Of the lighting players, Clay Paky's launch of the impressive Alpha range of 575W moving head fixtures was one of the highlights of the show. The three Alpha models are the Alpha Spot, Alpha Spot HPE and Alpha Wash. 'HPE' signifies 'High Performance', and accordingly the Alpha Spot HPE boasts a redesigned optical system, a 10-40° zoom and electronic focusing. With CYM colour-mixing and a seven-colour wheel, linear CTO for colour temperature correction and pastel shades, plus its three gobo wheels (of which two are indexable, interchangeabe and bi-directional), two prisms (2-facet and 5-facet), three frost filters, 0-100% dimming and stop/strobe effect, the Alpha Spot is a fully-featured unit. Another new feature is its 'fast-clamping' capability which provides quick switching of graphic effects discs.

The Alpha Spot is a lower-budget option, with a 15-35° zoom, two colour wheels and two gobo wheels (indexable, interchangeable and with bi-directional rotation), a five-facet prism and two frost filters. The Alpha Wash, meanwhile, boasts a remarkable 4-80° zoom, and includes CMY colour mixing, a colour wheel with four colours (Congo Blue and Saturated Red are provided) and, as with the Spot HPE, linear CTO. All models feature hot lamp restrike, 115/230V switchable power supply, electronic ballast, Ethernet connection, DMX level monitoring on each channel and feedback information for each sensor and encoder.

Clay Paky also showed a retro touch with the Golden Scan 4, which brings its famous scanner up to date with features including renewed electronics (preset macros on iris and dimmer, digital display of control menu, digital hour meter), as well as an additional fixed and interchangeable gobo wheel. Also upgraded is the Mini Scan, now the Mini Scan HP3.


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