1. TOTALLY TUBULAR SOLUTION There is so much you can do with an LED tube light that you just couldn’t with the Kino Flo-style glass tubes of old. Create any colour you like, and not only along the whole tube –make funky patterns in different colours that pulse along like a moving rainbow!
TLCI of 98, the lights are consistent and can adjust white from 2700-12,000K, with dimming from 0-100%. This is all controlled from the small OLED panel on the handle. Scroll through the main settings of CCT for white light and HSI to adjust all hue, saturation and intensity settings. The SFX menu lets you select things like police car, welding, flash, firework, explosion, bad bulb and disco, as well as a hue or CCT loop. A second set of effects delivers multicolours, funky fades, scrolling colours and wild rainbow effects. Some effects, such as driving or fire, are only controlled via the free app. There is wired DMX control and every pixel can be set to any colour – you have total control of what the light does, and how fast it does it. The kit we tried was the £535/$579 single-tube option; multi-tube kits are available. There is also a range of accessories, such as barn doors, eggcrate grids, a frame to fit eight tubes and an IP68-rated waterproof housing. en.nanlite.com
“A second set of effects deliversmulticolours, funky fades, scrolling
colours andwild rainbow effects”
It’s perfect for shots looking to create a wacky look. Tubes like this NanLite PavoTube II 30x are often part of a large set, or even held by performers. As practical lights, they can be mounted via a single clamp-on attachment that fits standard 1/4in-20 threads, as well as having threaded holes at each end of the light to accept sturdy metal eyelets. These can be used to hang the light, as the whole unit weighs 1.56kg/3.44lb. Of course, the 115cm/45.07in long PavoTube can also work as a regular LED, allowing a full range of RGBWW colours and tuneable whites. It gives lovely soft output, ideal for facial close-ups from its 43mm/1.69in diameter tube. The 70W PavoTube II, which also comes in 600mm/23.6in and 2220mm/87.4in versions, can be powered by the included mains adapter, a separate battery using a plug-in mini XLR power adapter, or just the internal battery, which is charged via USB-C. As you change the power settings, the OLED screen gives an estimate of how long before the battery runs out. At full power, this can be a couple of hours, but at low power settings it will work all day. At 5600K daylight-balanced white light, it puts out 770 lux at one metre – that’s pretty powerful. Start to use very strong colour settings and this drops significantly, such as 123 lux when using only blue. With an average CRI of 97 and
POWER RANGER There are three main ways to run the PavoTube. The rechargeable, internal battery; plugged into the mains with the included AC adapter; or use an external battery, like this V-Mount cell
LIGHT SABRE It might look like a weapon from Star Wars, but the NanLite PavoTube II 30X is a versatile part of your arsenal. It can be used in-frame for a creative look, or to highlight contours, such as on this motorcycle
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