Peter Daffarn

Thank you all - we are currently sat at 64th place. We just need to get into the top 50. Then we get to pitch directly to the judges. I don't think it's fair that the other companies are also still getting votes - surely that is not allowed? Anyway - thanks again for your support. P.S. Keep an eye on us. We have some great ideas for new products which I hope you guys will love.

Hi All, Here in the UK the Virgin group are running a competition for small companies to win a top prize of £250K and two runner prizes or £100K. Sadly not just going to give us a bunch of used notes....I did ask. But rather the above amount in marketing and brand awareness assistance. As a small UK manufacturer Photon Beard would find this unbelievably valuable. We have some great ideas for products that will help all you guys but we need to increase our profile in order to grow the business. All you need to do to help us is visit this link http://www.virginmediabusiness.co.uk/pitch-to-rich/grow/photon-beard/ Vote for us and then check your inbox for the confirmation email. You must confirm your vote for it to count. Voting closes on 5th May so please vote ASAP - yes even you other lighting manufacturers - you know you want to help us as well! You do not have to be in the UK to vote so where ever you are on this small planet you can help us. Should we win you can be sure that Cinematography.com would be one of the major marketing tools we would inform Richard Branson's team about and we would try and divert a good portion of the funds to this forum. Thank you in advance on behalf of all at Photon Beard. Peter Daffarn Managing Director Photon Beard UK

We have a fantastic price available currently for a maximum of 20 ARRI M40 4kW HMI systems. The heads are unused, new, still in the box genuine ARRI and have been purchased via an official distributor so full warranty etc will appply. The ballasts are manufactured by Power to Light, a UK company who makes ballasts for HMI lights from 200W to 24kW. The system is an M40 head, Barndoors, Lamp, Head to 50' (15.2m) ballast cable and 2.4/4kW electronic ballast. The usual price for these is around £10K (US$15K) each We are selling them for just £6,995 each Prices are Ex Works UK and exclude VAT which will be added for UK orders. We can ship worldwide, at extra cost, once we know your location. We can accept payment via bank transfer or credit card. Contact Projects Department for more details Regards Peter Daffarn

We have a fantastic price available currently for a maximum of 20 ARRI M40 4kW HMI systems. The heads are unused, new, still in the box genuine ARRI and have been purchased via an official distributor so full warranty etc will appply. The ballasts are manufactured by Power to Light, a UK company who makes ballasts for HMI lights from 200W to 24kW. The system is an M40 head, Barndoors, Lamp, Head to 50' (15.2m) ballast cable and 2.4/4kW electronic ballast. The usual price for these is around £10K (US$15K) each We are selling them for just £6,995 each Prices are Ex Works UK and exclude VAT which will be added for UK orders. We can ship worldwide, at extra cost, once we know your location. We can accept payment via bank transfer or credit card. Contact Projects Department for more details Regards Peter Daffarn

Sales Pitch Warning Have a look at - http://www.photonbeard.com/square-one.html For batteries - http://dsmpower.tv/ (nothing to do with us) The Square One is a fluorescent alternative to LED 1x1's. Mains or battery powered. Tungsten or Daylight via tube change. Regards Peter Daffarn Managing Director Photon Beard Ltd Unit K3, Cherry Court Way Stanbridge Road Leighton Buzzard Bedforshire LU7 4UH United Kingdom T +44(0)1525 850911 F +44(0)1525 850922 M +44(0)7867 527394 Email peter@photonbeard.com Web www.photonbeard.com

Thanks for the replies guys, As far as manufacture goes I am very pleased to say that they are mostly UK made - even the PCB's - probably not the actual components on the PCB's. The head is entirely UK manufactured and the ignitor and ballast are made by Power to Light who do all our electronics. With regard to the ballast - Yes as standard we offer a 575/1200 flicker free electronic ballast. There will very soon be an option for a high frequency ballast. However if you already have a 1200W ballast with ARRI connectors you can use that. We can also do other connector pinouts if required such as Strand or K5600. Lenses - A good point and they can be available. The housing is our traditional tungsten 2kW Blonde modified for HMI. Yes there is a UV safety glass permanently fitted so not actually open face but as close to as you can get with HMI. We already offer a Fresnel lens and scrim sets. The reason we don't see a need for focusing lens sets is that the unit itself has a spot/flood mechanism so you can alter the beam angle without lenses. Additionally we never expected the unit to be used direct. We always had in mind that it would be bounced or passed through some form of diffusion. However having seen the quality of the beam from the final reflector design I am very pleased with how even the spread is so it could be used direct. Thanks Peter Managing Director Photon Beard UK

Our first HMI is now in production following 2 years of testing. During that time the unit started life in Los Angeles and has flown to London, Dubai, back to Los Angeles, Singapore, Mumbai and Moscow from memory. It has done numerous trade shows where it was turned on at 9am and off at 6pm. In all those travels and many hours of use it has only used 1 lamp and is still running on the second. Platinum Blonde - a 1.2kW HMI in a traditional Blonde housing. Lots of light output in a very light weight housing - great for bounce or punching through a silk. Uses a standard ARRI connector so your exisiting 1.2kW ballasts will most likely work with it. More details can be found here - http://www.photonbeard.com/assets/plat-blonde.pdf It can be supplied as head, Barndoor, Lamp and head to ballast cable for just £1,495.00 Ex Works, Ex VAT (If applicable) Or it can be supplied as above with a 575/1200W UK manufactured ballast for £2,995.00 Ex Works, Ex VAT (If applicable) To find a way to buy one please look at our buy/rent page - http://www.photonbeard.com/buyrent.html If you need any more information please feel free to contact us at any time. info@photonbeard.com or call +44(0)1525850911

These are provisional figures measured using an un anodised reflector. The final version should be around 10% higher. Platinum Blonde @3M @5M Spot (22 degrees) 20, 500 lux 5,730 lux Flood (58 degrees) 5,100 lux 1,980 lux Mid (38 degrees) 9,500 lux 3,570 lux

Hi Phil, We were the first to launch plasma into this market beating Hive by just a few months. Spectrally plasma is outstanding. As close to natural daylight as you are likely to get in a man made source. In terms of efficiency we found plasma to be better than HMI but not enough to counter some of the other issues . In our opinion the many advantages of plasma do not out weigh the current disadvantages such as hot re-strike and instability in the beam at certain angles. There are other factors but I do not want to dwell to much on them as plasma has great potential. We have not given up on plasma - just the format offered by Luxim, is in our opinion, not the best for image capture use. We are working with another manufacturer of plasma sources to develop a line more suited to our market. Pete

Hi Tom, We have a Plasma light we can show you - for a number of reasons we feel it is commercially un-viable so we never put it into production. It uses the same source as the Hive units but in a very different housing. Any time you are free just give the factory a call. It is in Leighton Buzzard so not too far from you. We can show you a full selection from tungsten, fluorescent, LED, HMI and plasma. Regards Peter

Hi Tom, We have now - this week - completed testing and all is ready to go. I expect the first units will be ready for sale in August. Where are you based - we have the test unit which we can show you sometime. Regards Peter

Sales pitch warning - I am the MD of Photon Beard. Have a look at our Square One - think LED 1x1 but with fluorescent. Why fluorescent - quality of light output and repeatability between fixtures. The square One can me mains or battery powered, tungsten or daylight. More info is here - http://www.photonbeard.com/square-one.html Thanks Sales pitch over Peter

SALES PITCH WARNING I am the MD of Photon Beard a UK manufacturer of lighting for image capture. We are about to go into production with our HMI Blonde - 1.2kW We are aiming it at the M18 market but at a budget price. For £2,995.00 you get a complete system - head, electronic ballast, lamp, barndoors. All manufactured in the UK - the ballasts are made by Power to Light in Manchester if you need more info please look at www.photonbeard.com and look for the Platinum Blonde on the news page Thanks Peter