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Vari-Lite Introduces 1200W Fixture with Shutters
The introduction of the VL3500 Spot and VL3500Q Spot luminaires by automated lighting pioneer Vari-Lite provides new opportunities for lighting designers requiring 1200W fixtures with automated shutter capabilities. The VL3500 Spot luminaires match perfectly with the VL3000 Spot fixtures to provide a complete 1200W spot package. Designers now have a pair of fixtures that can satisfy all of their spot luminaire needs.
The VL3500 Spot fixtures’ shutter system consists of four shutters on two planes, which allows the blades to be operated independently or in unison on the two planes. This, combined with the opposing chamfers allows designers a clear, crisp focus on all four blades at once. The shutters move quickly and fluidly. The VL3500 Spot fixtures share the same high standards in quality - such as imagery, even field, beam control, color and intensity - set by the original Vari*Lite Series 3000 Spot luminaires.
The VL3500 luminaires will be at the Vari-Lite booth at LDI (22-24 October in Las Vegas), as well as new product introductions from Vari-Lite. "Designers will be pleased with this product," said Vari-Lite product manager George Masek. "No other competitor can provide the 6-to-1 zoom range we do in a ‘Q’ version, silent-running 1200W fixture with shutters."
The VL3500 Spot fixtures have 11 total gobos - five rotating and six static. With its shutter configuration, the fixtures have just three fewer gobos than the original VL3000 lights. Designers can use the same gobos and carriers in all Series 3000 fixtures. All are interchangeable, which should please rental houses. The fixtures are available in the popular "Q" version, which has a 50-percent less audible fan noise for situations where silence is critical.
"Designers become comfortable with the tools they're used to and the way they work," Masek said. "Rather than giving them a completely new fixture that they have to become acquainted with the nuances of, we are expanding the capabilities of a fixture they are familiar with. This is crucial because when a designer is beginning a new production, the last thing they want is to commit to a light that has unfamiliar characteristics. They know how the VL35000 Spot fixtures will perform because they are already familiar with the VL3000 Spot units."
Vari-Lite expects the VL3500 luminaires to be extremely popular in the theatrical, television, houses of worship, corporate event and trade show markets.
11th October 2004
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