Litepanels Introduces ASTRA 1x1 Bi-Colour Fixture

Litepanels has released its new ASTRA 1x1 Bi-Color panel, offering a light output that is up to four times brighter than the company's traditional 1x1 Bi-Color fixture, high CRI (Colour Rendering Index) and user selectable active or passive cooling modes.

The daylight to tungsten tunable colour model is the first in the company's new ASTRA, with additional fixtures in the series set to debut later this year.
The ASTRA 1x1 Bi-Color panels are designed with surface mount LEDs that are paired with custom designed TIR (total internal reflection) optics. The fixtures offer a tunable Bi-Colour output, allowing users to adjust colour from daylight to tungsten as needed.
Tightly binned LEDs and fine-tuned optics provide the new ASTRA 1x1 with higher intensity, a longer throw and a wider effective beam spread than the company's original 1x1.
"The original Litepanels 1x1 has been used on thousands of sets and shoots worldwide since hitting the marketplace," noted Chris Marchitelli, Vice President of Marketing for Litepanels. "We've always known that our next generation panel would need to push the performance envelope, so we approached our new ASTRA line very thoughtfully. We took our time, drew from our wealth of experience building professional LED fixtures, and accessed the wonderful feedback we’ve gotten from our loyal customers.
"The time, effort, research and development we put into the ASTRA series has produced an LED panel that is truly astounding, yet highly affordable. When you put your hands on this light, you’ll see that we exceeded our own expectations."
Litepanels' ASTRA 1x1 offers both passive and active cooling modes. The passive cooling mode provides a silent operation, while the active cooling mode enables an ultra-quiet fan module and double light output.
An internal microprocessor monitors the temperature, minimises fan speed, delivers dimming with no noticeable colour shift and aims to provide a flicker-free performance at any frame rate or shutter angle. With the addition of an optional communications module, the brightness, colour temperature and cooling mode of the fixtures are all controllable via DMX512 protocol.
"The ASTRA line is a very exciting addition to the Litepanels family of products," commented Marchitelli. "We are always striving to set new standards and deliver the best in LED technology to our customers. We've done that with the ASTRA 1x1, which is likely the most versatile LED panel ever built.
"It's both sturdy and lightweight, flexible and strong, and provides a higher output and better color than has ever been seen before. We're especially pleased to be introducing this product at the Cine Gear Expo, as Los Angeles is where Litepanels got its start."
The ASTRA 1x1 Bi-Color panel will be available worldwide in the summer of 2014.

www.litepanels.com

(IT/JP)