Mirage is specifically designed for the rental market, featuring a robust structure and a quick, tool-less connection system that allows it to be assembled and hung on a truss system in a few minutes. Roadies and riggers will appreciate the light weight at just 14kg per square meter, making transportation, handling and rigging very quick and easy, the company says.
Also from Clay Paky, and continuing its highly successful Alpha range, the powerful Alpha 1500 Series offers a family of high quality, powerful moving heads incorporating a full range of effects, with very fast and precise movement - and all in the smallest and lightest fixture body in their category.
Shown for the first time at ProLight&Sound will be the Alpha Profile 1500 - a professional beam shaper, combining the power of a 1500W lamp with an exclusive framing system - designed and patented by Clay Paky - featuring any shape and size and the exclusive "Total curtain" effect with single blade.
The Alpha Spot HPE 1500 is the most powerful effect spotlight in the Alpha range. Clay Paky say it incluides a sophisticated optical system, a fully featured graphic engine, extreme zoom range (1:8 ratio), unequalled zoom speed, innovative auto-focussing system and an unmatched number of effects.
The Alpha Wash 1500 is the top washlight in the Alpha range. It offers a CMY colour-mixing system, complemented by two wheels with a selection of pure colour filters and a linear CTO. Other effects include indexable beam shaper, rotating 'diamond effect' filter, frost filter, 0-100% hybrid dimmer, stop and strobe. With an 11°-70° linear zoom, Alpha Wash 1500 offers a surprising brightness and utmost beam uniformity at any beam angle.
Finally from Clay Paky, HandsOn is an innovative control system which allows the user to program a medium-sized computerised lighting system via a PC. It transforms the screen into an intuitive, direct access control interface for any DMX 512 fixture, including lights with conventional lamps or LEDs, dimmers, lasers, smoke machines, and any other effect, say Clay Paky. Compatible with all major PC operating systems including Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows and Ubuntu Linux. The HandsOn software already recognises over 1900 models of DMX fixture; the library may be updated continuously by connecting to the software website. HandsOn also provides a complete range of pre-programmed sequences for controlling Clay Paky light functions, the company says. It is therefore an ideal tool for rental companies as it can be used to perform complete and systematic tests on lights in the workshop. Alternatively, the system is factory set to perform an optimised demo for a lighting designer or potential customer.
(Lee Baldock)
