BRIGHT IDEAS
SOFT PANEL GOES HARDCORE
colour fringing. Both new fixtures use Aputure’s extended Blair engine, adding indigo and extended red emitters to enhance fluorescing materials and improve skin tones. IP65 weather protection, low-noise operation and lightweight construction feature across the range and a growing ecosystem of Quick Clip softboxes, domes, grids, barn doors and rolling cases. Aputure positions the Nova family as both a flexible everyday lighting solution and a specialist toolset. aputure.com
introduced a Nova 9° 2x1 three-light kit, which combines three panels into a single yoke that can exceed the output of a 12,000W tungsten source while continuing to run from a standard household circuit. Also new is the £2390/$1899 Nova II 1x1 that provides higher output than many traditional 2x1 panels, with tunable white from 1800-20,000K and colour coverage exceeding 90% of Rec. 2020. A unique focus-then-blend optical design maintains brightness even when diffused, with no visible
Large light panels are traditionally used up close to produce soft light. However Aputure’s newest fixtures in its Nova LED panel range include a hyper- narrow beam LED panel that is built to deliver intense, directional output over long distances. The £3706/$3690 Nova 9° 2x1 is engineered to replicate hard sunlight, throwing focused light across large sets, through windows or into reflectors. At 5m, it offers more than twice the output of a 5000W tungsten fresnel at full spot. For even greater punch, Aputure has
ASTERA FOCUSES ON PRACTICAL IDEAS
The beam can be fine-tuned by rotating the barrel, as well as adding the included snoot to prevent spill. Accessory barn doors can also be fitted and an IP44 rating means it’s decent at fending off bad weather. The Solabulb has built-in Lumenradio CRMX and Bluetooth, plus wireless app control and multi-unit monitoring from a smart device. It can plug into any household socket with an E26, E27 or B22 fitment or Astera’s Power Station battery system. A single Solabulb costs £180/$225 but larger kits are on sale. astera-led.com
Pioneering LED lighting brand Astera once again offers something truly unique with the bulb-style LED practical Solabulb, which has a zoomable fresnel lens that shifts between a tight 15° spot and a wide 50° wash. It delivers the equivalent output of a 50W PAR bulb while drawing just 15W, and is the flagship in Astera’s LED practical lights range, joining the Lunabulb and the Nyx. It has an industrial-style housing that packs in the company’s Titan RGBMA LED engine, which provides saturated colours, lifelike skin tones and a 96 TLCI rating.
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