Mythos, which recently won an Award for Innovation at the PLASA Show in London, is "a highly advanced form of hybrid light", say Clay Paky. "First of all, it is an excellent 470W lamp spotlight, which produces an outstanding large light beam, featuring a zoom that ranges from 4° to 50° (1:12 ratio).
"Light beam is sharp, with perfectly defined edges, from the first millimeters after the front lens right along its entire length. The zoom is optimised for focusing, which is separate from that of the fixed and rotating gobos. Its movements are smooth, fast and very quiet. Mythos also features a completely redesigned indexed visual effect disc, which may be superimposed on all the gobos (6 rotating and 18 fixed gobos), both in and out of focus.
"But Mythos is also an extraordinary beam light, allowing you to switch to a minimum fixed beam angle of just 0.5°. A large, very dense, 170 mm-diameter light beam leaves the Mythos's front lens and remains parallel for its entire length even at great distances. Featuring a CMY mixing system based on three gradually fading color wheels, two rotating prisms, CTO, CTB, a frost unit Mythos is a very versatile tool, which is useful in any situation and therefore an excellent investment."
Following on from the extraordinary worldwide success of the Sharpy, the Supersharpy is an ACL beam-type moving head featuring a 470W, 7,800 K lamp. Its light beam is three times brighter, say Clay Paky, with a far bigger difference than you would expect by simply comparing the rated wattage of the two lamps (470 vs 190). "Thanks to this output, the SuperSharpy's light reaches never-seen-before mid-air distances, making the SuperSharpy the first low-wattage beam light that can really challenge a searchlight," the company says.
The SuperSharpy also provides the utmost in terms of light quality and number of effects, including 7 rotating gobos, 18 fixed gobos, rotating prism, CMY, color wheels, CTO, CTB and much more.
Finally, the Stormy uses the latest LED technology, but retains all the charm of a classic strobe. The light source is a strip of powerful white LEDs, which perfectly emulate a bright Xenon linear lamp. The flash effect is enhanced as the Stormy is equipped with a parabolic reflector, like a classic strobe, and does not project the light directly forwards like other LED strobes do.
(Jim Evans)
