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FIILEX Fiilex’s Mag 4K seems more set up to compete with an Arri Orbiter. It has a boxy, though not bulky chassis with the emitting window at the front and a selection of modifiers (reflectors, diffusers, a Source Four adapter). The difference is that the Mag 4K emits tunable white light, while Orbiter is a colour mixer; the choice is often between sheer power and colour mixing capability. Fiilex’s relationship with parent company Dicon clearly pays dividends, and the Mag’s emitter array is an impressively dense metal-cored circuit board mounting a two inch-wide matrix of tiny emitters. Packed into that space are enough LEDs to achieve an impressive 900W, around twice what an Orbiter will do. We might hope for excellent controllability, too – Fiilex has been gradually stepping up in power and capability since its compact lights of a few years ago, and became early implementers of magenta-green colour adjustment. This, alongside adjustable colour temperature, makes it possible to match all kinds of things, particularly tricky practicals, and the company enjoys a good reputation for colour quality.
IMAGES Arri’s Orbiter with a light dome and the new Reflex R15 from Cineo
MARCH 2020 | DEF I N I T ION 35
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