Product News

Rushworks’ PTX Universal PanTilt Head, to be featured at NAB 2016, adds to the number of integrated robotic lighting and video control options. PTX is designed to work with the Blackmagic Design Micro Studio Camera 4K and other standalone cameras and camcorders from Sony, Canon, Panasonic and JVC that support LANC control. In addition to pan and tilt, if the cameras support the commands, the fixture can provide control of zoom, focus, iris and record start/stop.

Blackmagic Design noted that, after a delay due to the longer-than-expected timeframe needed for the development of their global shutters, the company’s URSA Mini 4.6K and the Blackmagic Micro Cinema Camera are now shipping, without the shutter feature.

Martin’s RUSH MH 6 Wash CT is designed to serve as a true white wash light for customers in the house of worship and performing arts markets. White light is often needed to illuminate performers in these sectors and the RUSH MH 6 Wash CT blends both warm and cold white LEDs for complete color temperature control in a cost-effective fixture.

Elation Professional’s TVL CYC RGBW is a theatre-style cyclorama wall wash luminaire that promises a smooth and even field of seamlessly blended colors onto cycloramas, backcloths, scenery or any surface. Well suited for use as a color-changing floodlight for TV, film, theatre and broadcast applications, the TVL CYC RGBW features a 150W RGBW LED engine for floods of uniform light in virtually any color while linear variable white color temperature presets (7200K – 3200K) make it a convenient white light luminaire.

Martin’s VDO Sceptron 20 and VDO Sceptron 40 are the newest additions to the Harman owned company’s series of linear, outdoor-rated LED video and lighting fixtures, joining the previously introduced VDO Sceptron 10, pixtured here. Well suited for the rental and installed markets, these fixtures are available with 20 mm and 40 mm pixel pitches, with an extensive range of optical accessories for a wide variety of video and lighting looks. The VDO Sceptron 20 and VDO Sceptron 40 are driven by the Martin P3 System controller for easy configuration, mapping and setup. No external components required. These fixtures are also backward compatible with DMX controllers for smaller setups.

A new addition to Blizzard Lighting’s pixel mapping LED effects fixtures, the Pixellicious Mini is a ½ meter fixture that features 80 (tri-color) SMD 5050 LEDs with a projected life span of more than 50,000 hours of use. Users can also control each of the 80 LED lights with Art-Net (3.0 compliant), ArKaos Kling-Net and DMX protocols.

John McKernon and City Theatrical have announced that Lightwright 6, the newest version of software for managing entertainment lighting paperwork, will be released in April 2016. Lightwright 6 will be launched at USITT 2016 on March 17-19th in Salt Lake City. John McKernon will be on hand all three days to demonstrate the new features and to speak with present and future Lightwright users.

LAS VEGAS – Munich-based DoPchoice will be featuring its Snap Technology, Snapgrids, Snapbags and Butterfly grids at the 2016 NAB show in booth C11146. The products promise filmmakers with easy set-up and teardown.

AAdyn Technology (AAdynTech) noted that four models in the company’s JAB and Punch fixture lines now have increases of at least 30 percent in output while holding the line on energy consumption. The enhanced fixtures include the JAB Daylight, JAB V2 Variable, JAB Hurricane, and Punch Plus, pictured here, which is nearly 50 percent brighter than before.

TORONTO, ON, – Grid Well noted that its patented and patent-pending designs for arbor related products have been licensed to six stage equipment companies, and that its products will be on display at USITT in Salt Lake City later this month, via licencees including BellaTEX Stage Curtains, Booth #1110; Thern Stage Equipment, Booth #1911; and Blackwell in the AKT3 Booth #339.

Staging Concepts’s Uplift Stage device is engineered to allow two operators to quickly and easily raise and lower platforms in place, Uplift is the next generation of staging solutions from Staging Concepts. This product is a scissor lift stage designed with modern technology, allowing flexible entertainment spaces to transform into multiple configurations with ease. Standard platforms can be raised and lowered to multiple settings from 8.5 to 48 inches. The aluminum frame construction is designed for both maximum strength and minimum weight.

FRANKFURT, Germany – Chauvet Professional will be featuring its Maverick series at Prolight + Sound next month (Hall 4 Stand G45). Featuring the MK2 Wash, MK1 Hybrid and MK2 Spot (with more fixtures to come),  the new series promises to serve up an arsenal of performance features intended to shatter budget barriers, free the imagination and set a new standard in their price category.