Abstract: A lighting unit includes a device for an attachment of a softbox, wherein the device for the attachment of the softbox has at least three hollow cylinders serving as receptacles of one softbox rod, wherein each of the at least three hollow cylinders is slidable in a direction of a longitudinal axis of the respective hollow cylinder, each of the at least three hollow cylinders acting in concert with a locking device to be manually settable in a locked position and an adjustable position without additional tools, wherein in the locking position, the locking device locks the hollow cylinder into at least one position, and in the adjustable position, the hollow cylinder is slidbale in the direction of the longitudinal axis to a different position.

Abstract: A spotlight having a variable angle of radiation includes a light source and a converging lens. The converging lens is the front lens of the spotlight. The front lens is eccentrically arranged such that the principal optical axis of the front lens is not coincident with the principal optical axis of the spotlight. For example, the principal optical axis of the front lens is parallel to and spaced from the principal optical axis of the spotlight by a predetermined distance.

Abstract: A spotlight having a variable angle of radiation includes a light source and a converging lens. The converging lens is the front lens of the spotlight. The front lens is eccentrically arranged such that the principal optical axis of the front lens is not coincident with the principal optical axis of the spotlight. For example, the principal optical axis of the front lens is parallel to and spaced from the principal optical axis of the spotlight by a predetermined distance.

Abstract: A spotlight has a curved reflector (1, 1′) and a lamp (2, 2′) arranged inside a cavity formed by the reflector (1, 1′). The lamp (2, 2′) and the reflector (1, 1′) are movable relative to one another in a direction of a main optical axis of the spotlight. A converging lens (5) is arranged in front of the reflector (1, 1′) in a direction of light emission. A dispersive lens (6) is arranged between the reflector (1, 1′) and the converging lens (5).

Abstract: A spotlight has an adjustable angle of radiation with modification of the angle of radiation being achieved in a manner other than by shading a beam path with a screen or mask. The spotlight has an interior light source (4) and a first lens (2) that is structured as a front lens. The first lens (2) is an aspherical lens.

Abstract: A spotlight with an adjustable angle of radiation has a light source (4) and a reflector (5) associated with the light source (4). A first focusing lens (2) is positioned in a beam path of the light source-reflector combination (4, 5). A second focusing lens (6) is placed in the beam path between the light source (4) and the first focusing lens (2). The reflector (5), the light source (4), and the second focusing lens (6) are mounted as an optical unit that is movable relative to the first focusing lens (2), along an optical axis of the spotlight along which the beam path extends. Inside the optical unit, a distance between the light source (4) and the second focusing lens (6) is adjustable. In addition, inside the optical unit a distance between the light source (4) and the reflector (5) is adjustable.

Abstract: An illuminating apparatus includes a light source (1) and a first reflector (2) arranged for reflecting light emitted by the light source. A three-dimensional attachment is mounted on the first reflector along a direction in which the first reflector reflects. The attachment has a sidewall (6) with a light-transmitting and scattering portion. A panel (7) of the attachment, positioned opposite the first reflector is, opaque. The illuminating apparatus further has a second reflector (3) with a hollowed-segmented sphere shape. The second reflector is positioned between the light source and the opaque panel of the attachment positioned opposite the first reflector. The second reflector (3) is smaller than the first reflector and has a reflecting concave surface facing the light source. The illuminating apparatus is compact, emits diffused light, and displays a bat-wing characteristic light distribution.

Abstract: An asymmetrical lamp has a main lens (2), a reflector (3) and at least one light source arranged between the reflector (3) and the main lens (2). In order to achieve a uniform illumination of all areas of an object, even when the lamp is not positioned on an axis extending 90.degree. to the object, the light source (1) and the reflector (3) are offset from an optical axis (6) of the main lens (2). The main axes (4, 5) of the light source (1) and the reflector (3) are, further, inclined to the optical axis (6) of the main lens (2). Preferably, the offset of the light source (1) and the reflector (3) relative to the optical axis (6) of the main lens (2), and the inclination of the main axes (4, 5) of the light source (1) and the reflector (3) to the optical axis (6) of the main lens (2), is adjustable so that the lamp can be optimally adjusted. In one embodiment an additional lens (7) is included between the light source and the main lens.

Abstract: An asymmetrical lamp has a main lens (2), a reflector (3) and at least one light source arranged between the reflector (3) and the main lens (2). In order to achieve a uniform illumination of all areas of an object, even when the lamp is not positioned on an axis extending 90.degree. to the object, the light source (1) and the reflector (3) are offset from an optical axis (6) of the main lens (2). The main axes (4, 5) of the light source (1) and the reflector (3) are, further, inclined to the optical axis (6) of the main lens (2). Preferably, the offset of the light source (1) and the reflector (3) relative to the optical axis (6) of the main lens (2), and the inclination of the main axes (4, 5) of the light source (1) and the reflector (3) to the optical axis (6) of the main lens (2), is adjustable so that the lamp can be optimally adjusted.

Abstract: A gate for a lamp which is particularly suited for illuminating rectangular objects comprises a holding element defining a light-passage opening which can be mounted on the lamp. Four gate wings are mounted on the holding element about the light-passage opening for defining a gate opening having substantially the approximate shape of an even-leg, or isosceles, trapezoid.

Abstract: A lighting assembly has a grid (5) arranged to be adjustable at a light outlet of a housing (1). In one embodiment, there is a plurality of grids (4, 5, 6), preferably arranged one behind the other in a direction of light rays, which are movable relative to one another. When the position of a grid (5) of such a lamp assembly is adjusted, a light emission angle of the lighting assembly is adjusted. When, in a preferred embodiment, slats of the grids are arranged in true alignment to one another, a light emission angle is relatively small. By adjusting the grids, for example by one half step adjustments relative to one another, the light emissions angle is enlarged accordingly. Thus, a directional effect can be achieved without a focussing effect, even with the use of fluorescent tubes.

Abstract: A high-frequency movie camera has a sprocket wheel for supporting and transporting of a film. A rotating prism is positioned opposite to the perimeter of the sprocket wheel and is driven by the combination of a gear located on the sprocket wheel shaft and a pinion intermeshing with the gear and attached to the rotating prism shaft. In order to avoid moves caused by the necessary clearance between the gear and pinion, an electromagnetic brake is positioned on the rotating prism shaft, which is automatically controlled to limit the prism rotational speed.

Abstract: A film transport device for cinematographic cameras and projectors has a rotary shutter, an intermittently operating film feed device, an adjusting device with at least one adjusting pin engaging in one perforation of the film and separate drive motors for the rotary shutter, adjusting device and film feed device and is further characterized by having the drives for both the adjusting device and for the film feed controlled synchronously with the rotary shutter by a common control unit.

Abstract: A surveillance device consists of a video camera, a shutterless objective, a transmission optic element with an automatically controlled cat's eye shutter, and reflecting mirrors, for projecting an intermediate image generated by the objective into the video camera. The objective can swivel about both axes of the image, while a deflecting mirror is coupled to the objective in such a way that the intermediate image is always located in the same place.