Skip to content

Newsroom

ARRI Expands Orbiter’s Accessory Range

Orbiter Docking Ring—Compact, easy to apply and a smart investment—apply third-party manufacturer optics, while benefiting from the ARRI lighting quality

ARRI is expanding its accessory range for the Orbiter LED luminaire with the introduction of the Orbiter Docking Ring, the new Orbiter Bag-o-Light, Orbiter Glass Cover, and Orbiter Dome Mini. The Docking Ring and three other innovative tools extend Orbiter’s flexibility, making this advanced LED luminaire even more versatile.Read More »ARRI Expands Orbiter’s Accessory Range

Claypaky Sharpy X Frame Multifunction Luminaire

Adding to the family of the award-winning Sharpy fixtures, Claypaky introduces the Sharpy X Frame multifunction luminaire. The Sharpy X Frame takes the best features of the Sharpy line and integrates a four-focal plane shutter system in a lightweight, compact fixture. The unit’s source is a 550W arc lamp that makes this fixture extremely bright and produces deep and vivid uniform colors (including a deep red). Here’s an introductory video from Claypaky:

Read More »Claypaky Sharpy X Frame Multifunction Luminaire

Paul Cook Powers Central London NYE Show with ChamSys

London welcomed 2022 with a midnight display of lasers and fireworks. Along with the 13-minute firework display, LD Durham Marenghi’s lighting design covered the entire downtown. Associate designer Paul Cook used his ChamSys MagicQ MQ500 console to control the portion of the visual spectacle that included the Globe Theatre and St. Paul’s Cathedral.

Read More »

Bandit Lites Honors Leading Employees

It was a gathering more than two years in the making as Bandit Lites team members came together for the company’s Annual General Meeting. Noting that Bandit had managed to weather the storm that came in the form of the Covid-19 pandemic, founder and chair Michael T. Strickland honored employees who achieved career milestones.

Read More »

January 2022 Buyer’s Guide | Truss Products

PLSN’s Buyer’s Guide for the Jan. 2022 issue focuses on truss products. While most manufacturers produce 12” and 20.5” box truss, connections and weight loads vary from truss to truss, and some offer design variations for varying requirements. We encourage you to go to each company’s websites to see what other truss and associated products they have available. Here are 14 truss products submitted from a range of manufacturers so that you can do some comparisons on products you might be considering.

Read More »