 Glamour
With A Hard Edge
The Kamio System ring light is claimed to be the first True Match beauty
light for close up shots. Unlike conventional camera lights sitting above
the lens, a Kamio wraps around the lens for added glamour. It gives subjects
more sparkling eyes, while its gentle glow softens the edges gives more
flattering skin tones.
It uses True Match daylight and tungsten Kamio that can be dimmed and
filtered without causing interference to the lens. Lightweight enough
to mount easily on a hand-held camera, it can act as a matte box to take
sunshades, filter trays, an eyebrow, and step-down lens adapters.
Also new is Kino Flo's ParaBeam. It casts the broad soft illumination
you'd expect from a fluorescent light, but its special optics mean it
also has a narrow beam that casts a shadow. The 60cm ParaBeam 400 can
light a four-person news desk from about 5 metres, but will also focus
like a hard light on just one presenter after rotating the fixture.
 The
ParaBeam 400 has four 55-Watt compact True Match lamps (equivalent to
a 3K tungsten soft light, using under two amps of power), while the ParaBeam
200 has a pair of 55-Watt lamps. They have DMX and manual dimming, and
are only 10cm deep, to take up very little space.
It also has a new quick-release Power Card ballast system, allowing
users to replace or upgrade its electronics without any tools.
Nov 2002
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