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New Lighting iPhone App - iSquint
Do you like your iPhone/iPod Touch? Do you like to read iSquint? Well, to take a line from Apple Read more
Chauvet Set to Introduce 5 New Fixtures at Prolight + Sound
Chauvet Lighting is preparing to show off five of their latest products at Prolight + Sound next month at Prolight + Sound 2010 in Frankfurt Germany. Chauvet will be showing off some of their latest LED products that fall under both their Club/DJ and Professional markets.
From their Professional line up:
COLORado Batten 72 Tour – a [...]
K5600 Releases 200W & 400W Focal Spot
If you are a TV and Film person, you might be interested in what K5600 just released for their 200w and 400W Joker Bug’s, the Focal Spot. K5600 developed a new focal spot that fit BOTH their 200W and 400W Joker-Bug lights.
The Focal Spot utilizes a T-shape design with a mirror inside to reflect the [...]
UPDATE: Wybron Offically Announces the Cygnus
After it’s first showing at the WFX Show in Charlotte two weeks ago and then again on the Mobile Showroom, Wybron has officially announced the Cygnus 200w LED wash fixture. See our video demo of the Wybron Cygnus here along with some close up photos.
More from the Press Release:
As energy concerns rise, it’s no surprise [...]
UPDATE: #LDI09tweetup Date Change #LDI2009
Attention all, We had to change the date of the 2009 LDI tweetup from Friday, November 20 to Saturday, November 21. Jimonlight says this:
Due to some circumstances that arose, iSquint.net and I have to change the day of the TweetUp to Saturday night, November 21, 2009 at 8pm. Same fun, same bat channel, all that [...]
ADB Lighting Introduces MIKAPACK Dimmers
ADB Lighting Technologies out of Zaventem Belgium just introduced a new entry level dimmer pack, the MIKAPACK Dimmer line up. The MIKAPACK line of dimmers is designed for entry levelmarkets where flexibility and increased programming functionality is still required.
MIKAPACK 15 is a 6 Channel compact portable dimmer built in a 19” rack only 2 Units [...]
Ultratec FX Announces New Low-Lying Fogger – Dry Icer
Ultratec Special Effects, formally known as Le Maitre, has just announced the addition of a new Low-Lying fog machine, the Dry Icer. The New Dry Icer has a 20 pound capacity for Dry Ice giving you longer fog time with less dry ice replacement.
The Dry Icer has an school school feel about it. It uses [...]
ETC Introduces Unison Mosaic Show Control
Today, Electronic Theatre Controls, (ETC), introduced their latest show control product to the Unison Control product line, Mosaic. Unison Mosaic Show Control is based on the award winning Pharos show control technologies and has a range of software, controllers and accessories such as the Designer software, Unison Mosaic Expansion Modules, Unison Mosaic Show Controller X [...]
Read More ...Rumor Confirmed: ETC Set To Release iPhone App
We received a message from one of our sources that ETC is prepared to release an iPhone App called the iRFR. While information is a little scares at the moment, we have some details. The iRFR (iPhone Radio Focus Remote), is designed to work on all the newer boards released by ETC through wireless networking [...]
Read More ...Ushio Synergy LED MR-16 Lamp
Synergy: The interaction of two or more agents or forces so that their combined effect is greater than the sum of their individual effects.
The Ushio Synergy MR-16 LED lamp is a culmination of breakthrough combination of patented optical technology, LED packaging techniques, unique electronics and superior thermal management.
The Synergy lamp uses 3 -4w LED’s with [...]
Tomcat Introduces New CORE Box Truss
Tomcat was showing off their newest line of box trussing at SETC called CORE. CORE is a 12″x12″ box truss that was taken from the standard 12″x12″ light duty truss and modified the components to provide a more efficient truss at a more efficient price. The CORE comes in at only 60 lbs. for a [...]
Read More ...Apollo Designs Demos Their New Clip Light
Apollo Design has put a new twist on the back stage clip light. It looks exactly like the clip light that you would pick up at your local hardware store, only Apollo has put their special touch to it.
Almost every theatre has at least one clip light backstage as a work light or cross over [...]
New Book Out by Richard Cadena
Richard Cadena, the author of such books as Lighting Design for Modern Houses of Worship and Automated Lighting: The Art and Science of Moving Light in Theatre, has just released a new book titled, Electricity for the Entertainment Electrician & Technician.
Richard’s new book explains the fundamentals of electricity and explain the principles of power distribution, [...]
