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The Rogue RH1 Hybrid is one of Chauvet Professional's latest offerings in the fast-growing area of hybrid fixtures - fixtures that fulfill more than one "traditional" role in a lighting rig, be that wash, hard-edge projector, or beam fixture. I spent a few afternoons playing with this new beam / spot hybrid light to see what this new fixture from Chauvet Professional can do.
The first thing you'll see when powering the fixture up is a color settings screen with four menu options from which you can set the DMX address and other settings for the light. This screen is very easy to read, and it's nice to not have to hunt through several layers of confusing menu options to get to the settings that you really need. The luminaire is powered by the Osram Sirius 330-watt lamp, which has a native output color temperature of 8000 Kelvin. Chauvet's optics knock that down to around 6655 Kelvin. Chauvet Professional tells me this is not necessarily deliberate, but it has the effect of outputting a very nice crisp white that doesn't appear to have any nasty spectrum spikes or dips. After dousing, the lamp cooled down enough after about 30 seconds to allow it to restrike.
» Beam and Spot Modes
"Beam mode" is the first that I looked at, and it's the mode where the raw power of the 330-watt lamp really shines through in the dramatic beam of white that comes out. The beam has a very clearly defined center peak in this mode, which is exactly what you expect in a light like this; this mode is clearly optimized for aerial beam effects. When spot mode is activated via a control...