New Hive lighting 1000w plasma lights!

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Now THIS is friggin cool! Hive are showing new 1000w versions of their Wasp Plasma PAR, and their Bee Plasma Floodlight.

2.5kw HMI equivalent, that you can plug into the wall (hell, you can plug two into a 240v wall socket). Zero flicker issues for highspeed work. And all the other benefits of solid state lighting.

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$8k for the PAR kit and $6k for the Bee floodlight kit apparently
 
Oh yea! I have one of their Plasma pars and it's great. This would be an excellent complement for location work!
 
Nice. Who cares that there weren't 100 new camera announcements at NAB? Lighting, grip and support lasts a lot longer. I bought my first 800 HMI when I was still shooting Beta. I bought five cameras since then(HD & 4K). The Betacam is retired and the HD tape camera doesn't see much action anymore, but the light is still a workhorse and chugging along.
 
I could use the hell out of a 1.2 equivalent daylight par. My 575 barely cuts it for those big-corner-office-windows corporate interview gigs.

But $8k… to quote "idiocracy", "OW, My B…!!!!" Looks like a beast though.
 
8k is how much you'll spend for an M18 which is currently the most powerful daylight fixture you can (sorta) plug into the wall. Doesn't sound so expensive if it's really as bright as a 2.5k.

Do these lights still have as severe of a hot restrict issue? The last plasma light I came across was a few years ago at Abel Cine and it must have needed around 20 minutes to start up after being turned off. I have yet to come across a LEP on set, I suspect for that very reason.
 
It's not a hot restrike light, but it only needs a couple of minutes to cycle, certainly not 20 minutes.

This is a very impressive lamp. The emitter looks like the flux capacitor in a Faraday cage. Major nerd points. And it's beautiful light with a hell of a punch.
 
I would understand this light needing a little time between strikes, but the plasma par I own is basically like a slow-to-turn on tungsten light. They strike similar to an HMI with the dim blue/green colors before warming up to full intensity and color. I wonder if this version will also be color temp adjustable like the smaller units...that would almost guarantee a buy from me.....if I had that kind of money ready.

Edit: Any news on weight and size? What mount is on the yoke?
 
My 800 Bron Kobolds were selling for well over $8K a piece at one point. Seems like a reasonable price for that much firepower, if the stated power equivalency is true. I'd like to know if they're as tough as my BK's, though.
 
PeopleCanFly said:
I would understand this light needing a little time between strikes, but the plasma par I own is basically like a slow-to-turn on tungsten light. They strike similar to an HMI with the dim blue/green colors before warming up to full intensity and color. I wonder if this version will also be color temp adjustable like the smaller units...that would almost guarantee a buy from me.....if I had that kind of money ready.

Edit: Any news on weight and size? What mount is on the yoke?
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It's just a regular old yoke, so looks like you can mount whatever kind of TVMP adapter you want. I'd want one of the Junior-Spigot/Baby-Reciever combos so that you could put it on anything.
 
Looks like some videos of these new lights are getting uploaded:

 
Mitch Gross said:
Yes there is some color temp adjustment but I'm not sure the range. Like other Hive products it is built like a tank.
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I went out to hive yesterday and saw these. Wow. When he was demo'n it he must've turned it off and on about 5 times and there was just the normal 60 second wait for it to warm up again just like the wasp.

The weight of the head is a couple pounds as well as the ballast. Comes with some nice cables etc. The fan on the ballast is pretty loud so you'd have to keep it away from your sound but other than that, one guy can set this up. The thing that takes forever is the same stuff that you've been dealing with for years and that's the lighting modifier. On this thing you're looking at a big modifier. I think they had the westcott zepplin para softbox. That almost takes two people by itself.

oh and the temp is varible but not as wide a range as the wasp. I think wasp is 4400 to moonlight 7000 and this was a smaller range. But still variable. This is not dimmable yet and he said they probably wouldn't be because of how difficult it is to do.

They had about 10 of these that they were putting bulbs in while I was there and man that was a cool sight.
 
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The ballasts were hand-assembled to be done in time for NAB. I believe the shipping units will be quieter (and perhaps a bit less weight).

The variable color temp range is supposed to expand with the shipping units. It should be similar to that of the current smaller units, about 4800-7000.
 
That's unfortunate to hear about the lack of dimming, because that is very useful and I use it all of the time with my 800's. But I'm still very interested. I wonder when I can get my hands on a production version demo unit...?
 
Run&Gun said:
That's unfortunate to hear about the lack of dimming, because that is very useful and I use it all of the time with my 800's. But I'm still very interested. I wonder when I can get my hands on a production version demo unit...?
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They are shipping most of them to specific dealers across the country. I would call to see if any are coming close to you. This was the first batch and I'm not positive if they've started another run yet.

Yeah they hey apparently played around with dimming and he's not sure if it's worth the extra cost since I imagine most people scrim etc.
 
I understand that the demo units are booked up for May, but that might include time at local dealers and facilities. Production units getting out to the world around CineGear time if not before.
 
I own a Hive Par and I don't see any need for dimming. If you need this kind of output, you can either scrim it, nd gel it, or move the light farther back (If possible) to get it just right. Of course, for those who absolutely can't live without it can get this.
 
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