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A GEARHEAD’S GUIDE to the Newest Lighting and Production Tools
A church lighting designer reports on what’s been introduced so far this year.
I LIKE TOOLS. I’m one of those people that is always looking for that new, time-saving tool that makes the job easier, the product better, or just lets me have more fun doing it.
I guess that is why each year I make multiple pilgrimages to the various production tradeshows to look at the new lighting tools, and this year has been no exception. With Lightfair and InfoComm under my belt, and LDI and WFX looming this fall, I thought I would share some of the new and trending lighting products that could be useful tools for worship.
One of the first things that you notice at the tradeshows is the prominence of LED technologies. It seems that almost every lighting company has some sort of LED offering in its lineup. While LED fixtures are not new, advancements in LED fixtures are happening all of the time, providing better performance, new features, and lower prices. So here are just a few LED products that caught my eye that are either new products or products that are beginning to see acceptance by the industry as good lighting tools.
One of the hottest, new LED products is the COEMAR REFLECTION LEDKO HARD EDGE PROFILE LED FIXTURE. The LEDko comes in three different versions, a warm white version, a tunable white version, and a full color-mixing version. The LEDko can also use full color gobos that were printed on transparency plastic with an ink jet printer. Think about how you could use a fixture that projects full color transparencies that you make yourself. A new set of gobos for each sermon series could be pretty cool.
Of course, if you want an ellipsoidal with full color-mixing at a budget price, look no further then the Strong Neeva. The fixture comes in tunable white and RGBA, or RGBW color mixing. With only a 50-Watt LED engine, the Neeva is not very bright, but with a list price of $895 it isn’t very expensive either, and would be great in a youth room or children’s ministry area because of its low power-consumption and low maintenance requirements.
There is also the PRISM PROJECTION’S REVEAL PROFILE that does many of the same things as the LEDko, but with Prism’s TrueSource color-mixing system. Prism also offers its new Reveal Studio Fresnel fixture.
Don’t need full color mixing? Arri and Desisti both offer Fresnel’s with LED light sources that could be a great fit for use in your TV studio or on a location shoot. With their cool running temperatures and low power-consumption, your worries about tripping breakers while shooting on location could be almost completely eliminated.
Need a 500-Watt PAR can replacement? Give ELATION’S WW TONE a look. It has a nice-looking light with a 3,000-degree K color temperature, and the LED engine has a five-year warranty.
SCENEX WAS SHOWING ITS LED BASE 4 TRUSS TONER. This is an LED fixture that is square in shape and fits in the bottom of a 12-inch lighting truss—and perfectly lights up the truss.
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Greg Persinger is the owner of Vivid Illumination. He can be reached at greg@vividillumination.com.
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