PR Lighting Add Flagship 580 Beam / BWS to Aqua Series

PR Lighting has introduced a new flagship to its popular IP66-rated AQUA range, with the release of the PR-2597 AQUA 580 BWS (combined Beam, Wash, and Spot) and PR-2569 AQUA 580 Beam. These made their debut at this month's Prolight+Sound Show in Frankfurt.

Housing the Philips MSD Platinum 25R (550W) lamp (with optional Osram Sirius HRI550W XL) this fully featured fixture, with PR Lighting's trademark advanced optical path, contains color wheel with 12 color filters (plus open), bi-directional rainbow effect at variable speeds, stepping/linear color changing, a CMY color mixing system (with macro) and individual color temperature adjustment 0 -- 100%.

There is a fixed gobo wheel with 18 gobos (plus open), bi-directionally rotatable and shakeable at variable speeds, and a rotating gobo wheel with seven gobos plus open (gobo replaceable). Further effects include a Prism wheel containing four prisms (standard 8-facet, 9-facet, 4-facet and gradient, with optional 3-facet and 16-facet prisms, bi-directional rotation with variable speeds. There is also an effect wheel which can overlap with gobos and again offers bi-directional, vari-speed rotation, and a Frost filter. The Focus and Zoom functions are motorized linearly and the double shutter blade strobe offers 0.3fps -- 25fps.

Head movement offers 540-degrees of pan and 270-degree (tilt) with auto position correction and adjustable speed. Light angles on the AQUA 580 BWS, are two-degree (Beam), two-degree - 40-degree (Spot) and three-degree - 50-degree (Wash). Control is via DMX512, offering 23 channels in short mode, 31 channels in standard mode and 35 channels in extended mode.

Housed in temperature resistant cast aluminum, the fixture weighs 36.5kg.

The AQUA 580 Beam offers a similar feature-set, with three prisms (eight-facet, 16-facet and four-facet) with optional three-facet and gradient prisms, but crucially the light angle is two-degrees. Control is via DMX512, with 19 channels in short mode, 26 channels in standard mode, and 29 channels in extended mode.

Both fixtures will be ready to ship in mid-2019.