DL2 getting brighter?

[quote=Marty Postma]I agree with you completely on that

Two nice things about the Roadsters:

1-that the Orbital Heads now mount directly to the projector...no messing around with unistrut parts like with the old/original orbital heads or other projctor models.

2-you can put whatever lens you like on the projector

Two disadvatages:

1-you lose the pysical blackout iris from the DL.2...this can be partially ovecome by simply fading out your image and then moving the head to not see the black raster box.

2-no DMX control of focus and zoom of the projector...all done either by handheld remote or a serial interface.
Marty,

We have added some DMX control of the projectors themselves, done through the serial port on the Orbital Head control box. One of the functions that we have added is the ability to control the blackout shutter built into the Roadster projector allowing for an on-the-fly complete black out. We have also added focus and zoom control of the lens if applicable. I know both of these functions work on the 16 and 20k Roadsters.

One disadvantage that you didn't touch on that I feel is a big one is the movement of the Orbital Head as compared to the DL.2 head. The DL.2 moves linearly from one point to another, while the Orbital Head moves in arcs. Also, depending on which function you adjust on the Orbital Head (pan or tilt) it will also cause the image to rotate. Both of these things can make is a bit difficult to get the output of the projector into the correct place with the correct orientation. It's by far not impossible, but requires a bit more thought when placing/orienting the projector and the Orbital Head.

Regards,

[quote=Marty Postma]I agree with you completely on that

Two nice things about the Roadsters:

1-that the Orbital Heads now mount directly to the projector...no messing around with unistrut parts like with the old/original orbital heads or other projctor models.

2-you can put whatever lens you like on the projector

Two disadvatages:

1-you lose the pysical blackout iris from the DL.2...this can be partially ovecome by simply fading out your image and then moving the head to not see the black raster box.

2-no DMX control of focus and zoom of the projector...all done either by handheld remote or a serial interface.
Marty,

We have added some DMX control of the projectors themselves, done through the serial port on the Orbital Head control box. One of the functions that we have added is the ability to control the blackout shutter built into the Roadster projector allowing for an on-the-fly complete black out. We have also added focus and zoom control of the lens if applicable. I know both of these functions work on the 16 and 20k Roadsters.

One disadvantage that you didn't touch on that I feel is a big one is the movement of the Orbital Head as compared to the DL.2 head. The DL.2 moves linearly from one point to another, while the Orbital Head moves in arcs. Also, depending on which function you adjust on the Orbital Head (pan or tilt) it will also cause the image to rotate. Both of these things can make is a bit difficult to get the output of the projector into the correct place with the correct orientation. It's by far not impossible, but requires a bit more thought when placing/orienting the projector and the Orbital Head.

Regards,