K5600 has done it again. Creating two new HMI’s that are brighter, lighter and as always a cleaner light than an Arri or LTM’s 1200 HMI, which has heavier ballast even if it’s electronic. K5600s’ Joker 1600 and Alpha 1600 both are 1600w lamp as well as having an even better ballast then the lower wattage Joker 800.
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| Joker 1600 |
Starting with the Joker 1600 par, you would think it works just like any other Joker, but you would be wrong. Using the bare-bulb you will not see any hot spots, with that being said it’s ideal for space lights. The cardinal rule for HMIs and big sores is “never aim a fixture strait down." The Joker 1600 par along with the other Joker’s, you have the option of a Bug-lite, beamer, and the ZOOM Beamer. The ballasts that comes with the 1600 uses less wattage, it runs on 15amp/120 volt circuit as well as its dimmable. Along with being dimmable, the ballasts has a frequency option for high speed shooting.
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| alpha 1600 |
Now talking about K5600 Fresnel family, K5600 have added the Alpha 1600 to their family. It may not be the biggest or brightest in the family, but this should be the big competitor to the Arri and LTM HMI’s. The alpha 1600 is comparable to the 6000w used on the composite quarts reflectors. And again with the cardinal rule for lighting, especially, with a Fresnel you cant point the fixture straight down with out damaging the fixture. But not with the k5600 Alpha 1600, you can point it straight down with out damaging the fixture. The Alpha 1600 also includes a permanent piece of borosilicate that gives crisp and hard shadows. As well as it’s a compact and lightweight.
Over all these two new revolutionary lights, it’s going to start pushing the limits for other lighting manufactures in the film and television industry. To get more information from industry professionals for these lights check out. http://www.scribd.com/doc/73942274/k5600newslettersept2011.
Have fun with these new lights.
