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Monday, October 22, 2007

ESTA Two New Lighting Standards Approved, Available For Purchase

Live Design: "On October 10, 2007 the ANSI Board of Standards Review approved as American National Standards two new documents from ESTA's Technical Standards Program: E1.35, Standard for Lens Quality Measurements for Pattern Projecting Luminaires Intended for Entertainment Use, and E1.36, Model Procedure for Permitting the Use of Tungsten-Halogen Incandescent Lamps and Stage and Studio Luminaires in Vendor Exhibit Booths in Convention and Trade Show Exhibition Halls."

1 comment:

Derek said...

More and more standards, but both of these seem quite useful, both from the technician's point of view, and the end-use's point of view. The first, helps provide first-time users with some concept of the quality of a lense and how its image will look. The later helps provide a standard of safety and common usage techniques to insure safety and consistancy. In general standards complicate things, but make the industry much more effective and interchangeable. These make the manufacturer do more work, but overall do help the industry.