Sneak Peak at Prism Projection’s RevEAL Studio Fresnel LED Fixture
You have heard me talk about the Prism Projection RevEAL Studio fixture before. In fact, I shot a little video of Garrett Young, the President of Prism Projection talking about the new fixture at NAB earlier this year. My oh my how a couple of months can change a fixture. When I looked at the fixture back in April, it was totally different design then what I say at 4Wall DC’s Grand Opening.
Miles from Prism Projection was kind enough to give me a close up look at the fixture and was my mind blown. Miles still won’t let me crack the fixture open, but can you blame him, they have some super secret technology in there! The RevEAL Studio fixture now looks and feels just like a true fresnel, only with LEDs!
The Studio fixture is able to change color temperature from 2700k to 8000k with a high CRI of 92+. Not only can you get almost any color temperature of white you are looking for, with Prisms unique array of LEDs you are able to get super saturated colors across the spectrum. Best part, no rainbow shadows like a typical multi-source RGB LED fixture would produce.
The ReaVEAL Studio features local and remote control of the entire fixture from dimming, color mixing modes and even fan control. Want a higher output of light, turn the fan off. To quite down the fixture, turn the fan off, but lose a bit of intensity out of the fixture. The fixture automatically adjust the light output to help save the LEDs from being run down and over heated, how smart.
Here is another great feature of the RevEAL Studio fixture. Say you want to take the fixture out on the road and on location. I’m talking to you TV and Film guys. The fixture only requires 200w – 250w depending on what type of power you use. The fixture is able to accept AC & DC power input. So while on the road, you can hook the fixture up to a battery and run the fixture at just 200w between 10-36v. Then when you bring it back into the studio, the fixture is auto sensing between 85-268v AC at just 250w.
I have to say, very impressive. If you are heading to LDI, be sure to stop by the Prism Projection stand and check out the RevEAL Studio fixture. If you can’t wait a couple of weeks, head over to Prism Projection’s website, www.prismprojection.com and learn more about the fixture there.
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ETC Adds to the Selador Series of LEDs: The Pearl
Where you at PLASA this year? If you stopped by the ETC booth, you should have seen their latest Selador LED product, the Pearl. ETC has added a white mixing unit to their popular Selador Series of LED products to help round out their offerings.
The Pearl takes advantage of the best traits of the newest white LED offerings. Combining simplicity of use and the powerful output of white LEDs, Pearl provides a bright white light for studio and stage. Pearl provides a carefully chosen mix of warm white (3200K) and cool white (5700K) LEDs that can be variably adjusted to provide just the right color temperature of white light – for the eye or the camera.
Pearl’s uses the same lens system as all the other Selador fixtures, giving the user incredible control over the field size – from a narrow, soft-edge 17° spot — to an extremely wide 80° field of light. Pearl produces 3460 lumens from less than 125 watts of power, so the power at your video location goes a whole lot further.
ETC will be rolling out an “official” press release in the near future and be showing the new Pearl at LDI next month in Las Vegas. Read more about the Pearl by visiting the super secret hidden page about the Pearl on their webite, www.etcconnect.com.
Philips Strand Leko Lite… The Strand SL is Reborn?
Take a look at Philips Strand latest fixture, the Leko Lite. No, no, I mean it, take a REALLY close look at it. Remind you of a fixture that recently went away? Maybe the Strand SL is a phoenix, it died and has been reborn as the Leko Lite, they do share a bunch of the same features and design aspects. We’ll come back to that…
The Leko Lite offers a fixed and variable beam angle fixture line up. For the fixed beam, there is the 5, 10, 19, 26, 36 & 50. In the variable or zoom fixtures, there is the 15 to 32 & the 23 to 50. As for lamps, the Leko Lite uses Philips Hi-Brite, FastFit Lamps at 575w, 750w in 115v and 800w in 230v. The FastFit Lamp socket is a neat feature, no more wrestling to get the burner house out the back. Although I am a little curious about how bench focusing works.
One thing that I loved from the SL line up was the 360 degree body rotation at the yoke. The Leko Lite carries that feature forward. Along with the ability to accept and change lens tubes with the SL line up of fixtures. I guess the Leko Lite really is the SL reborn.
For more information on the Philips Strand Leko Lite, visit their website at www.strandlighting.com.
Philips Color Kinetics ColorBlast TRX
Do you like the Color Kinetics ColorBlast? Who doesn’t? It’s small, portable, powerful and does uplighting beautifully. The ColorBlast just got better. Color Kinetics introduced it’s latest version of the ColorBlast, the ColorBlast TRX.
The ColorBlast TRX adds two more colors to the fixture making it an RGBAW LED wash fixture. In addition to the Amber and White LEDs on the fixture, Color Kinetics added on board DMX addressing! No more addressing at the power supply, it on the fixture, YEA!
The on-board touch-sensitive menus offer direct access to all on-board functions. Fixture self-test visually confirms proper fixture operation, while diagnostics display information such as serial number, operating temperature, and input voltage.
The ColorBlast TRX has a lumen output of 1577 with a 10 degree beam angle compared to the ColorBlast TR at only 960 in a 10 degree. Don’t expect the ColorBlast TRX to die out any sooner, the LEDs are rated up to 80,000 hours and still just draw 50 watts of power. With all of these awesome numbers, you would expect that the fixture would be larger then the original ColorBlast… wrong, the TRX is just slightly bigger by half and inch on each plane!
The ColorBlast TRX still requires a Color Kinetics Power Supply to operate the fixture. And just like the original ColorBlast, all sorts of accessories are available such as barndoors, tops hats and louvers.
To learn more about the ColorBlast TRX, head over to Color Kinetics website at www.colorkinetics.com.
Sneak Peak at Philips/Selecon PL-3 LED Fresnel
When you reach the Broadway level of being a lighting designer, you can pretty much get what ever you want. I am not talking about fame and fourtune but new fixtures and technologies. Such as the case for Don Holder at the Broadway Lighting Master Classes this year. Mr. Holder put on a great session about LEDs vs Tungstens. Since Mr. Holder is a well respected and fantastic lighting designer, he has access to a load of products before they are even announced.
Such as the case with the sneak peak that we got of Philips/Selecon upcoming LED Fresnel, the PL-3. Mr. Holder was able to get not just one of these prototype fixtures, but two for his session. Yeah, I was a little jealous! ;) But enough about that, what about the PL-3.
The PL-3 uses three of the LED engines from the Vari-lite VLX fixture. That means that the PL-3 is a 3 engine, RGBW mixer at 90 watts per engine. Just like the VLX, the PL-3 color mixing happens behind the lens to give an even color out the front of the fixture. Speaking of light coming out the front, the PL-3 is putting out 8200 Lumens of LED goodness with a zoom range of 5 to 50 degree spread.
The entire fixture runs off just 320 watts of power and produces as much light as a 1000 watt tungsten fresnel. The PL-3 is still in the process of being developed but is rumored to have WDMX, WiFi, Network and DMX protocols included right on the fixture. If you look closely, you may notice the fixture housing and yoke are made of plastic. Since the fixtures runs a heck of a lot cooler then a typical tungsten fresnel of that size, Philips/Selecon was able to make the PL-3 even lighter by using a plastic composite.
The PL-3 is still not ready for the big time and like I mentioned, still in development so no release date has been announced yet along with pricing. I have heard hints of another version of the PL-3 is in the works, the PL-5. I’ll let you take a guess on what that means.
Take a look at some of the photos I was able to sneak in at the BLMC2010.
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Strand Selecon Introduce SPX Fixed Beam Fixtures
Strand Selecon recently announced the arrival of the SPX Fixed Beam fixtures. The goal of the SPX series of fixtures is to help round out the entire line of Strand Selecon fixture range including the Pacific and Acclaim series of lights.
The SPX Series of fixtures use 220-240v lamps, the 600w GKV, the 600w GLB and the 800w GKV lamps. Currently, I have not found any documentation or cross reference to a 110-120v lamp for the SPX fixture. At 800w, Strand Selecon is stating that the SPX fixtures deliver up to 63% more light on stage compared to current industry benchmarks. The combination of this optical reflector design with premium optical lenses (supplied as standard) provides a crisp white light with no pinkish hues or other colour cast delivering both high definition pattern projection as well as the color results you deserve from your filter selections.
The Strand Selecon SPX is available in 14°, 19°, 26°, 36° and 50° lens which are interchangeable. Also available are two zoom fixtures, a 15°-30° & 25°-50° spread.
To learn more about the Strand Selecon SPX series of fixtures and all its features, visit the Strand Selecon web site at www.seleconlight.com.
Chroma-Q Color Force LED Batten Fixture
Here is something that I have been meaning to write up about since USITT, the Chroma-Q Color Force. Coming up to the AC Lighting booth at USITT, I was curious to see what was hidden in their 20′ high curtains. It was Chroma-Q’s latest product, the Color Force LED Batten fixture.
After watching the Color Force cycle through a couple of colors, I was hooked, I had to learn more. That is when I was approached by Fred from AC Lighting. “I’ll bet you $100 dollars that you will be in awe after the fixture demo.” How could I pass this chance to win a $100 dollars? Even if I was amazed, I took acting 101 in college, I bet I could hide me amazement. Yeah, after 2 minutes, I clearly lost the bet and my face showed it. I guess it was a good thing I didn’t become an actor! Comparing the Color Force to a 1000 watt cyc light, the cyc light clearly lost. Not only in coverage, but output and color accuracy. Ask me, I think the bet was rigged some how, but still worth it.
There are two versions of the Color Force as of right now, the 48 and 72. As you can guess, the numbers tell how long each fixture is in inches. Each fixture is made up of 6″ “cells” that contain 24 RGBA LEDs with lumen output of 8,00o for the 48 and 12,000 for the 72 and a CRI rating of 92. The LEDs lamp hour rating is expected to last up to 25,000 hours. The fixtures have a range of 100-240v AC input with a max power consumption of 480w for the 48 and 720w for the 72 and offer a PowerCon pass in/through. All and all, the numbers add up to make an impressive fixture.
I shot some video of the Color Force in action, but due to my crappy camera skills that day, the video just does not do the fixture justice! You have to see this thing in person. For more information on the Color Force, visit Chroma-Q’s web site at www.chroma-q.com. If you are in the states, make sure to talk to AC Lighting about when a demo of the Color Force will be in your neck of the woods.
Robert Juliat Releases the Aledin LED Profile Into the Wild
Remember that “project” Robert Juliat showed off at LDI in a back room under special invite? Looks like the “project” has been turned into a final product and is getting ready to ship! Here is more from the Press Release:
The Aledin™ is the first product of its type to achieve significant output AND superlative framing and projection ability from an extremely low-powered LED light source.
Aledin Features:
- Very low power consumption (85W) for dramatic energy conservation
- Up to 30 units can be powered from one domestic power outlet
- Extra long LED life for reduced maintenance
- Low heat output preserves colour media
- Enables use of metal, glass or plastic gobo materials
- Built-in framing shutters (up to eight) with locking system
- Available in 3500°K and 5800ºK colour temperatures
- Colour temperature remains constant during dimming
- Built-in electronic flicker-free dimmable PSU with direct DMX input (No external dimmer required)
- Reduced HVAC demand
- Environmentally sensitive – No UV or IR Emissions
Based around Robert Juliat’s 600SX Series profile, the Aledin benefits from the famed double condenser optical system and retains all the features of a standard Robert Juliat profile. Aledin’s low power consumption is of value where power availability is limited, whilst the choice of colour temperatures make it equally at home in a theatre or opera house lighting rig, whether tungsten or discharge. Aledin™ is also perfect for environments such as historic theatres or museums, since there are no UV or IR emissions to damage sensitive fabrics or exhibits.
The Aledin™ LED Profile Spotlight is available in three zoom ranges and can also be purchased as a retrofit kit for Robert Juliat 600 Series Tungsten, the 400 Series Quincy and the Figaro luminaires. Orders for Aledin are now being accepted for delivery in Summer 2010.
More information on Robert Juliat can be found at www.robertjuliat.com and www.robertjuliatamerica.com. Pricing has not been announced or published, contact your local Robert Juliat Dealer for pricing and additional information.
UPDATE: Retail price $ 2,995.00
MORE Updates: Here is a little more about the two versions of the Aledin.
3800k – Lumen output: 3000 & CRI of 82
5800k – Lumen output: 4500 & CRI of 65
Prism Projection Introduces Reveal Studio LED Fixture – NAB 2010
While at NAB last week, I ran into one of my good friends Miles Dudgeon from Prism Projection. After geeking out for a bit together on the show floor over some Zeiss len’s and other photography things, Miles walked me back to his booth to show me their latest product. Garrett Young, the President of Prism Projection did a quick demo of their latest product, the Reveal Studio LED fixture.
Just like their first product, the Reveal CW, the Reveal Studio uses Red, Green, Blue, Amber and Cyan LEDs. The fixture is designed for use in studio applications as well as on location or any other use where a color mixing fixture can be used. Just like almost all of the new fixtures shown at NAB, Prism Projection has not added the Reveal Studio fixture to their web site, www.prismprojection.com. Look for ore information on this fixture and something new from Prism in the near future.
Thanks Miles and Garrett!
Lightronics Announces Par4 Fixture
I smell trouble in little china, but that is another story. I just got a press release from Lightronics announcing the release of a new fixture called the Par4. Here is more from the Press Release:
Lightronics Par4 is composed of a die cast aluminum housing and aluminum reflector for durability. Rated at 800 watts maximum the fixture utilizes a 575 or 750 watt halogen bulb with a bi-pin G9.5 base. The fixture comes equipped with four interchangeable lenses (VNSP 15 degree, NSP 19 degree, MFL 21-34 degree and WFL 30-51 degree) and a color filter frame. An optional lens replacement tool is available to simplify lens changes.
This versatile fixture produces as much light as a 1000 watt par can with a reduction in electrical consumption of up to 40 percent. The interchangeable lens allows the user to stock one type of lamp, with the four lenses available to meet the requirements of any mounting location.
This fixture is in stock in black but is available in silver or white through special order. Allow 12 weeks delivery time on special orders. The fixture is covered with a two-year warranty from Lightronics.
For more information on the Lightronics Par4, visit their web site at www.lightronics.com. What do you think? Let me know within the comments section on this article.
Lighting and Electronics Introduced the WorkLite LED
Lighting and Electronics out of Wappingers Falls New York introduced a new product the their WorkLite series of fixtures, the WorkLite LED at LDI this year.
The WorkLite LED uses 2.5 watt, high intensity white LEDs lamps at 150 lumens per LED. With 18 LEDs, that equals 2,700 lumens of output. The WorkLite produces 6,500 kelvin color temperature with a 48 degree field angle and 33 degree beam angle.
Since the fixture uses LEDs, the WorkLite LED is ideal for spaces that are looking to replace their tungsten or HID worklights with energy efficient LEDs. The fixture is low profile and light weight measuring in at 10.25″h x 15.3″w x 3.25″d and made from light weight aluminum.
The L&E WorkLite LED has an on board power supply and requires no modifications to operate on either 120v or 240v. The LEDs have a lamp life of 70,000 hours.
Production of the WorkLite LED has begun and is expected to begin shipping during the first quarter of 2010. The WorkLite is expected to be in the price range of $1,200. USD. For more information on the L&E WorkLite LED, visit L&E’s website at www.le-us.com.