Towards a Brighter Future: FilmGear®’s LED Summer Sale!

FilmGear®’s Summer Sale goes beyond just our legacy tungsten and HMI lights—we also embrace a brighter future with our wide range of vibrant LEDs! You too can join in that embrace, with 30% off on our Helios space lights, Aurora panels, and Apollo Fresnel families until August 12!

Helios LED Space Lights (30% off)

FilmGear®’s Helios line of LED space lights has been taking over studios all over the world, and it’s not hard to see why. Our bi-color 500B and 700B models output a bright yet soft blanket of 2700K-6000K white light with NAB award-winning output and CRI/TLCI. 

The new and improved RGB Helios 700C and 1100C take full advantage of FilmGear®’s new MCOB LEDs and unique TIR lenses to paint your canvas with a wash of vivid color through the HSI or gel modes. For more dynamic effects, the scene mode presets and built-in wireless DMX/Bluetooth give life to your whole set.

Aurora LED Panels (30% off)

While the Helios covers the skies, FilmGear®’s Aurora panels are boots-on-the-ground workhorse lights built to be a permanent fixture on any lighting truck. Getting 40% brighter output for less power draw than the competition, this LED panel makes for a potent key light even outdoors, while still maintaining softer shadows on your subjects.

But great key lights need to be more than just bright—FilmGear® understands that they need to be ready to go whenever and wherever, and the Aurora’s integrated ballast, robust heat sink, and sturdy feet are built to handle the often rough and tumble nature of set life. With its hearty build and all of the bells and whistles you’ll find on all of our RGB LEDs, including scene and gel presets, FilmGear®’s Aurora panels will be guaranteed staples in your lighting arsenal!

Apollo LED Spot (30% off)

The Apollo takes the simple plug-and-play nature of a tungsten Fresnel and marries it with the efficiency of LEDs. And just like its tungsten predecessor, its Fresnel lens gets you hard yet clean output, so you’ll have more striking contrast and sharp shadows to play with in your shot. 

With the bi-color or RGB Apollos, you’re getting Fresnel lampheads with more utility than ever, including all of the modes, presets, and wireless controls of our other LEDs. These lampheads run nice and cool and won’t take up your entire circuit, making them easy to maneuver and rig up at a moment’s notice. At the end of the day, FilmGear®’s Apollos are all about saving you the most precious resources of all, time and energy!

FilmGear® is committed to a brighter future with a wide spectrum of LEDs to satisfy the needs of gaffers on any level of production, and our Summer Sale is the ideal time to experience them yourself! Email joanna@filmgearusa.com or call 323-780-8880 to place your order for these staples of our LED lineup while supplies last!

It's Always Sunny in Filmadelphia with FilmGear®'s Summer HMI Sale!

FilmGear®’s Summer Sale rolls on, this week featuring the sun’s twins: the HMIs!

F-Series (30% OFF)

Ranging from the compact F800 to the unstoppable F18k, FilmGear®’s F-Series of faceted PARs doesn’t waste a single drop of your HMI bulbs’ output. Their faceted reflectors are designed to specifically match each globe, ensuring not only the maximum output but also a clean spot, free from any of the dark halos or uneven centers that plague other faceted PARs.

Beyond just the pristine light quality, gaffers love the F-Series for being a practically unbreakable light. The F-Series’ sleek dark lavender-themed design has disguised these workhorses’ remarkable resilience through rough handling, hot weather, and wet climates all over the world for over a decade. Pair them with FilmGear®’s trusty electronic ballasts for a truly durable duo!

Daylight Fresnel (30% OFF)

If the F-Series brings the sun’s power, FilmGear®’s Daylight Fresnels bring out the sun’s most filmic aesthetic, complete with a smooth wash, tight beams, and crisp shadows whether as a key, fill, or highlight. Our gaffers love these versatile lights for their ability to be easily shaped and controlled, making for a powerful tool in the hands of an astute filmmaker.

The Daylight Fresnel line ranges from 18kW down to 575W, all with the same hard yet even output and the signature toughness of FilmGear®’s HMIs. With such a vast array of options for such a vast array of applications, you can hardly ever go wrong with a Daylight Fresnel!

Daylight Boxer (40% OFF)

For on-the-go, run-and-gun shoots, FilmGear®’s Daylight Boxers bring up to 800W of bright and punchy daylight output to even the tightest of spaces or budgets! These conveniently sized HMI lampheads that give you portable adaptability with their set of 5 PAR lenses, softbox, barndoors, ballast, and optional ellipsoidal attachment all packed into a rugged travel case. Whether you need a softened spread or a hardened spot, FilmGear®’s Daylight Boxer is always ready to go!

Email joanna@filmgearusa.com or call us at 323-780-8880 to place your order while supplies last!

Simply Effective: Summer Sale on Tungsten Lights from FilmGear®!

Following up from last week’s Power Beam sale, this week’s Summer Sale shifts towards generalist lights: FilmGear®’s Tungsten Fresnels and Tungsten Maxibrutes!

Tungsten Fresnels (15-40% OFF)

With their hard yet clean light quality, FilmGear®’s Tungsten Fresnels are a no-brainer when picking the first light to put on your truck! Ranging from the petite 150W to the mighty 24kW, these trusty workhorses have created that iconic tone of warmth in films for decades. The raw output of our 24/20kW and 12/10kW lampheads continue to stand the test of time, still accompanying the sun on sets today. 

The Tungsten Fresnels’ refreshing simplicity saves precious time on set, ready to go at just the flip of a switch. With such an easy plug-and-play light, you can spend less time fiddling with ballasts and menus and more time fine-tuning the nuances of your perfect shot.

Every gaffer deserves a reliable set of classic tungsten lights as the foundation for their truck. At  15% off for 10kW and above  and 40% off 5kW and below, now is the time to bring it back to a classic with FilmGear®’s Tungsten Fresnels.

  • 24/20kW Tungsten Fresnel Studio (15% OFF)

  • 12/10kW Tungsten Fresnel Studio (15% OFF)

  • 5kW Tungsten Fresnel Junior / Studio (40% OFF)

  • 2kW Tungsten Fresnel Junior / Studio (40% OFF)

  • 1kW Tungsten Fresnel Junior / Studio (40% OFF)

  • 650W Tungsten Fresnel Junior / Studio (40% OFF)

  • 300W Tungsten Fresnel Junior (40% OFF)

  • 150W Tungsten Fresnel Junior (40% OFF)

Tungsten Maxibrutes (15% OFF)

Continuing the theme of traditional incandescent lights, tungsten maxibrutes have earned their place as an industry staple for the better part of a century thanks to their raw, punchy output. And while they might not have all of the colorful features of our newest RGB LED Max C series, FilmGear®’s Tungsten Maxibrutes are still a nostalgic favorite when gaffers need a ton of light from an inexpensive, wide-faced source.

Though tungsten maxis already boast some of the highest bang-for-buck value, our Summer Sale can get you an additional 15% off!

  • Tungsten Maxibrute 24

  • Tungsten Maxibrute 12

  • Tungsten Maxibrute 9

  • Tungsten Maxibrute 6

Email joanna@filmgearusa.com or call us at 323-780-8880 to place your order while supplies last!

The New Classic

We’re starting off this year’s Summer Sale with FilmGear®’s hottest new beam projectors: the daylight and tungsten Power Beams!

This family takes the classic beam light and expands it to a more modern lineup, featuring up to 18kW HMI and up to 24kW tungsten, with twin lamp support for every model. Their improved output is complemented by their thicker glass mirrors, built to withstand rough rentals and lifetime ownership, giving you bolder beams at longer ranges for decades to come.

This perfect fusion between old school lights and new school technology has got filmmakers everywhere excitedly welcoming their return. And what better way to celebrate their comeback than with 15% off on all Power Beams, from now until August 12, 2022.

The full Power Beam family includes:

Daylight:

  • 36" 18kW/12kW Daylight Power Beam with Wheeled Transport Case

  • 24" 9kW/6kW Daylight Power Beam with Wheeled Transport Case

  • 24" 4kW/2.5kW Daylight Power Beam with Wheeled Transport Case

  • 18" 1.8kW/1.2kW Daylight Power Beam with Wheeled Transport Case

Tungsten:

  • 36" 24kW/20kW Tungsten Power Beam with Wheeled Transport Case

  • 24" 12kW/10kW Tungsten Power Beam with Wheeled Transport Case

  • 18" 5kW/2kW Tungsten Power Beam with Wheeled Transport Case

Email joanna@filmgearusa.com or call us at 323-780-8880 to place your order while supplies last!

Cine Gear Recap!

Thanks to everyone for joining FilmGear® at last week’s Cine Gear LA Expo! For the second year in a row, our Power Beams caught the attention of all at the LA Convention Center, with the 3 newest family members taking the spotlight. Here are some of the highlights in case you missed it:

Though we were limited on hazing up the venue, the Power Beams still shone even without their signature 0° shafts of light. Both daylight and tungsten showed up this year, from the brightest 18/12kW Daylight to the classic 12/10kW Tungsten, along with the newest 1.8/1.2kW Daylight and 5/2kW Tungsten Power Beams.

Want to see these modern beam projectors in their full glory? Schedule a demo with us by calling 323.780.8880 or by emailing info@filmgearusa.com. We’ll be beaming into studios all over LA, but the post-Cine Gear orders are flying in, so call soon or you might miss us!

In addition to bringing beam projectors back, we also showed off our new Helios 1100C RGB space lights and Max series RGB maxibrutes. FilmGear®’s unique TIR lenses optimize the output from MCOB LEDs to yield a directional punch of brilliant color that you don’t get from other LEDs, making them a worthy successor to the tungsten maxibrutes of old.

As always, our favorite part of the event was the chance to reconnect with old friends and make new ones. Your feedback strengthens the core of our design philosophy to make lighting that is engineered for filmmakers, by filmmakers. This year’s theme of old school lights made with new school technology is just more proof of that, reimagining the limits of beam projectors and maxibrutes.

See you next Cine Gear!

FilmGear® Takes Space Lights to New Heights: The Helios 1100C!

The most powerful RGB LED space light from the NAB Product of the Year award-winning Helios series builds upon the industry-leading color mixing and adds the vibrant colors of FilmGear®’s RGBW LED chips. Now with 1080W of efficient, punchy MCOB LEDs, the Helios 1100C is fully equipped to paint even the tallest of studios with the colors of your dreams!

Back in 2019, the Helios 700B and 1000B bi-color LED space lights both won awards on the strength of their raw output and incredible color temperature accuracy, which was followed by the release of the RGB Helios 700C. This first foray into color space lighting integrated the RGB functionality to fill entire studios, bringing to life complex and dynamic scenes at the largest of scales.

Since then, studios have only continued to expand upwards, so FilmGear®’s engineers have spent much of the pandemic developing the Helios 1100C to take space lighting to new heights—literally. The 1100C features FilmGear®’s revolutionary new MCOB LEDs, giving them the same efficient output and throw as the Max series of RGB maxibrutes. In fact, the Helios 1100C is functionally equivalent to the Max 6C, which makes it useful as a powerful RGB skypan with its softbox.

Also like the Max 6C, each of the 6 banks can be individually controlled in all of the various modes. With the plus/minus green filter packaged into the 2700K-10000K CCT mode, this RGB space light has a more robust color temperature setting than typical bi-color lights. When it comes to RGB, the 1100C literally shines in every category that the 700C does already, with more than double the intensity for the HSI and GEL modes. The expanded Scene mode library now includes 18 presets, with options to import or program more of your own. 

Newly empowered by LumenRadio’s latest TimoTwo module, the Helios 1100C’s wireless controls take another monumental leap forward for filmmakers’ quality of life. With built-in wireless DMX and Bluetooth complementing the standard DMX/RDM, Ethernet, and USB, gaffers have total control over the light from the ground, eliminating the hassle of climbing up to each hanging fixture on a grid.

FilmGear®’s Helios 1100C RGB LED space light is here to lead the next generation of space lighting in brightness, efficiency, and versatility. Make sure to check it out as it touches down at booth 621 this Cine Gear LA!

Maximizing the Maxibrute: FilmGear®’s RGB LED Max Series

FilmGear®’s new Max 12C is leading the Max series of RGB LED maxibrutes back to Cine Gear LA! With the rapid evolution of FilmGear®’s LED engineering, the maxibrute made the leap straight from tungsten to RGB this year, with the Max 12C capping off the line this June. Combining the raw output of traditional PAR64 maxibrutes with the creative freedom of FilmGear®’s custom-designed RGBW chips, the Max series transcends both tungsten and LED at a new lighting frontier.

The new 4-in-1 chip design takes advantage of rigorously quality-controlled MCOB LEDs to optimize the output and color accuracy of each chip. The improved efficiency not only gives gaffers more light for less power drawn (up to 20A for the Max 12C) but also accelerates heat dissipation, resulting in lower fan noise overall. Clustering high-power LEDs into localized cups further allows for unique optical lenses that give the Max series their punchy naked 24° beam angle, making them a worthy successor to the tungsten maxis.

Much like their tungsten predecessors, the Max’s 4, 6, 9, or 12 LED lampheads can be individually controlled, but these fixtures have much finer tunability over brightness with 5 preset dimming curves for each individual LED bank—all maintaining average CRI and TLCI both >95 over the whole 0-100% and 2700K-10000K range.

Beyond the CCT mode with plus/minus green control, the real freedom lies in its full spectrum RGB output, configurable through either the HSI mode for cinematographers who like to fine-tune their color space or the Gel mode for gaffers who prefer to stick to the color gels they love. The Gel mode in particular has been expanded to include over 300 industry-favorite lighting filters, eliminating the hassle of having to swap color gels while keeping them from burning. For actual burning effects, the Scene mode ships with 18 preset patterns mimicking everything from flickering flames to police beacons.

Additional patterns that take advantage of the separately controllable banks can be programmed directly into the menu to suit your creative ambitions. With a fixture packed with this many features, lighting professionals will appreciate the intuitive navigation to get to the exact settings they want.

As for connectivity, the Max series comes equipped with every option imaginable, including DMX/RDM, Ethernet, USB, and built-in wireless DMX and Bluetooth through LumenRadio’s TimoTwo chip. It even comes with firmware support for the upcoming FilmGear® app, allowing for full control of all FilmGear® fixtures from the comfort of your smartphone or tablet.

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