The Arri SkyPanel S360-C has expanded ARRI’s LED soft light range with the largest and brightest SkyPanel to date. Features include full color control, lighting effects on a large aperture, wireless DMX built in, a carbon fiber yoke, and much more.
The surface area of the S360-C is over 5.8 times larger than the S60 and is designed to produce beautiful soft light in a wide 105° beam angle. The light wraps around large objects and throws much farther than the smaller SkyPanels.According to the company’s release, “At over 120,000 lumens, the S360-C is one of the brightest LED soft lights on the market.
Compared to the S60-C, the S360-C is more than four times brighter and maintains excellent color quality and tuneability. Consuming only 1,500 watts, the S360-C is twice as bright as a 4,000-watt tungsten soft light and over three times as bright as a 12,000-watt tungsten space light. Achieving an energy efficacy of over 80 lumens per watt, the S360-C is also one of the most eco-friendly LED soft lights available, while also being one of the brightest.”Previous SkyPanel controls have included DMX, RDM, Art-Net, sACN, 5-Pin XLR, and Ethernet. The S360-C adds Wireless DMX by LumenRadio. Built into every S360-S, the CRMX chip allows for DMX and RDM communication without cables and data distribution equipment by linking a compatible LumenRadio transmitter to the S360-C. Using the Five-Pin DMX output on the S360-C also allows for daisy-chaining other non-wireless SkyPanels to the DMX network.
SkyPanel is one of the only LED soft light to allow for the changing of diffusion panels in front of the LEDs. This feature is also offered with the S360-C. The diffusion panels are exchangeable and come in Lite, Standard, Heavy, and Intensifier. The Intensifier is designed to increase S360’s brightness by 50%, enabling the light to be thrown even farther.
As with all Arri LED lampheads, the S360-C is fully tuneable. Adjust the CCT from 2,800 K to 10,000 K with plus/minus green control and access the full color gamut with hue and saturation, RGBW mixing, digital gels, source matching, or CIE x, y coordinates. Achieving over 85% of the colors within the Rec 2020 color space.
SkyPanel Firmware 3.0 introduces new lighting effects. Over the large aperture of the S360-C, the fire effect covers a larger area and the cop car and paparazzi effects are exaggerated.
The S360-C housing features a SkyPanel Remote docking port. Able to control the S360-C via a USB cable, the SkyPanel Remote can be attached to the docking port on the back of the fixture using the remote’s rear magnet. The docking port provides a space for the remote to rest or, if the fixture is upside-down, a place for an extra set of controls closer to arm’s reach.
And according to the release, “The S360-C comes as standard with a state-of-the-art carbon fiber yoke. This yoke reduces the overall weight of the lamphead by several kilograms and provides a safe and robust solution. Made with a unique carbon fiber weave and metal-reinforced fittings, the S360-C yoke offers a weight reduction of over 50% compared to a typical steel yoke and can support 10 times the weight of the fixture.”
