Elation Revs Up for NAMM 2013 with Faster Moving Heads, Razor-Sharp Beams

	Elation's Platinum Beam 5R Extreme

Beams of light will be darting faster than ever around Elation Professional's booth #5774 at Winter 2013 NAMM, held in Anaheim, California January 24-27. Elation Professional is introducing a couple of moving heads including the Rayzor Q7, the fastest LED moving head Elation has ever made, which is the smallest, most powerful LED wash/beam in its class, according to the company. Also making its debut at NAMM is a speedier version of Elation's popular Platinum Beam 5R ACL beam effect, called the Platinum Beam 5R Extreme.

Another new product premiering in its next-generation form is the Platinum Spot LED Pro -- now with a motorized zoom and built-in wireless DMX. Here's a closer look at NAMM highlights from Elation:

Rayzor Q7 -- The smallest (9.25" x 5.5" x 12.5") and fastest moving head LED wash/beam that Elation has introduced to date, this little dynamo will cut through other visual effects in a room with its Rayzor-sharp 7-degree angle beam, speed, and high-output quad color LEDs. It features a new high-speed three-phase motor technology. Weighing just 11lb. / 5kg., the Rayzor Q7 offers brightness for its size (5,442 lux at 4m), harnessing the power of seven 15W 50,000-hour-rated OSRAM quad-color RGBW LEDs.

The Rayzor Q7 allows users to add eye candy into their designs with zonal chase effects; its seven LEDs can be controlled and chased in four independent zones. Other features include a variable strobe (one to 18 flashes per second); 0-100% dimming; eight built-in macros; 540- to 630-degree pan and 265-degree tilt; and RDMX remote DMX addressing). Optional accessories are also available (sold separately), including a snoot lens cover and diffusion filter holder. Featuring five-pin DMX as standard, the Rayzor Q7 can be operated in three DMX-channel modes (15, 17, and 28-channel) for versatile programming options.

Platinum Beam 5R Extreme -- Since its debut last year, Elation's original Platinum Beam 5R extreme ACL beam effect has become popular among lighting designers, appearing everywhere from Super Bowl XLVI Village to Jimmy Kimmel Live. Now the company introduces the Platinum Beam 5R Extreme, a next-evolution version featuring new three-phase motors, that amped up its speed. The Platinum Beam 5R Extreme has a new advanced optical design and a remote focus, giving users the ability to create razor-sharp extreme ACL projections.

Featuring a three-degree beam angle, the Platinum Beam 5R Extreme is loaded with effects, including: eight rotating gobos; eight-facet rotating prism; 12 colors; CTO, CTB, and UV; and a dimmer and strobe. A wireless DMX option is also offered. Powered by an advanced 189W Philips Platinum 5R lamp, the Platinum Beam 5R Extreme produces the output of a much larger discharge fixture: 100,000 lux at 15m.

Platinum Spot LED Pro -- The next generation of Elation's Platinum Spot LED moving head, the Platinum Spot LED Pro offers new features, including a motorized 15- to 34-degree zoom and a built-in EWDMX wireless DMX receiver. When used with an Elation EWDMXT wireless transmitter (sold separately), it can receive DMX signals wirelessly from up to 3,000' away. This wireless capability, combined with the Platinum Spot LED Pro's small size, makes it a convenient fixture to set-up and handle. A 140W LED moving head spot, it produces an output comparable to that of a 250W discharge fixture.

Like the original, the company says the Platinum Spot LED Pro includes all the features needed to create great lighting designs: eight dichroic static colors; 14 gobos (seven rotating/indexing, seven replaceable static); three-facet rotating/indexing prism; motorized iris; motorized focus; variable speed shutter/strobe; and smooth 0-100% electronic dimming. It features three DMX operational modes (14, 16, and 21 channel), and both three-pin and five-pin DMX connectors.

See Elation Professional at PLASA Focus: Orlando, May 15-16.