Isco III S

Here are some photos of the new Isco IIIS. Little brother to the III. I took some photos of them side by side for refrence. Same internal construction as the III, only smaller. Smaller means it is targeted at long throws and/or smaller panel sizes. III is still king, but this will be a new option with the same performance for those who don't need, or want the III. Will be less expensive however I don't have any MSRP info at this time. I believe this one is the first non-OEM piece in country. I expect them to be hard to get. Even this one is a loaner. Figured some of you would like to see it:

Alan: if the web address in the photos gives anyone heartburn, let me know and I'll remove the photos (or you will ). It's not there to advertise, I don't have any of these for sale. It's more for photo copyright.









I dont' have much other info to share right now. Excuse the rough photos.

Also, that is a (partially assembled) new Isco Multistand II on my padded table beside the lenses. I like it much, much better than the old stand. You can adjsut height and tilt independently. And it looks much better IMO.

Only in size. The Isco II had a different internal construction and some problems associated with that optical design as compared to the III. My understanding is it had 2 cylindrical and 2 spherical elements where the III and now IIIS both have 4 cylindrical elements. So my understanding from Isco is this one ought to perform just like the III, for projectors whose beam can fit through it. Much better than the II.

It's much smaller, but, it appears to be substantially larger than Schneider's CineDigitar.

At my shop I have a demo C3X720 I'm using to make an integrated CineSlide mount for Sim2. I held the III-S up in front of it last night. With the C3X zoomed out, to my surprise, the beam fit through it with apparent room to spare. It had plenty of clearance on the exit, it was tightest on the entrance/back side. But with that very rough test, I didn't see any vignetting at the long throw. I don't know what lens is in that PJ though. Surely the T2.

Best pricing is tightly tied to (large) order quantities. And the exchange rate (about 1.5 USD to the Euro today) has a huge effect on them, too. The II sales were before my time but I *think* the price Jason mentioned will be in the ballpark, maybe plus a little. I'd speculate it will run around a couple grand less than a III. I'll probably have some real pricing info in the next few weeks.

This one's more sensous. You have to hold, twist and feel the action on this one. All the movement is on the inside here. Easier to lift, but that can be a good thing. Subtle, sublime, mmmmm.

Yes, that's what I meant of course.
What that 13mm socket wrench laying on it's side wasn't enough?

Surprised it took this long for someone to ask. I meant to originally and just forgot to get back to it. Was too lazy at that moment to go shoot/load/photoshop/scale/etc... But sure, I will be happy to get a size reference in a photo.

AB, I thought you'd be interested in this design detail. Like the III, the IIIS exit element does move in relation to the entrance element (excuse my less than technical terms) when focusing. A cosmetic difference is that the external body length does not change. Also, the IIIS has a lock thumb screw on the side (not pictued).

I haven't had this one (mounted) in front of a PJ to see any screen effects.

One other detail for those not familiar with the III. The larger III in the photos above has it's focus ring adjusted so it is extended out a good bit. The III gets shorter/longer as you adjust that ring. You can see if you look close that it would not be much taller/longer than the III-S if it were adjusted at it's mimimum length. But each individual installation dictates that position, and thus length. The III-S body length does not change, that movement happens inside the case.

I'll have it for a while. I'll take another shot or 2 this weekend.

As requested.... Obviously these aren't catalog quality shots, excuse please. I don't have a ruler handy that doesn't cause my exposure to be off. So I fiddled with the shots ehough so you can see the tick marks and the lens. The DVD is pretty clear though. S













While I'm at it, the new Multistand II:

THT?

Welcome, I took some shots of the entrance side but they didn't come out. I'll try to take time to try harder before I send it back.

Yes until recently we only had the Iscostat-9 available in the US for non-OEM. The Iscostat-9 was the older stand with the Bosch square posts. And until recently you would have had the multistand-II similar Multistand-I. At my request Isco redesigned the Multistand-I to be compatible with the CineSlide. The "I" isn't compatible. Isco just finished those chages a few weeks ago. While similar at a glance, the Multistand-II has several changes compared to the "I". The are easy to tell apart, the post sliders sit rearward of the lens on the Multistand I and they sit closer to center (40mm offset from rear) on the Multistand II. The specific lens adapter ring enters from the rear on the multistand II. And the Multistand II has a set screw to prevent lens rotation. The multistand II mount plate is thicker, and uses larger (M4 hex socket vs M3 flat head) set screws for holding the lens adapter ring.


Yes. In case I forgot to say, it only worked with the sample C3X I had with the zoom at max/long/narrow. But I was surprised it fit even then. The sample C3X probably has a T2 lens so a throw of well over 2.0 (maybe 2.7) where I did the rough check. This was unmounted so I can't assure anyone it would work witha C3X, yet .

Update:

Now this is something I DID NOT expect. I took a C3X(720) and tested it with the new lens. Lens mounted and projecting ona 51" tall screen. What I found was indeed surprising. This lens worked comfortably from a throw of 1.6 to 2. It may hav gone a little lower but I didn't want to push it. This on a case that has a recessed lens.

I don't know how much larger the light beam is on a C3X 1080, but the panel size is larger IIRC, right?

Yep, just measured it. Diameter of rear element is 70mm.