In the latest ARRI Tech talk, Product Specialist Brian Doran runs through which front attachments are available for the SkyPanel X.
You can use the X21 Dome to create fast, beautiful soft light, the S60 Adapter to use all conventional SkyPanel S60-C accessories, and the HyPer Optic to create a powerful, hard-directed beam of light.
In case you are not familiar with the SkyPanel X, it is a modular system and configurable into different sizes (X21, X22, X23), and it is capable of offering native soft and hard light technology, setting a new bar not only in terms of dimming and color science, but also in lux output and beam quality for medium to long throws.
SkyPanel X was designed to be very flexible and it has been tailored to the requirements and working dynamics of DPs, gaffers, console operators, lighting designers, and broadcast technicians.
The fixture can provide superior low-end dimming with flicker-free operation from 100 to zero percent for direct, close-distance key lighting. It features a CCT range from 1,500 to 20,000K. Instead of RGBW like the original SkyPanels, the SkyPanel X utilizes an RGBACL full-spectrum light engine that is claimed to feature the best ARRI lighting color science to date.
There are three front attachments available for SkyPanel X, which natively fit to one single unit: the X21 Dome for native soft light, the S60 Adapter for all existing SkyPanel accessories, and the HyPer Optic for native hard light.
X21 Dome
The X21 Dome that is included with every lamphead provides native soft light. It can be used close to talent, while at the same time giving perfect lighting from greater distances without losing a solid beam spread. The hot-swappable, rounded diffuser can be quickly mounted and dismounted from the lamphead’s front.
The X21 Dome is fully compatible with third-party accessories and modifiers.
S60 Adapter
- Adapter for accurate S60-C front replication
- Maintains accessory compatibility: Lightbanks, honeycombs, SkyBenders, and more
- Your existing accessory inventory can be reused
- For perfect light distribution and accurate control
Size: 709 x 95 x 347 mm / 27.9 x 3.7 x 13.6 in
Weight: approx. 2 kg / 4.2 lb
Thanks to the wide-angle LEDs used in SkyPanel X, your S60-C accessories will work just as you expect. Diffusion frames will fill, eggcrates will cut.
Via the optional S60 Adapter, SkyPanel X users can apply the same techniques and choose accessories used on the classical SkyPanel line. Established SkyPanel workflows remain unchanged but are enhanced by the incorporation of the most recent lighting innovations.
HyPer Optic
The HyPer Optic, named after its high-performance lux output is an optional, hot-swappable lens with eight individually controllable pixel zones that can be quickly mounted and dismounted from the X21 lamphead’s front. With the HyPer Optic, SkyPanel X becomes an excellent tool for medium and long throws and collimates multiple single lenses into one single beam.
With SkyPanel X’s modular setup, users can choose between, easily swap, or combine the X21 Dome and the HyPer Optic, creating a soft, semi-soft, semi-hard, or powerful native hard light.
