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6 V/20 W incident lamp
• The 6 V/20 W lamp is an inc lined incident sou r ce for
illuminating SIJat i al ob jects.
• By us i ng two lamps, you can soften or eliminate shadows.
• At the nominal voltage 16 VI , the col or tempe rat ure is 3200 K,
ideal for photography. Set the regulating transformer to this
nominal voltage (see page 38).
Assembly ~ Release the clamiJing screw.
~ Un f old the lampholder arm.
Diffusing and
other filters
~Secure the lampholder to the lamp.
~ Use the screw to secure the clamp to
the side-faced co l umn, either above or
below the focusing drive .
~ Using a fork wrench and the thread con-
nector, attach the lampholder arm to the
clamp, on either the right or the left.
~ Position the lamp.
~ Retighten the clamping screw.
• The thread connector also enables the lampholder
to be connected to the cast foot.
A total of 4 filter ho l ders with 0 32 mm filters can
be attached.
A heat-absorbing
filter is bui lt in.
~ Push the filter holde r, complete with
di ffusing filter, onto one of the pegs,
and swing it in.
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Operating the lamp
lA Observe the safety notes on page 7.
~ Observe the notes with respect to the use of the
transfonner on page 38.
~ Connect the cable between the lamp housing and the trans-
former
(iJage 38) .
~ Switch on the transformer and use the
rotary
knob to adjust the brightness.
Illuminating the object ~ Push the condenser lens forwards
or backwards until the slid er engages.
~ Hold the lamp hous i ng and release
the clamping screw.
~Align the light spot with the object.
~ Retighten the cl amping screw.
~ Adjust the size of the light spot by
moving the condense r lens forward
or back.
~If necessary, swing in a filter (page 42).
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