Arri M18 HMI 1800w Light System 518560 Open Face Lens Less - Arri M18 HMI 1800w Light System 518560 Open Face Lens Less

Arri M18 HMI 1800w Light System 518560 Open Face Lens Less

ARRI Introduces the M18: The “Brightest HMIs™ You Can Plug Into the Wall”

Based on the design principles of the Academy Award©-winning ARRIMAX, ARRI Lighting introduces the new M18, an innovative lamphead that works with a new power class of lamp: the 1800W SE HMI™. This lamp boasts an average life of 750 hours and a Luminous Efficacy of 92 Lumens per Watt (L/W). The Color Rendering Index (Ra) is greater than 90 at 6000K (CCT).

Now the “Brightest HMI you can plug into the wall,”* the M18 is a lens-less, open face lighting fixture that combines the desired light distribution from the optics of a PAR and a Fresnel fixture. The unique ARRIMAX reflector design creates diverging rays to produce a crisp shadow.

With a beam angle (HPA) of 20 to 60 degrees and a wide usable field angle, the M18 is designed to be both intense and efficient. When narrower beam angles are desired, ARRI offers the ARRISUN 18. The AS18 uses common ARRI spread lenses and a PAR reflector in combination with spot, medium and flood focus settings. Conversion kits are available to adapt an M18 to the AS18 (as well as an AS18 to the M18).

The M18 and AS18 are designed to be highly versatile and to achieve better lighting efficiencies in a new performance class. Intense and efficient, these lights showcase convenient, cost-effective qualities in addition to the known characteristics and high standards of ARRI HMIs™. These new units also support a 1200W lamp.

The distinctive power class of the M18 and AS18 has also necessitated the design of a new electronic ballast. ARRI’s EB 1200/1800 incorporates the latest advancements in efficiency to supply proper power for these lamps.

The M18, AS18 and EB 1200/1800 are available starting summer 2009.

* “Into the wall” denotes a single, 20A 120VAC electrical outlet on a single circuit.

System Includes:

M18 HMI Head 518500 (23.1 lbs)
4 Leaf Barndoor 552210 (3.5 lbs)
50' Head / Ballast Header Cable 505204 (10 lbs)
1200w / 1800w Electronic Ballast w/ALF, DMX, 120V/220V, 50/60Hz, 518810 (17.7 lbs)