Telescan (1979)
Cameleon
Moving mirror
More information at this Telescan tribute site.
1979: Mark 1 - 1200W HMI source, two colour wheels each containing 2 colours plus open white, iris, manual zoom & focus, mirror with 90 degrees of pan and 70 degrees of tilt. External ballast for lamp.
1985: Mark 2 - 3 colour mixing, frost filter, six position gobo wheel
(From ABTT Information card, November 1985:
The Telescan Mkll is an HMI 1200 remote-controlled follow-spot with built-in colour changer, iris, dimmer, black-out shutter and optional diffraction filter and gobo changer. A remote-controlled mirror changes the direction of the light beam with speed and precision. Telescan's unique colour changer produces 393, 984 different shades of colour. The system is digitally controlled by computer with two dynamics - Cross-fade and Flashing - across all the functions.)
1989: Added 180 degrees of pan and 90 degrees of tilt and rotating gobos.
1990: Mark 3 - Smaller unit, dichroic colour, motorised focus, 260 degrees pan, optional 'le voyage dans l'image' - glass images across the beam
1994: Mark 4 - 2500W HMI lamp. Replaced gobos with film scroller, adding moving effects. Prism effect to rotate images. 36 of these used on the 1994 Pink Floyd Division Bell tour (along with 300 Vari*Lites).
?: Mark 5 - added a second scrolling image film and wide angle lens option.
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Exhibits in the Backstage Heritage Collection
Catalogue & Journal Entries for Telescan in the Backstage Heritage Collection
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