Appendix III
Lamp tables
Incandescent lamps
In general, incandescent lamps for film, TV and theatre in Europe can be divided into three groups, having the codes of CP, P and T. The designations are given by the Lighting Industries Federation (LIF) and are broadly described as follows:
| CP | Originally stood for Colour Photography, because the first lamps were imported from the USA by the film industry. All CP lamps are 3200 K and are single ended, ranging in size from 300 to 20 000 W. |
| P | This class of lamps are also 3200 K but they are linear, double ended types, ranging in size from 250 to 2000 W. |
| T | Indicates lamps designed for theatre, because they are of the order 2900-3000 K with an appropriately longer life, ranging in size from ... |
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