SeaChanger Plans to Announce New Nemo to the Family

We just saw on twitter that Ocean Thin Film, the makes of the CMYG mixing color engine the SeaChanger is gearing up to announce a new member to the Nemo Family of lighting fixtures.  We learned this morning from @SeaChangerET of this by clicking through to their Facebook page. The only thing mentioned on the Facebook page is that is belongs to the Nemo Family and is an Outdoor rated fixture and that it will be on display at LDI next month in the SeaChanger booth.

Since it is in the Nemo family of products, we are assumeing that this new outdoor fixture uses the LIFI Plasma source lamp with a lamp rating of 15,000 lamp hours, a CRI rating of 90+, and draws 285 watts of power.  We hope to hear more about this well before LDI.

SeaChanger’s ColorBug Has Landed…Finially

Around the time of LDI last year, we mentioned the announcement of a new measuring device from SeaChanger, the makers of the CMY color mixing engine for the source four. After seven or eight months now, SeaChanger has perfected the ColorBug and is ready to release it.

The colorBUG is an ingenious handheld sensor for testing color and luminosity in studio, architectural and theatre applications. Perfect for lighting designers, photographers and producers, colorBUG is no larger than a typical mobile phone and allows you to determine output with greater precision than ever before.

In concert with a free downloadable App on the iTunes App Store, the colorBUG allows you to share data with your iPhone or iPod touch. There’s simply nothing more convenient or clever for creating the perfect color and lighting environment.

The colorBUG makes analyzing data a snap. With its wireless capabilities, colorBUG communicates directly to your iPhone, iPod touch or Mac Wireless Router.

For more information on the ColorBug, visit SeaChangers website at www.seachangeronline.com. Visit the iTune App Store to download the ColorBug App now.  Then contact your local SeaChanger dealer to purchase the ColorBug.

Rumor Mill: New Dichroic Filters in the Works

We have heard through the grape vine that there may be a new line up of Dichroic Color filters on it’s way into the market in the coming months.  Ocean Thin Films, the makers of the color mixing engine, the SeaChanger, have been over heard talking about releasing their color filters into the market.

Ocean Thin Films produces their own dichroic filers that they use with in the SeaChanger color mixing engine.  It seems like a logical move to produce individual color filters for use in the lighting industry.

Details have on color matching current gel colors have not be mentioned.  As well as an expected release date, pricing. We have learned that these filters will fit with in the iris slot of most commonly used ellipsoidals.

Makers of the SeaChanger Form a New Company, Ocean Thin Films

We received a press release the other day that Ocean Optics, the makers of the SeaChanger for the Source 4 ellipsoidal has form a new company, Ocean Thin Films.The new company is still a division of the Health Optics & Photonics Division of Halma Holdings, Inc.Management and operations of the new company still remain intact with no personnel changes.

Read more from the Press Release:

Dunedin, FL (March 30, 2009) – The Thin Films Division of Ocean Optics, the industry leader in miniature photonics, has become a separate company. Ocean Thin Films (www.oceanthinfilms.com), as the new entity will be known, designs and manufactures patented dichroic filters and precision options for scientific and defense applications, metrology and entertainment technology.

Established in 1999 as a division within Ocean Optics, Ocean Thin Films designs and produces high-volume dichroic optical filters, which are used to selectively transmit light according to its wavelength. These precision filters and other optical components can be integrated into applications such as color-changing light for architectural and entertainment installations, CCD camera and spectral imaging for scientific instrumentation, and targeting for defense applications. In November 2008, Ocean Thin Films acquired the Golden, Colo., operation of Oerlikon Optics USA, which bolstered the company’s offering in optical components and subassemblies for instrumentation used in the life sciences, medical applications and other scientific applications.