At Cine Gear 2023, we stopped by the Astera booth to learn more about their freshly-introduced PlutoFresnel and LeoFresnel fixtures. These hard lights feature a full-color RGBMA LED engine, are compatible with a forthcoming projection lens, and integrate an internal battery for easy operation in the field. Lighting manufacturer Astera is mainly-known for producing high-quality tube lights, such as their AX1, Titan, Helios, and Hyperion fixtures. Moreover, in the last few years, their lineup expanded to include the NYX lightbulbs, the PixelBrick cube lights, and the tiny 25W HydraPanel. Now, the company is ready to implement its Titan LED color engine into a new series of LED Fresnel lights. On the show floor at Cine Gear 2023, my colleague Graham stopped by the company’s booth where Thor Andre from Astera introduced him to the new PlutoFresnel and LeoFresnel fixtures. Let’s take a closer look! Astera PlutoFresnel and LeoFresnel – overview The Astera PlutoFresnel and LeoFresnel are respectively 80W and 250W LED Fresnel fixtures. At the heart of both lights is the company’s Titan RGBMA (Red/Green/Blue/Mint/Amber) LED color engine. This offers a wide color temperature range spanning from 1,750K up to 20,000K and 96+ TLCI/CRI Ra ratings. But most importantly, this makes it easy to mix and match Pluto and Leo with other existing Astera fixtures. Astera LeoFresnel with projection lens attachment. Image credit: CineD According to Thor, at 3,200K the output of Pluto is comparable to that of traditional 300W tungsten Fresnel lights, while Leo can compete with 1K tungsten...
Published By: CineD - Friday, 9 June, 2023