Ayrton first LED spot Ghibli Launched at PLASA 2017
Ayrton launched three new products at PLASA, which included Ghibli, MiniPanel-FX, and
WildSun K25 TC.
“Ayrton is committed to providing the lighting designer with a complete range of lighting
tools to suit every purpose and size of venue,” says Ayrton CEO, Chris Ferrante. “Our new
releases are indicative of the breadth of our product range which constantly evolves to
meet the requirements of our creative client base.”
GHIBLI
Ghibli is Ayrton’s first LED spot luminaire and marks an expansion of Ayrton’s Automated
Lighting range. Compact, elegant and light weight, Ghibli boasts high output,
ultra-efficient optics, an 8:1 zoom from 7° to 56° and a selectable high CRI mode
amongst its wealth of features, all housed in a most compact, competitively-priced,
package with a classy, sleek, industrial design.
“Ghibli is the smallest and lightest fixture in its class compared with both LED and metal
halide products, and gives the best performance to size and weight ratio of any LED hard
edge fixture available - and metal halide product - in its class,” confirms Ferrante.
• Output and Quality
Ghibli uses less than 900W of power in total, yet delivers an impressive output of 23,000
lumen, which renders it powerful enough for large scale arenas. In addition, its output
is of an incredibly high quality, offering a crisp, clean and uniform beam with no
hotspot, and fantastic centre-to-edge uniformity that delivers fat beams across its whole
field, meaning Ghibli is at home as much in theatre as on the touring circuit.
• Ultra-Optical efficiency
This magnificent beam quality and output is due to Ghibli’s superb 80% optical efficiency
which ensures there is no compromise between the two. “The higher colour temperature and
spectral make-up of the Ghibli is great for concert touring applications, yet the flat
beam and whisper-silent operation also makes Ghibli very suitable for theatrical users,”
says Ayrton’s Global Sales Director, Michael Althaus.
• Massive Zoom Range
13 high quality lenses including a 137mm frontal lens deliver an 8:1 zoom ratio with a
beam aperture of 7° - 56°. “The revelation was a real eye-opener to those who saw it and
we were very happy with the approval and many compliments it received,” says Ambersphere’s
Sales Director, Philip Norfolk.
• Selectable High CRI Mode
Ghibli is fitted with a very special filter for optimizing the colour rendering index. This
‘mode’ increases the CRI and can be activated remotely in situations demanding even
higher-quality light output. “Visitors were quick to see the advantage of using a CRI
filter over versions which alter the LED engine to achieve higher CRI values,” explains
Norfolk. “The new filter system loses less light and means more versatility, compared to
using a different light engine or even offering different versions of the same product to
the market. Rental Houses clearly prefer to have just one solution that does it all
perfectly.”
• Unparalleled Feature Set
Despite its compact size, Ghibli does not hold back on its feature set and offers one of
the fullest ranges of options on the market, including CMY colour mixing, variable CTO and
full field framing. The complete effect section includes two gobo wheels (one rotating, one
static), a fixed colour wheel, a prism, an animation wheel and two frost filters, in addition
to focus, iris, electronic dimming, strobe and engine animation control capabilities. The
full field framing system is rotatable to 60° and allows each frame to be positioned with
precision on a 100% surface area in all positions, even capable of a full wipe, to give
lighting designers countless creative possibilities.
• New Gobo Designs
Attractive new custom-designed gobo patterns have been created in collaboration with lighting
designers to meet the needs of the entertainment industry: “We were very happy with the
positive feedback to the news designs,” says Ferrante. “Designers are always looking for
something fresh, and with applications so varied across the markets, it was very gratifying
to hear this level of response to our new designs.”
• Innovative Cooling System
Ghibli’s ultra efficient thermal design means less maintenance and lower servicing costs.
The main airflow is directed over the heat sink at the rear of the fixture and avoids
passing over the optical train, and its sealed LED engine means less maintenance or chance
of failure. This results in fewer cleaning interventions which is an obvious benefit to rental
companies.
“Visitors were able to understand for themselves how the combination of the dissipation of heat
through Ghibli’s die cast base, and the liquid cooling system for the engine in the head were
innovative ways to manage heat,” explains Norfolk. “These in turn allow Ghibli to have a
smaller footprint while the liquid cooling system for the engine in the head reduces the
number of cooling fans by half. The result is whisper silent operation which is an extremely
desirable feature.”