, you'll feel almost no heat at alll
This exceilent energy efflciency can be used to lower the requirements for cooling
equipment on a set lit by Hl\,41 lghts. lt will also drastlcally reduce the wear and tear on
actors and interviewees who need no longer face the ordeal of "hot" lights. The
compact size of many HN,4l fixtures have made it a highly versatlle television news light.
Just one portable fixture can now handle all the lighting for most news assignments.

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HN,4l

lights are now widely used in both motion picture and television production in the

U.S. and around the world. To date, more than '100 major motion pictures have used

HMI lighting-and a number have used it exclusively.

The inventors of the OSRAIM Hl,,ll bulb, Dr. W Block and Dr. B. KLihl, weie honored
by the Academy of l\.4otion Picture Arts and Sciences in 1978 for their
technical achievements.

TECHNICAL INFORMATION

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OSRAM HMI Lamps

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Length
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150

SFa21-12

HMt 1200 W

ADDITIONAL TECHNICAL INFORMATION

Description
For the gene.ation of light, the lamps contain an optimum
combination ot various metal halides of rare earths. The discharge
vessel consists ot a quartz glass body with rod-shaped tungsten

electrodes. [,4olybdenum ribbons sealed in q,rarll glass are used as

current leads. Hirl 200 W has knite plug bases, H"Ml 575 W and Hl,rl
1200 W have threaded pin bases, the higher powered models HMI
2500 W and Hlrl 4000 W have pin bases. Even under adverse
condilions (e.9. a high ambient temperalure ri lhe lamp housrng.
over'voltage of lhe -larns supply. elc.) Ihe base temperature should
.ot exceed 230'C. Under normal operating conditions the base
lempe.ature should not exceed 210'C.

Warming-u9 Properties
Like all metal vapor lamps, HMI
Hl\41 lamps, require
requrre a
d certain period after
sta rng until liral operaling conditions are reachsd.
reachod. Fiq.
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curves ol the eleciric and ohotometric data durino warm
ramp in operation wilh d choke. After ignition
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and luminous flux;
however, are lower during the warming-up stage than when in lull
ope.ation. The warming-up period after igniting a hot lamp is
considerably shorier

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Electric ard Photometric Properties

Ihe electric and photometr:c data of HMI lamps

aae speciiied in the

iable. These data depend to some extenl on the temperature of the
discharge vessel. Consequentlv. changes ot. lor rnstance. the sLpply
voltage may cause slight varialons of Ihe lamp dala. The curves on
fig. 1 show the electric and pl.otonetric data as a funclron of the

supply voltage.

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valu6s), as a ilnclion ol th suooly vollaoe U., .

ThJ se'vice tite deoeros to some exlent on lne nunber ot starts anO
m ght even excoed the va Lres give4 in the table. However, rl rs mainligoverned by lhe perrissrble lolerances of colour lemperature (which
rTay vary according lo applcalror). During lanp life. rhe rearest
colour lemperalJre will drop al an average ol approx. 1 K per
operating hour wl'.lst lhe colodr renoe'irg inoex wil. .emain
unchanged, and lhe decrease ol the ldm,lous etf,cacy ald lum .rous
flux is very low {llg.4).

Spectral Distribution
HMI lamps emjt a dense multi-line spectrum of the various iare
earlhs Lsed in rhese larps. Fig.3 snows Ihe retdtive speclral
dislnbution of t.re 'adiant flux of Hl\,,11 lamps co.rpareo with that of
daylight. 11 de.ronslrates lhe excellert conformtty, parlicular'y r1 the
pholomet.ically important region between 430 and 690 nm.

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Macbetfi,
SalaeGoruzticl
Subsidiary of OSFIAIVI Corp.
PO Box 7062 R D +3 Jeanne Drlve Newbueh New York 12550
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