Great Links to All Sorts of Things

The set of American Genius 2015
 

Gaffer Reference Links

 

  • Amphenol Plastic Connectors
How to install and repair Amphenol plastic connectors used on LiteMat power supplies:

 https://support.measurand.com/support/solutions/articles/19000035418-rewiring-amphenol-connectors

 

  • Gaffer and Gear
Technical reviews of popular lights and film gear YouTube:

 https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOgN351K45vTrozaadFPXlA/featured

 

  • Astera Lighting App
Tutorials for the Astera App at the Astera Academy.  Everything you wanted to know but were afraid to ask!

https://astera-led.com/academy/ 

 

  •  Find the Delta UV Value From CIE 1931 Coordinates

Here is an interesting site I stumbled across where you can find the delta UV value from CIE 1931 coordinates (x,y):

https://www.waveformlighting.com/tech/calculate-duv-from-cie-1931-xy-coordinates


  •  HMI Pin Configurations For Different Manufacturers

Every gaffer's greatest annoyance;  you have a non-Arri head or ballast and need to know if it is compatible with your cables, etc.  It's an oddly a difficult thing to find out.  The Glenair HMI connector catalog has a chart for HMI pin configurations:

https://www.airelectro.com/downloads/Glenair-HMI-Lighting-Catalog.pdf


  •  Arri HMI Catalog From 2012

There is a universe of old Arri HMIs out there.  This Arri HMI catalog from 2012 has a wealth of information about Arri's HMI lighting; many of these lights are discontinued:

http://grip.com.ua/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/ARRI_2012_lighting_Catalog.pdf


Fun Stuff

  • Why I Want To Join the Masons or the Oddfellows

The 1930 DeMoulin Brothers & company catalog of supplies for fraternal organizations has an amazing assortment of amusing and bizarre (and probably dangerous) gags, along with a strange obsessions with goats.

Any gag that involves water, electricity, and an explosive charge, had to be a barrel full of fun.  Belonging to organizations like the Freemasons or the Oddfellows must have been a lot of fun in the 1930s:

 http://www.phoenixmasonry.org/masonicmuseum/demoulin/index.htm