ARRI 1.2K HMI

Description

The ARRI ARRISUN 12 is a professional 1,200W HMI daylight PAR fixture designed for film, television, commercial, music video, broadcast, and professional photography production. Known for its powerful daylight output and efficient PAR optical system, the ARRISUN 12 is an excellent choice when productions need a strong, punchy daylight source with precise beam control.

The 1.2K HMI lamp produces a daylight-balanced output around 5600K, making it particularly useful for matching natural daylight, lighting through windows, creating strong backlights, and illuminating large spaces.

Key Features

• 1,200W HMI daylight source
• Professional ARRI cinema lighting construction
• Daylight-balanced color temperature
• PAR reflector system for high-output punch
• Interchangeable PAR lenses for beam control
• Electronic ballast compatible
• Flicker-reduced operation with appropriate electronic ballast
• Strong output for interior and exterior production
• 4-leaf barndoors for beam shaping
• Designed for professional film and television production
• 28mm / 1-1/8″ junior pin mounting
• Compatible with ARRI HMI accessories and cables

Powerful Daylight Output

The ARRISUN 12 is designed to provide significantly more punch than similarly sized tungsten fixtures and is particularly effective when a production needs to project daylight over distance.

The fixture can be used as a hard daylight source, bounced into a large reflector, pushed through diffusion, or positioned outside a window to create the appearance of natural daylight indoors.

Its PAR design concentrates the HMI source into a controllable beam while allowing the operator to change beam characteristics using interchangeable lenses.

Interchangeable PAR Lenses

One of the major advantages of the ARRISUN 12 is its ability to use different PAR lenses.

Depending on the lens installed, the fixture can be configured for:

• Narrow spot
• Medium beam
• Wide flood
• General daylight illumination

This makes the ARRISUN 12 much more versatile than a fixed-beam daylight fixture.

Electronic Ballast

The ARRISUN 12 is designed to operate with a compatible HMI ballast.

An electronic ballast provides stable lamp operation and is preferred for professional motion-picture production, particularly when shooting at higher frame rates or when minimizing flicker is important.

The ballast connects to the lamp head through a dedicated HMI head-to-ballast cable.

Professional Applications

The ARRI 1.2K HMI is ideal for:

• Feature films
• Short films
• Television production
• Commercials
• Music videos
• Interviews
• Corporate productions
• Documentary production
• Photography
• Exterior daylight simulation
• Window lighting
• Backlighting
• Large bounce sources
• Large diffusion frames
• Night exterior lighting
• Day-for-night applications

Common Lighting Applications

Window Light

Place the ARRISUN 12 outside a window and push the daylight source through diffusion to create a natural-looking interior daylight source.

Backlight

The powerful daylight output makes the fixture an excellent choice for creating separation between talent and the background.

Bounce Lighting

Aim the HMI into a large bounce surface to create a broad, soft daylight source.

Through Diffusion

The ARRISUN 12 can be placed behind diffusion to create a large, soft daylight source while maintaining significantly more output than many smaller LED fixtures.

Exterior Production

The high-intensity daylight output makes the ARRISUN 12 useful for adding controlled illumination outdoors or balancing talent with strong ambient daylight.