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Laser
F/X On-line Newsletter - Special Reports
ILDA
- 1998
Amsterdam Meetings
1998
ILDA Trade Show - B
We have split the Trade Show pages into two sections so as
to provide maximum coverage with minimal download times
Laserists checking out the
products at the Trade Show
Here is part two of an overview of the vendors and equipment on display:
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HB-LASERKOMPONENTEN (Germany)
HB sells optics, lightshow components,
rents out lasers, repairs and refurbishes lasers and sells used
lasers. An ALC 60X whitelight doing 150 mW was on display in their
booth.
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LASER PHYSICS INC (USA)
Laser Physics offers a full range of air-cooled
argon and while light lasers designed specifically for laser
displays. The lasers are a one-piece design with power supply
integrated into the head, and feature a zero maintenance sealed
mirror design. Powers up to one watt running on single phase power
are available.
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NEOS TECHNOLOGIES INC., (USA)
NEOS manufacturers the popular 8-line and
4-line PCAOMs with driver electronics available in finished rack
mount units or OEM modules. They also make complete turn keys
systems for laser based video displays, 3D volumetric displays and
laser micro machining centres. Of special note was the new
anti-blooming optical system for using their PCAOMs with higher
power lasers that was introduced at ILDA. It was demonstrated in the
booth with a Sabre laser.
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LIGHTING SYSTEMS DESIGN INC., (USA)
LSDI does custom displays/shows and
also manufacturers the Turbo Track scan amps, Universal Geometric
Corrector and high-performance laser projectors. A multi-head
'cascade ' projector was on display in the booth. Sharing the booth
with LSDI was Lee Lasers who offer high power 532 nM lasers.
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MDG
FOG/SMOKE GENERATORS (Canada)
MDG makes the popular
line of MAX smoke machines available in sizes suitable for any venue
from small rooms and clubs up to giant arenas and football stadiums.
They also manufacture the Atmospheres which produces an ultra-fine
and long lasting haze that is perfect for laser beam shows.
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LaserAnimation Sollinger (Germany)
Laser Animation manufacturers the Lasergraph
DSP workstation with real time 3D projections in full colour. They
also manufacture high-end scanner drivers and PCAOM electronics.
Their booth was a popular spot running graphics shows and beam shows
continuously (which accounts for all the haze in the picture).
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B & W TEK (USA)
B&W is a manufacturer of diode pumped solid-state
semiconductor blue, green, red and infrared lasers and laser optics
and drivers.
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SPECTRA PHYSICS LASERS BV (Netherlands)
Spectra Physics has a full range of lasers
for entertainment, scientific and industrial markets. Entertainment
lasers are available from 3.5 to 15 W whitelights; 1.5 to 7 W
Kryptons; 5-30 W argons and 2-10 W 532 diode-pumped lasers.
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Lasscan (Slovenia)
Lasscan offers laser show production and laser display
equipment rentals. They also offer DMX/midi live control systems,
laser display related software, embedded laser display playback
units and water screens. They were displaying their new hardware
control console that works with Pangolin's Live! show control
software.
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LIGHT DESIGN GmbH (Germany)
Laser Design displayed a new graphics software
system that offers many features laserists are familiar with as well
as Lasergraph DSP-like features.
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LASER SYSTEMS EUROPE (Belgium)
Laser Systems Europe is a producer of large-scale
shows/events and also sells and rents laser equipment to other laser
companies. They also showed their new geometric corrector which
includes on-board storage of test patterns for projector alignment
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CONTENTS
In order to present as many pictures as possible, we have broken
this special report down into a number of pages to speed access:
SPECIAL REPORT -
Introduction and Background
6 Nov - PUG MEETING
7 Nov - ATW (Advanced
Technology Workshop)
7 Nov - Canal ride and Dinner
(NOTE: Large page long download time)
8 Nov - Meeting, Seminars and
Lase-off
9 Nov - Seminars and Awards
Banquet
ILDA Trade Show - A
(NOTE: Large page long download time)
ILDA Trade Show - B
(NOTE: Large page long download time)
Candid Camera (NOTE:
Large page long download time)
Essay: Sex and Drugs in Amsterdam
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