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Ship, upon it's introduction in 1985, the Colortran Zoom Mini came in three flavors, all zooms: 15/30, 25/50. and 40/65. It was designed to replace the innovative, but problematic MiniEllipse 20/30/40, and to compete with 3.5" ERS for shorter throw applications: studio theatres and the like. I especially liked the fact that the FMR 600W lamp didn't "waste" any dimmer capacity. I suppose one could say the fixture was not a success, as no one copied it. Socket type is listed as TP-27. In the late 1980s, Colortran began having financial issues and was purchased by LEE, and I suspect the introduction of the ETC SourceFour™ in 1992 dealt the final blow to this fixture.