Robe Makes a Pointe on Die Ultimative Chart Show

	Set of the Die Ultimative Chart Show with Robe

European lighting and visuals designer Manfred Ollie Olma of Cologne, Germany-based mo2 design tried out 12 of Robe's new Pointe moving lights for a recent episode of Die Ultimative Chart Show, recorded at Nobeo 8 Studio in Hürth, near Cologne. The program is broadcast weekly on RTL.

Olma has lit the show for the last ten years, all the time keeping it looking fresh, inventive, and visually relevant. He also frequently uses Robe for his work, which embraces many disciplines including television, concert touring and music shows, special events, and architectural illumination.

Initially six of Robe's new Pointe fixtures were delivered to the studio by Robe's German distributor LMP. It was the very first time that Olma had road-tested the Pointe, and he was so impressed that he asked for more. LMP pulled out all the stops to be able to meet his request, enabling Olma to integrate 12 Pointes in and around the Die Ultimative Chart Show set, designed by Jürgen Schmidt-André.

Adding the Pointes gave the show a distinctive and individual look for that week as Olma created aerial effects and bright beam work which worked well on the wide camera shots.

He was overall very impressed. "This very small and compact lightsource is a massive step forward for lighting itself," he stated.

He compared them to fixtures he was using in the studio (from another manufacturer) and confirmed that they "Easily out-perform these with their 280W lamp."

Continuing, he said, with no prompting, "The Pointe is a top-class beam effect -- the light cuts through everything around (like smoke and LED screens, etc.) in a very clear and precise way."

He also likes the smooth dimming curve, which is equally as good when the Pointe is being used in spot or wash modes. "There is always a clear definition of the beam edge at whatever percentage the intensity," he observes.

He also was said to appreciate the zoom ranges, which are 2.5- to 10-degrees for the beam and 5- to 20-degrees for the spot modes.

On the gobos Olma says, "They work very well when zoomed in or out, always sharp, crisp, and clean." Concluding: "Overall the light is an extremely versatile tool either as a spot with great projection capabilities or as a wash unit with stunning effects."

According to the company, Robe's Pointe is a truly multi-purpose beam, spot, and wash fixture -- a small and fast "signature" unit developed with an intense and sharp parallel beam plus a host of features to make it unique.

Special characteristics include speed and a list of additional creative features like the zoom, linear, and circular rotating prisms, rotating and static gobo wheels, and more.

It's robustly built in the Czech Republic and weighs just 15.2Kgs.

The company reports many shows and events are getting the Pointe ... including David Guetta in Hannover; the CMT Awards in Nashville, Tennessee; the MTV Upfront Presentations at the Beacon Theatre in New York, Portishead at the 2013 Glastonbury Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts and the house lighting rig for The Eden Sessions in Cornwall -- both in the UK -- and many more.