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1986 Satel pictures bij Pete Westwater
Fellow vintage light fx enthusiast Pete Westwater just sent us these cool pictures of the Satel booth at a 1986 and 1987 lighting and sound exhibition in London and Madrid. Thanks Pete!
A friendly message from your admin
Due to recent multiple (successful) hacking attempts I was forced to remove and reupload / rebuild the site. Some pictures etc could be missing but I’m hoping to get everything fixed today. Update: cleaned database of spam comments. Re-uploaded picture … Continue reading
Want to contribute to this site?
Do you have cool vintage light effects that we can feature on this site? Or do you have documentation you’d like to share with other visitors? Please send your pictures, (youtube) videos, pdfs etcetera to vintagetlightfx AT (replace with @ … Continue reading
1950′s Sputik converted to disco light
Hahahah this is pretty cool. This guy took a vintage 1950′s Sputnik light fixture and added a chaser effect to it I have a similar lamp (but in my case a complete sphere ) from the sixties in my living … Continue reading
Ring Ring the ufo
This is an old video by De La Soul called Ring Ring Ring that features a spinning UFO at around 2:24. This video is probably what triggered my love for vintage light fx so I thought I’d mention it here … Continue reading
Have you seen this effect?
Please help us identify these effects by posting a comment if you know more Update: The Huge UFO has been identified as a SOGECOM and the first two pics have been identified as a light by Ever Radio by Pat … Continue reading
Sapro Supra
Some pics of the Sapro Supra. This looks like a knock off from the Clay Paky Astrospider. The bulb seems like a normal lightbulb? Photos include some internals as well as damage that appears to have been caused by a … Continue reading
Help wanted!
We are looking for experienced vintage light aficionados that would be willing to help us out with this site. If you: – have material that might be of value to this site – think you can make a positive contribution … Continue reading