Sunday, November 22, 2009

Wrapping up LDI2009...

Written By: Steve Roudebush

It has been a whirlwind past few days at the LDI 2009 convention in Orlando!  We saw many interesting new products including ETC's Rigging, fresh innovations from Seachanger, oodles of truss, and of course myriad LED fixtures.

A special congrats to Prism Projection for the new Reveal Wash LED fixture which won Best Debuting Product for the lighting category!  Check out our post earlier this month and keep an eye out for product availability very soon.

We have lots more to share about the show in the coming days.  For now, goodbye from Orlando!

- Steve

Thursday, November 19, 2009

ETC Enters the Rigging Market

Written By: Carl Spaulding

ETC has just released the big news for LDI 2009! They have a new automated rigging hoist and controls! The full press release can be viewed here.

BMI Supply had the opportunity to preview the product and we think it's fabulous! Be sure to stop by the ETC booth at LDI 2009 and see this new innovation first hand.

Thanks as always
Carl 11-19-2009

Wednesday, November 18, 2009

LDI 2009

Written By: Steve Roudebush

Good Morning!  We're off to Orlando today for LDI 2009.  We will check out the latest industry equipment, catch up with old friends, and hopefully make some new acquaintances.

In addition to walking the show floor, we will be exhibiting our TheatricalHardware.com line of innovative scenic hardware.  Please stop by and see us at booth #1205

Friday, November 6, 2009

Introducing the RevEAL Color Wash

Written By: Carl Spaulding

An old friend of ours stopped by the other day to show us the new LED fixture from Prism Projection. The RevEAL Color Wash is one of the most well engineered LED fixtures we’ve seen. The RevEAL uses 5 separate “primaries” creating a very broad spectrum of available color. The color engine uses proprietary technology to create a fully mixed beam with no color shadowing. The beam is very even and similar to a PC spotlight. The processor automatically calibrates the color to ensure consistency from one fixture to the next. The shell is primarily made of durable plastics which allow it to be lightweight (20lbs). Power consumption is a scant 180 watts. Power pass-thru makes it a simple task to stack up 13 fixtures on a single 20 amp circuit.

The images below show the beam from the RevEAL Color Wash on the left compared to a classic SeaChanger on the right.The SeaChanger was lamped with an HPL 750 and intensity was set at approximately 80% to match the colors produced by the RevEAL Color Wash.

(Click on the images to see them full size)
Red Green Blue
Green

The Colors from the RevEAL Color Wash showed very well. The Red is very saturate, the blue was very strong and the greens were punchy and bright.


And a picture of the fixture up close and personal!


Thanks as always - Carl 11-11-2009

LEE Urban Effects Filters

Written By: Steve Roudebush

Welcome to November everyone! It has been a hectic fall here at BMI Supply. Back in September, LEE Filters launched seven (7) new gel colors under the umbrella of “Urban Effects Filters”. These are specialized filters intended for a distinct design purpose – presenting sodium streetlight/industrial color temperatures using standard theatrical or studio fixtures. Each filter was developed to work with specific source temperatures to yield a variety of strengths/types of sodium lighting effects. These will help many designers take the guesswork out of picking traditional filters to mimic an “urban” lighting look. Unlike traditional new gel color introductions (which usually consist of random colors across the spectrum), LEE has smartly addressed a niche design need. Kudos!

Why write about this now? Well, the gel is finally here in the USA! Our first order is en route from LEE in California. We’ll have stock by the middle of next week. As with all standard LEE colors, BMI Supply’s price is $5.85 per sheet.

Here are the colors in detail:

You can check out LEE’s new colors at the LEE Filters booth at LDI2009 in Orlando Nov. 20-22.

Feel free to call or email with any questions

Have a great weekend!
-Steve