Revolutionary solution for lighting talent, wardrobes, and sets
LOS ANGELES – KINO FLO, the world’s leader in lighting products for movies, television, and broadcast, announces the release of the first of its revolutionary family of products, the Celeb IKON 6. This breakthrough in lighting technology features a powerful new LED engine that offers near-perfect daylight and tungsten color space spectrums .
“KINO FLO has always been known and relied upon for the best possible color spectrum available and the way it lights skin, costumes, and sets for quality film and television productions; and now our high color fidelity just got higher,” says Kino Flo Founder Frieder Hochheim. “The new Celeb IKON family of soft panels’ ability to provide great color has grown and evolved with these products. Kino Flo always had unmatched color science and now it is near perfect.” He adds that while most daylight and tungsten color spectrums have a blue or red spike, the Celeb family of lights broadens and extends the spike in those respective color spaces without mixing a variety of colors to obtain that broad spectrum of white light. “It’s matchless.”
The Celeb IKON 6 is an IP65-rated softlight for gaffers, directors of photography, and rental houses wanting powerful lights for indoor and outdoor environments. Setting it apart from others on the market is the all new innovative RGB-cW-wW LED engine which provides full power not just to all white points, but to all color points as well. It provides a new confidence in moving from warm to daylight tones and easily solves color rendering challenges creatives face on today’s sets. The LED system includes two greatly improved full-spectrum white sources that deliver the broadest spectrum of quality white light available.
A Must-Have for Your Production Arsenal
“This is the best possible out-of-the-box solution for lighting talent, wardrobes, and sets,” says Global Brand Manager Alan Ipakchi. He adds that crews are greatly welcoming the IP65 aspect. “Weather-resistant lighting used to be a luxury in film, but now it’s vital, and we’re hearing from crews that while a sudden rain storm can cause a delay in the schedule for hours, now they return and fire up the Celeb and get right back to work. This is already a must-have for anyone’s production arsenal.”
The True Match® software is managing this new broad spectrum LED package making on-board control quick and easy for programmers to remotely configure and operate the Celeb IKON via RDM and DMX. LumenRadio wireless DMX comes standard, plus there’s an option of choosing Multiverse wireless DMX when purchased or added later through the KINO FLO service center.
“This first IKON product in the family is the IKON6 that is 600 watts, and coming soon is the powerful IKON12 that is 1200-watts” Ipakchi says. “In a market of mixing a variety of colors to obtain white light, it’s just about staying true to our core pillar and using the best white light color space available.” The 600 version is a 2×1 fixture with the 1200 being a 4×1 traditional Kino Flo form factor fixture. All products from this line have a removable front diffusion, and multiple zones that can be controlled as well.
Continuing the KINO FLO Legacy
The main feature that has technicians excited is the RGB-cW-wW LED Engine with expanded White Space and Color Space Spectrums. But there is also an SDI port for gen locking the IKON to camera/video signals, a unique offering making this uniquely perfect for virtual production as well. The removable diffusion and the Ethercon In/Out Ethernet ports combined with the 5 Pin XLR DMX In/Out ports make it incredibly flexible and easy to use in almost any setting.
Other standard features include Data Pass Thru on both DMX and Ethernet Lines; RDM/sACN/ArtNet; USB-C for storing and loading presets; firmware updates via USB-C; DC battery input via 3 pin XLR; and jr pin mount and feet for easy staging, mounting, and hanging. It all adds up to continuing the KINOFLO legacy of dynamic, innovative products for this market.
The CELEB IKON is now available for pre-order.
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