Prism Projection Launches Profile Junior 2, and Others

Prism Projection's latest entries into the LED luminaire market is the Profile Junior 2, an ellipsoidal unit, and the Studio Fresnel 4. Both feature an extended lamp life. "We're boosting the lifetime to 60,000 hours at 70% lumen maintenance of all of the units in both the Profile Junior 2 and the Studio Fresnel 4 lines," says Young.

Overall output is also improved in both of the new lines. "The Studio Fresnel 4 has the same form factor as the Studio 3 series, while the output is equivalent to a 5K tungsten. As for the Profile Junior 2, it's brighter than industry standard ellipsoidals, and in fact, they're in a category of their own as far as output capability. They're actually more comparable to products that marry discharge lamps and profile lensing systems," says Prism Projection president Garrett Young.

The Studio Fresnel 4 and Profile Junior 2 both have a new addition to their product lines--the 9C versions. Young says, "With the 9C version of these products, we're offering a new type of expanded gamut of color mixing--nobody has ever put nine primary colors into a color mixing system before, and so the hues and tones and their ranges are unmatched. For somebody who wants to precisely match a gel color, these would be the instruments to use." The 9C also offers a new tool to designers across the board. "I think adding the 9C version really opens up a lot of possibilities for facilities like houses of worship and professional theater applications because of the tunability of color that will be available," says Prism's president.

Key to the success of both of the 9C versions is the use of a new color that will enhance the units' use in television and film. "We're introducing a new primary color that hasn't even been implemented in an LED fixture previously--a very deep red. With most of these fixtures, we're illuminating people, and because of the blood in their veins, their reflection of deep red light is quite unique, and that's often why an LED fixture or a fixture with low CRI on human skin doesn't always look right," says Young.

Both the Studio Fresnel 4 and the Profile Junior 2 come in a total of four versions: 3,200k, 5,600k, 9c, and Enhanced Color. The Enhanced Color, also known as the EC, features tunable plus/minus green correction. All of the new Prism instruments feature a color rendering index of 90 or higher.

The Studio Fresnel 4 and the Profile Junior 2 lines also feature improved energy efficiency via a reengineered power supply. Young says, "People may never turn these fixtures off, because they're controlling them with DMX, and many of our competitors have very high off state power. The fixtures are energized but they're not actually outputting light and they may be consuming up to 20W. Our new power supply is quite smart and when the light's not on, it goes into a deep sleep mode that only consumes half a watt." That number is consistent with the Energy Star requirements that are imposed on many consumer products, the company says. Young adds, "There is no other intelligent fixture--whether it is a moving fixture or an LED--that I know of that has that low of a standby power."

Responsible energy usage is at the nexus of the Prism Projection engineering philosophy, the company says. "I think that with all the fixtures there is a significant reduction in wattage for equivalent output. We generally find that with our customers that have high levels of usage, the fixtures pay for themselves in two to three years," says Prism's president.

All of the units within the Studio Fresnel 4 and the Profile Junior 2 lines will be available during the first quarter of 2015, and all feature Prism Projection's True Source closed loop optical feedback that ensures LED consistency over time. The instruments will be available for up close and personal demonstrations at LDI 2014 in booth 2898.