If you could sum it up in three thoughts, LDI 2009 might be remembered for smaller booths, crowded aisles and lots of interesting new products. The recovering economy zapped the show with a shrink ray this year, and many of the normally-gargantuan spaces were reduced to countertops and backdrops.
The notable exceptions were Chauvet, Coemar, and, with their ever-expanding village of technology providers, TMB. The footprint of the overall exhibit space felt even smaller in contrast to last year's long, narrow layout, but there was plenty to see in the crowded booths and private show rooms. This year's crop of new products included the innovative use of LEDs in profile fixtures, power color wash fixtures, high reach narrow beam luminaires and flexible video displays.
Long Throw LEDs
Strong Entertainment Lighting, the company known for its followspots, surprised the industry with one of the more innovative uses of LEDs. Their new Solutions 650 LED luminaire has a 650-watt LED engine in a unique configuration that produces a long throw and a narrow field designed to illuminate tall structures. The company claims that it can deliver 24 footcandles across a 23-foot square field at a throw distance of 400 feet. Along the same lines, Lighting Innovation Technology was busy showing a prototype of the BFL-192 with patented LED combining technology. It uses dichroic filters to add red, green, and blue LEDs in a very narrow (6°) field. Both of these fixtures use a different approach than the Color Kinetics ColorReach, PixelRange SkyLine, Robe CitySkape, Robe CitySource 96 and Griven PowerShine D that have an array of LEDs with narrow lenses to produce a narrow field. Instead, the Strong and Lighting Innovation Technology fixtures combine red, green, and blue arrays of LEDs using dichroic filters that either pass the light or reflect it 90 degrees.
In another very innovative application of LEDs, Robert Juliat was showing a prototype of a profile spot with an LED engine. The fixture was housed in one of their existing profile spot products, but it had an LED engine. What was unique about it was that it projected a full-color gobo with surprising clarity. It appeared to have lots of light output, perhaps comparable to about 80 percent of the output of a Leko. There are some LED profile fixtures, but not with this combination of quality optics and light output. Prism Projection was also showing a hard-edged LED profile spot sans the pattern projection. The RevEAL LED Color Wash was designed for high color rendering (CRI 95), color uniformity and adjustable color temperature. It features a closed-loop optical feedback system that monitors the output color and adjusts for variations in the color as the LEDs age.
The Vari-Lite VLX might have been the first mention in this story had it not been shown at last year's LDI. But it's no less impressive, and it will soon been seen on concert tours including that of Sir Paul McCartney. GLP, the German manufacturer who was exhibiting at LDI for the first time and who recently opened an office in the U.S., is working on a similar product called the Meisterstuck.
Other Light Sources
But LEDs aren't the only light source turning heads at the show. Philips' new MSD Platinum 5 R short arc lamp made its debut at the show in the Elation Platinum Spot. It's a 250-watt lamp but the output of the fixture looked to the naked eye closer to a 400 or 575. Along the same lines, Robe was showing their ROBIN Plasma Wash automated light with the Luxim plasma lamp. It's a 266-watt lamp with higher collection efficiency so that the fixture compares favorably with a higher-wattage lamp fixture.
Nor were luminaires the only new products to get a lot of attention. Along with all of the lighting console software upgrades, lighting design software releases, media server software improvement and the increasing use of RDM, a couple of rigging products were high on the list of products that people were talking about. ETC's new Prodigy hoist system and QuickTouch controls marked the company's debut in the rigging market. The hoist system was smartly designed to have a smaller power head, a cable management system and a compression tube backbone that imposes no additional lateral-load stress on buildings. The hoist system retracts into 30 inches of plenum space to fit in low-ceilinged venues. Another rigging product that was the talk of the show was the RSC Lightlock motion dampening system that allows moving head fixtures to be rigged on truss or flown structures. It was developed by the Royal Shakespeare Company and is now distributed by Total Structures.
Video Show Stoppers
But the show stoppers were two video products; the Toshiba MagneFlex LED video display tile and the Hippotizer UberPan. The MagneFlex modular LED display has LED pixels embedded in a thin rubber base with a 10mm pitch. It's not only flexible but it's also magnetic, so you can attach it to curved surfaces like a bass drum or a set piece. Its sister product, the MagneThin, is a bit lower in cost but it's not flexible. The two can be used together to build creative video displays of all shapes and sizes. The UberPan is a plug-in for the Hippotizer media server that allows multiple displays and multiple media servers to work together to create one huge panoramic display. As an example, TMB was showing a 360° video projection in which a dolphin swam in circles.
There was a lot more to see and discuss than we can fit in this format, but the show report would not be complete without a mention of RDM and all of the new RDM-enabled products. In addition to all of the Remote Device Management tools, controllers, splitters, and devices that were shown at September's PLASA show in London from Doug Fleenor Design, Pathway Connectivity, Robe, Enttec, Artistic Licence, Goddard Design, Howard Eaton Lighting, Luminex LCE, ELC, LSC, City Theatrical, Zero 88, LED Team, iPix, Wybron, City Theatrical, Barco/High End Systems, PR Lighting, Martin, QMaxz, CDS Advanced Technology, Lumen Radio, LEDTeam, Novalight, Tempest Lighting, LDR, Ocean Optics, and ETC, there were new RDM-enabled products. Some of them included Tempest Enclosures, the LSC Clarity PC-based controller, LDR scrollers, Ocean Optics Nemo, ETC Smart Bar2, a Macostar fixture, Eye Light Hypnotica, and a searchlight from NovaLight.
If size matters, then the Chauvets and the Coemars of the world will have a great 2010. And if technology matters, then the rest of the industry will too.
The LDI 2009 Show: More Photos
Daphne Mir shows off her custom fabricated dress featuring every gel in the Rosco, Apollo, and Lee swatch books. The light source was undetermined but its color changing capability was unmatched by any other dress on the show floor. It uses very little power and it packs up for storage in a single road case.
Bill Groener delivers the keynote address at the annual ESTA Dinner.
Strong Entertainment Lighting's new Solutions 650 LED light source produces twenty-four footcandles over a twenty-three foot square field from a 650-watt outdoor luminaire mounted four hundred feet away. It delivers more light than the Britelight 2000, Strong's 2kw xenon beam projector and three times the lumens per watt. It was developed as an architectural fixture to illuminate tall buildings and towers. Early in 2010, Strong will also introduce the Solutions 1000 and Solutions 1500 color changing luminaires, which utilize a five color system (red, green, blue, yellow, and cyan) in order to produce a better colors and whites. The system mixes all five colors inside the LED engine before the light leaves the fixture, thus eliminating multiple color shadows. After LDI closes, prototypes of the Solutions 650 were scheduled to tour the major markets in the US and Canada, followed with introductions in Europe, Asia and throughout the world. Strong plans to start shipments during the first quarter of 2010.
ETC (Electronic Theatre Controls, Inc.) unveiled a line of motorized hoists and hoist-control systems for theatrical and architectural use. The product family is called ETC Rigging, and its first offering is the fixed-speed ETC Prodigy hoist systems and ETC QuickTouch controls. (See www.etcrigging.com ) Standard features include slack-line detection, status feedback, load cells, and absolute position encoders. a smaller powerhead, unique cable management system, an innovative compression tube backbone. Prodigy hoists fits into 30 inches of plenum space, allowing installation in low-ceiling venues. The compression-tube technology imposes no additional lateral-load stress on buildings. Bill Gallinghouse emphasizes ETC's overall plan to serve this market: "ETC is partnering with the most experienced and qualified rigging installers and supporting them with our unmatched project management, customer and technical service, and manufacturing to provide complete, safe and economical rigging solutions." Orders are being taken and the company plans to begin shipping the products in January.
Total Structures exhibited the RSC Lightlock motion dampening system for automated lights. It allows moving lights to be rigged on very lightweight hanging or flown structures and it counteracts and eliminates movement by accelerating and decelerating a balanced mass or weight during the rotating cycle of a moving structure. The device is 16.9"L x 20.3"W x 3"H and weighs 31 pounds. It runs on 110 or 230V single phase and draws 150 watts.
Prism Projection unveiled their RevEAL LED Color Wash lighting fixture. The fixed focus, soft edged lighting fixture uses LEDs to create a homogenized beam with a CRI above 95. The integrated closed loop optical feedback system give the unit calibrated specifiable color with a total power draw of 180 watts and lumen output of 3,820. Each color mode can be controlled by 8- or 16-bit DMX. Color modes include XY coordinates, RGB, and hue/saturation/intensity. An additional channel may be added for white light output with adjustable calibrated color temperature of 1,800K to 10,000K. All modes include a dimmer channel as well. Lensing options are 27°, 37°, 50°, 70°, 90° and a 30°x70° rectangular beam. The fixtures are manufactured in the United States at Prism Projection's headquarters in Sully, Iowa. www.revealighting.com
Robert Juliat showed their Lancelot 4kW HTI followspot and effects projector, which was used at stadium events including Ben Hur and the Beijing Olympics. Also on display was the 2500W HMI Cyrano 3°-8° followspot and the newly released DMX-operated version of the Victor 1.8kW MSR followspot. The manual Victor was launched at LDI 2008 and has been Robert Juliat's fastest selling followspot to date. For short throw applications th 1800W MSR Flo was on display as well. New for this year was the Horus, a tungsten cyclorama light which has been reintroduced into the Robert Juliat catalog after a redesign. To celebrate the 90th Anniversary year of Robert Juliat, the company has undergone a total branding re-style which includes a new logo and a completely redesigned sales brochure. To mark the milestone, Robert Juliat showed several antique projectors from the RJ museum collection providing insight into the development of theatre and cinema lighting over the past 90 years. www.robertjuliatamerica.com
In the TMB Village, Green Hippo showed the latest developments with the Hippotizer media server. UberPan is a multi-server screen management component allowing multiple Hippotizers to create a single virtual canvas. It allows you to connect as many displays as you have outputs and in as many different sizes and configurations as you like. Screens can be a mixture of different physical sizes and resolutions. Once configured, the 'herd' of Hippotizers are seen as one single server allowing real-time control and live manipulation from Green Hippo's ZooKeeper control center. The setup uses real-world measurement and real-time functionality, removing the need to re-render media when changes are made. Also on display was VideoMapper, a new Hippo component allowing configuration of video screens with positioning of sections along with rotation and individual color correction across all parts. The new OSC interactive interfaces for Hippotizer, introducing new levels of interactivity and the ability for users to use third party software to take advantage of real-time video. The software is currently in late Beta and is expected to be released as part of Hippotizer software version 3.1 released in early Q1 2010.
Philips introduced a new ergonomic stage lamp designed to fit compact fixtures. The Philips MSD Platinum 5 R lamp is one of a number of new entertainment lighting solutions from Philips to be showcased at LDI2009. The lamp was developed to allow fixtures to be positioned at any position while maintaining the light level of larger lamps in less flexible locations. It features a very short arc and Philips' MSD technology for long life and high color temperature. Other Philips solutions at LDI2009 included the latest examples from the FastFit range of lamps which, since its introduction in 2006 has become a popular choice among OEM lighting developers, enabling more than 70 fixtures available from some 20 OEM partners. The FastFit range has now been expanded to include lower wattage lamps, with a smaller type of lamp base – MiniFastFit – developed to accommodate more compact lighting fixtures.
Elation Professional introduced the new Platinum Spot 5R with light output comparable to some 575-watt fixtures but half the size and weight. Among the features is the ability to function as a hybrid Spot or wash fixture with variable frost. It has eight dichroic colors, eight rotating gobos, 14 static gobos, motorized iris, remote focus, and rotating prism effect. In addition to the Platinum Spot 5R, Elation brought over 20 other new products to LDI. www.elationlighting.com
Robe launched several new products at LDI2009 including several new ROBIN automated lighting fixtures, some with plasma lamp technology. The ROBIN range consists of the ROBIN 300 Plasma Spot and Plasma Wash, the ROBIN 300E Spot, ROBIN 300E Wash and the ROBIN 300E Beam. These are the first of Robe's new "Robe Innovative Technology" (ROBIN) platform. Also new for Robe this year was the ColorSpot 1200E AT Profile, ColorBeam 700E AT, CitySource 96, CitySkape 48, and CitySkape Xtreme. The ROBIN 300 Plasma Spot features the plasma lamp with a color rendering index of 94, a flat field of 1.3:1, and lamp life of 10,000 hours. It has electronic dimming from 100 – 20% and a semi-hot restrike function (less than 1/120th second for full lamp brightness shutting off). Other features include 10°-40° zoom, CMY+CTO, 9 static and 7 rotating gobos, color wheel with 7 colors, 3-facet rotating prism, variable frost, iris and more. The color mixing system combined with the light homogenizer produces even color uniformity. The ROBIN 300 Plasma Wash uses the LiFi ENT 31-02 plasma source and has a CRI of 94, CCT of 6000K and 10,000 hours average lamp life. The zoom ranges from 10° to 35°, and effects include CMY color mixing, CTO dichroic color flag system, and a color wheel with 7 replaceable "Slot & Lock" trapezoid dichroics plus open. The ROBIN 300E Beam uses a Philips MSD Gold 300/2 MiniFastFit lamp with a beam angle of 1.6° to 6.5° and a dichroic glass reflector. Features include CMY color mixing, a color wheel with 7 replaceable "Slot & Lock" dichroic filters, plus 9 static and 7 rotating gobos. It also has variable frost, full dimming, variable strobe, and a pan/tilt of 540°/260°. www.robe.cz
Big crowds and lots of new products.
Chauvet didn't get the memo about smaller booths at LDI this year. Besides a massive booth, they also brought 17 new products including an expanded Legend series, the new Colorado Tour Series, the Q-Spot 260-LED, the Intimidator Spot XYZ, the SparkliteLED drape, the SkyScan 4000 CMY and the Followspot 1200.
Coemar and their U.S. distributor ICD make a statement. Among their new products were the Infinity M series of moving lights including: Infinity Spot M, Infinity Wash M, and Infinity ACL M.
Elation's new products included the Platinum Spot 5R, Design Spot 1200C, Design Beam 1200C, Design Brick 70, Design LED 36Pro RGBW, ELAR Tri Brick, Design Wash LED Pro, Design Wash LED 60, Emulation lighting controller, MidiCon controller, IDMX7 controller/playback device, ELED MR 16 5 Watt Series, Accu SSL Series, and several new EVLED Series LED video displays.
Philips Color Kinetics booth with the ColorReach to the left.
Vari-Lite VLX: Vari-Lite previewed prototypes of the VLX at last year's LDI. They are now shipping the LED moving yoke color wash fixture.
Novella Smith, ETC's LED marketing manager and co-creator of the Selador LED series (with Rob Gerlach) demonstrating Selador's new Fire and Ice fixtures.
Apollo Design's Laser Cut gobos. Apollo retooled its entire metal cutting gobo manufacturing process from chemical etching to laser cutting.
SeaChanger's entire booth was lit by plasma light sources including the SeaChanger Nemo fixture.
ETC's new Prodigy hoist system and QuickTouch controls marked the company's debut in the rigging market. The hoist system was designed to have a smaller power head, a cable management system, and a compression tube backbone that imposes no additional lateral-load stress on buildings. The hoist system retracts into 30 inches of plenum space to fit in low-ceilinged venues.
The RSC LightLock motion dampening system allows moving head fixtures to be rigged on truss or flown structures. It was developed by the Royal Shakespeare Company and is now distributed by Total Structures.
Toshiba's MagneFlex modular LED display has LED pixels embedded in a thin rubber base with a 10mm pitch. It's flexible and magnetic, so you can attach it to curved surfaces. The MagneThin is not flexible but costs less. The two can be used together to build creative video displays of all shapes and sizes.
Lex Products introduced EverGrip molded multi-cable assemblies with polypropylene premold that encapsulates the contact and wires to prevent pushing pins loosening the ground ring. An impact-resistant Santoprene overmold covers the entire connector for total surface insulation when the devices are mated.
Techni-Lux brought several LED lines including the Techni-Lux UltraLED line, the new IdeaLED moving yoke LED fixtures from SGM, and the Dexel Studio LED line.
Martin's booth was packed with new products and attendees. Some of their new products included: MAC 401 Dual LED moving head washlight with double-sided design; MAC 301 Wash LED moving head washlight with zoom; LC Plus modular system of semi-transparent LED video panels; P3-100 video signal processer with integrated lighting control; FlexDot individually controllable LED pixels; Tripix IP65 rated outdoor LED luminaries; Easypix plug-and-play LED striplight; MAC 250 Beam 250-watt moving yoke fixture or upgrade kit for existing MAC 250 Wash fixtures; Maxxyz Modules stand alone modules for custom consoles; iPhone MaxRemote remote control software for iPhone or iPod touch; Maxedia 4 media server; ColorFox VX01 lighting controller designed for architectural use; Jem ZR44 Hi-Mass fog machine with RDM compatibility; and Martin RADAR RDM control software.
GLP and G-LEC joined forces at LDI 2009. GLP showed a range of fixtures from the Impression range, including the newly launched Impression Zoom RZ 120 and Volkslicht, in support of their exclusive US distributor, Elation Professional. Alongside the new fixtures were also two new prototypes: a zoom version of the Impression XL, with 297 Rebel LEDs in an RGB configuration and a zoom range of 10° to 26°, and a five channel version of the Impression XL, with red, green, blue, 3200K white and 6000K white LEDs. G-LEC also showed Phantom 30 video panel and a new version of the Phantom 30 with tricolor SMD LEDs at the same price. Visitors were able to compare the SMD and the traditional side by side. Also on the booth was the soon-to-be-released Solaris system, which consists of strings of 360 degree full color video pixel balls, Chimera, a new LED display available in RGG or white LEDs that can be cut to shape for installations in set pieces or in buildings, and Venetian, strips of RGB LEDs that can be placed at multiple angles with full IP rated protection for any kind of weather environment.
Nemetschek held regular demonstrations of the new 2010 release of VectorWorks. New features include: Event Planning Suite with automated tools and menu commands to help create rooms for events that include the room, stage, steps, lectern, video screens, and seating; double-click insertion to insert lighting instruments and accessories; improved lighting device color support allows the use of RGB, hex values, manufacturer names, or abbreviations; new lighting device types including device, practical, SFX, power, and other to the list of the lighting device types; create universal Spotlight object libraries with both metric and imperial records for the instrument symbol's frame size and weight; and new content including new symbols for Altman, Clay Paky, ETC, High End, Strong/Xenotec, Vari-Lite, new lighting and truss catalogs from ADB Lighting, DTS Lighting, JB Lighting, Eurotruss, and new gobo catalogs from Apollo, GAM, Rosco, Goboland, and GoboMan.
Among the new products on the Creative Stage Lighting booth were the Compulite Vector Violet and Ultra Violet consoles. The Vector Violet series are lightweight, compact, portable lighting consoles with a 7" touch screen. The Ultra Violet also has a 15.4" touch screen. Also at CSL's booth was JB-lighting's new JBLED A4 with 60 LEDs. Other new products on the stand included Wireless Solutions products, Dura-Flex, Entertainment Power Systems, Entertainment Industry Tape, and Suspension Solutions lines, and more. www.creativestagelighting.com
The A.C. Lighting Inc. booth featured technologies from the Chroma-Q, Jands and Artistic Licence product ranges. The new generation of Chroma-Q LED fixtures including Color Block 2, Color Force and Color Charge models feature RGBA color mixing, a CRI of at least 90, and "theatrical grade" dimming. The Color Block 2 with its single color optics outputs 530 lumens (double the output of the original model). The new Color Force 72 and 48 are 6ft (1.8m), 12,000 lumen output and 4ft (1.2m), 8,000 lumen output LED battens for washing areas up to 26ft (8m) high. Also previewing was the new Color Charge, a 600 lumen, rechargeable battery-powered, portable LED light source which combines wireless control with an NiMH battery and interchangeable head design. Other Chroma-Q products include the new Magic Box EtherSwitch 7, a "touring grade" network switch that supports seven simultaneous Gigabit Ethernet network connections up to 295ft (90m). The EtherSwitch 7F provides an additional OpticalCon fiber optic link for links up to 1800ft (550m) apart. The fiber link is also available on the Etherswitch 7 as an upgrade. As well as showing the full range of Vista consoles, Jands previewed Vista 2 Byron, a major upgrade of the Vista lighting system. It is launching early 2010 and will be free to existing users with no additional hardware required. www.aclighting.com/northamerica
34: Coolux was demonstrating the latest Pandoras Box media server version 4.5 and the brand new Widget Designer Pro. The interactive display featured real-time screen tracking and the premiere of Lightforce, and Coolux's newest collaborative effort, the VLP-3D laser with video projection. With over 50 new features, Pandoras Box version 4.5 now includes a new 3D projector preview system. One of the features, a new, built-in media encoder, speeds up the workflow and offers media encoding and playback for up to 4K video content. A new "ultra-low" latency dual HD-DVI live input board was introduced as well. The new Widget Designer Pro is stand-alone software that provides visual, node-based programming tools to create interactive applications with any Pandoras Box system. Industrial sensors, Art-Net, MIDI, RS 232/422, TCP, UDP, Com Ports, GPI, Wii controllers, https, RSS feeds, text messages and more can be routed and combined to design any interactive scenario on the fly. www.coolux-us.com
Lightwave International demonstrated the new Lightforce laser VLP-3D on the Coolux stand, featuring synchronized laser and video rendering.
PixelRange brought an entire new family of luminaires to LDI with Pixel-Mi technology that allows direct mains power connection and dimming via any system. PixelPar 44 Mi is the first in the series. The IP rated PixelLinear is available in 1ft, 2ft, 4ft and 6ft lengths and features quad-color LEDs. SkyLine Architectural is a family of outdoor architectural LED floodlights. Pixie is a portfolio of IP66 rated decorative lighting with color motion effects with can also be used for video animation. Introductory products include PixiePoint, PixieMini, PixieNode, PixieBall and PixieStar. Pix120m is a moving head wash light featuring 120 LEDs and Pix60 is an alternative PAR-style IP66 rated fixture featuring 60 LEDs. PixPar38 is a new technology screw in (dimmable) replacement fitting, allowing the user to predetermine the intended wattage for the fixture with up to 800 lumens at 16 watts. PixTrak is an adjustable LED spot (dimmable) track fitting, up to 300 lumens and uses 8.5 watts. www.pixelrange.com
Pixled showed the DMX-compatible PowerPix strings of RGBW LED pixels. Its power scaling technology ensures that the RGBW pixel modules have a continuous light output of 5W. When configured as a single or dual color pixel, the modules' light output equals that of a 10W pixel. The IP65 rated PowerPix modules have an aluminum housing, a clear, 170° beam angle PC lens, flexible cable and customizable interpixel distance. Another new product on display included the F-30 Floor Module, which converts the standard Pixled 30mm F-30 modules into a video floor. The standard F-30 product requires no separate control boxes, allowing for tile-to-tile connections so that a large surface can be built. The F-30 module is waterproof. Pixled's product line includes a range of lightweight, indoor/outdoor LED video options from 7mm to 40mm with varying percentages of transparency suitable for both rental and permanent installations. www.pixled.com
PRG Distribution hosted three booths at LDI 2009 representing Arkaos, ChamSys, Clay Paky, Fog Factory, PowerQuick, RetroScent and Spotlesslight. Clay Paky showed the newest of Alpha Series fixtures including the range of Alpha 1500; Alpha 700; and Alpha 300 luminaires. Also on display were two moving mirror luminaires including the StageScan 1200 and Golden Scan 4. ChamSys was showing the ChamSys MagicQ series of consoles-MQ300 Pro, MQ 200 Pro, MQ100 Pro, Playback Wing, Execute Wing and PC Solutions.
A new addition to the product lineup is ArKaos media software and servers that will be integrated with ChamSys control. On display were the A05 SD and A10HD media servers using the new Media Master 1.1 media software. The A10 handles playback of eight simultaneous SD layers, six HD layers (720p) or three full HD layers (1080p) all at full FPS. The A05 is the light version of the A10 at a reduced price. The A05 is designed for setups that do not necessarily need high definition resolutions (up to 1280 x 1024).
Spotlesslight is an interactive projection system for live entertainment applications. Their Lightwarper allows designers to create a digital followspot, stream video from a media server or live camera mapping that content on or around performers and project special effects mapped onto three different spatial layers.
Osram LED Systems by Traxon exhibited the Wash XB-18 single color or color-changing LED fixture with extruded natural anodized aluminum finish, which acts as a heat sink for the LEDs. It is available in indoor or outdoor versions and it features six beam angle options and four different color options (including RGB).
Osram's Display/Optic division introduced the newest addition to its HMI Metal Halide Lamp family of entertainment solutions, the double-ended HMI 24000 W/DXS lamp. It features a multiple-foil system for enhanced thermal management in the same compact design as the HMI 18000W/DXS lamp. Combined with the Extreme Seal (XS) Technology, the new foil design allows for pinch seal temperatures up to 450°C, and provides an increased average service life of 375 hours. With a luminous flux of more than 2.3 million lumens, the HMI 24000 W/DXS lamp simulates daylight conditions at a color temperature of 6000K. The lamp is designed for film and TV shooting. Osram Alupar 64 Wide Flood Lamp are up to 50% lighter in weight than conventional theatrical PAR 64 wide lamps. The reflector is constructed of aluminum instead of glass, which is lighter in weight, making re-lamping easier and reducing shipping costs. It also contains a patented dual-fuse system with a life of 800 hours. Osram launched the HTI 1500W/60/P50 Lok-it! single-ended, short-arc metal halide turnkey lamp. It is part of a series of Lok-it! plug and play lamps with a PGJX50 base.
