Astera, a German-based developer of light solutions for film, event and TV markets, will showcase its range of LED-based lighting gear, including its new LunaBulb, at the 2024 IBC Show, Sept. 13-16 at the RAI Amsterdam.

LunaBulb externally replicates the appearance of a conventional lightbulb, but internally is driven by Astera’s TitanLED engine, “thus providing fine full-color and wireless control across a range of creative and practical applications,” the company said.

Being the only LED-based bulb with inbuilt CRMX, together with Astera’s NYXBulb, the brand-new LunaBulb is available with an E26, E27 and B22 fitting and, like a conventional bulb, screws directly into an AC-wired bulb socket, Astera said. A spring-loaded clip allows the light to be converted from a slimline shape to a conventional bulb, granting it both aesthetic and practical value on sets both indoors and outdoors (since the bulbs maintain the same weatherproofness of an IP44 socket).

With fully adjustable white levels (1,750 – 20,000K) and extensive colour mixing (RGB, Mint and Amber, with RGB, HIS, XY and Filter Gel colour selection options), Astera says its LunaBulb provides beautiful, flicker free lighting in a variety of settings, and because of its underpinning TitanLED engine, can be coordinated seamlessly with the wider Astera ecosystem using Astera’s intuitive app, their series of White and FX remotes, BTB link or wireless CRMX. Configuration is achieved using either the Astera battery-powered PrepCase or PrepInlay for LunaBulb, which hold up to eight bulbs and allow for quick and efficient configuration, blue mode activation and DMX address assignment on the move.

Other lighting solutions on display at the Astera booth include the battery-powered PlutoFresnel and LeoFresnel: versatile and portable LED lights that can work both as a high-quality 15º to 60º Fresnel or an accurate Profile Spotlight with 16º to 36º zoom, gobo projection and individually-controllable blades. Drawing just 80W and 250W respectively, PlutoFresnel and LeoFresnel are equivalent to traditional 300W and 1000W tungsten-based Fresnels, but with all the advantages of wireless operation, CRMX and RGBMA color mixing, Astera said.

The flexible LeoFresnel and PlutoFresnel and their precise projection optics join Astera’s established selection of 100% wireless LED luminaires such as LightDrop, PixelPAR, PowerPAR, PixelBar, the well-known family of Helios, Titan and Hyperion tube lights, and HydraPanel. The latter—a compact and also battery-powered 1300 lumen light that fits in the palm of your hand—is one of Astera’s core offerings: watertight, easy to use and weighing just 600g, the HydraPanel can be mounted anywhere and is especially useful to emulate streetlight for nighttime scenes or to generate accents in the background. With six magnetic light modifiers, up to four HydraPanels can be combined together with a DoPchoice’s Snapbag.

Astera says its light portfolio—alongside accessories such as the RuntimeExtender battery plate—is designed to operate as a holistic ecosystem, providing lighting professionals their full lighting need.

“Our attendance at IBC goes from strength to strength each year, and this year’s booth is set to be a must-visit for broadcast lighting engineers, particularly in light of the reception the LunaBulb has received so far; at trade shows, in the press and in testimonials from some of the industry’s leading filmmakers and event providers, said Ben Díaz, Head of Product Management for Astera. “We’ll be able to talk with potential customers at IBC about the broad range of ways Astera lighting—and now, the LunaBulb—has been used in film and television, on some of the biggest motion-picture films and TV shows in the last 10 years. We have some exciting broadcast case studies to share.”

Astera will be in Booth 12.F55 in Hall 12.

LONDON—British LED lighting manufacturer Rotolight has a new entry to its stock of LED lights, the Anova Pro 2. The fourth generation of its studio/location light, the Anova Pro 2 offers light and High Speed Sync flash, and can deliver 10,700 lux at 3 feet.

Features for the Anova Pro 2 include electronically adjustable color temperature in both flash and continuous modes (6300-3150K); it also has the CineSFX suite for TV and film production, which now has the wireless Elinchrom Skyport receiver integrated for wireless control. The Anova Pro 2 uses 72W of consumption.

Rotolight reports that the Anova Pro 2 light is currently in use at Celebro, London’s fully 4K television studio, and by Italian state broadcaster RAI TV.

Rotolight will begin shipping the Anova Pro 2 in December for $1,625. It comes with integrated DMX, V-lock battery plate, wireless Elinchrom receiver and four-piece filter kit as standard.

TARTU, ESTONIA—Kinothenik is rolling out a new entry to its Practilite series of Fresnel lights, the Practilite 600. The 600 is modeled after Kinothenik’s bi-color, focusable Practilite 602 LED light, but features a fixed 75-degree beam angle and is able to deliver 20 percent more output than the 602, despite its smaller size, according to Kinothenik.

The Practilite 600 is designed to replace 300-450W tungsten flood fixtures and can change color temperature without gels. Also, like all Practilite 600s, this new light is calibrated to achieve uniform lighting consistency from 3000-6000K.

Additional features for the Practilite 600 includes a smart phone app to help with setup and the ability to work with Practilite 1.3x1.3-inch Popup Softbox and 20-inch Softtube, along with the 4.5-inch Fresnel Spot Attachment.

LOS ANGELES—LED lighting product manufacture Zylight has announced it is now shipping its Newz compact on-camera light. Designed to for broadcast news and other run-and-gun type shooting, the Newz features custom barn doors and an integrated articulated arm to adjust the height and angle of the light.

The Newz utilizes a proprietary LED matrix to produce soft light with true color reproduction in line with Zylight’s F8 LED Fresnel. The light offers color temperatures from tungsten (3200K) to daylight (5600K) and a 60 degree beam spread at full width half maximum. It also features an integrated strobe function for DSLR applications.

In addition, the Newz comes with an integrated one-touch quick release mount, and ZyLink, Zylight’s wireless technology, to link to multiple lights for simultaneous remote control. It can be powered by a worldwide AC power supply, or either a 7.2V or 14.4V camera battery through its integrated D-Tap cable. The light is also water resistant so it can be used in extreme weather conditions.

STAMFORD, CONN.—Designed for set designers and filmmakers, Rosco Laboratories’ new RoscoLED Tape lighting kits add accent lighting to set pieces for TV and film productions. Kits come with multiple reels of RoscoLED Tape with pre-configured plug-and-play connectors, as well as a control box with quick connection ports for power, DMX control and LED Tape outputs.

VariWhite RoscoLED Tape kit

RoscoLED Tapes come in three types of kits: the Static White, which is available in tungsten or daylight; the VariWhite, which offers dual chip, high CRI LEDs that are tunable from 3000K-6500K; and VariColor, which offers a variety of hues using a blend of color-mixing RGB and W LEDs. Each kit component can also be purchased individually.

Rosco Labs has also announced the RoscoLED Tape Pro Gaffers kit. The Pro Gaffers kit offers a selection of RoscoLED Tape strips along with power and control accessories, including a car adaptor, AA battery holder and single fade dimmer.

RoscoLED Tape is now available.