A VELVET touch

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VELVET introduces two new fixtures this September to join it KOSMOS series of unique LED Fresnels. 

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VELVET has been a reference for LED lighting in cinema since two Spanish DPs (Javier Valderrama and Toni Hernandez) founded the company in 2008 in order to work with the light they dreamed of.  

VELVET has the best lumen/watt ratio of the industry. The efficiency and quality of our luminaires are appreciated by hundreds of cinema professionals for their very low power consumption and high performance. 

Known for its technical innovations, Velvet was one of the pioneers in throwing the light placing optics in front of the LEDs further than anyone else before. It created a full range of robust, IP54, sustainable and durable lights that are highly valued as a quality standard for displaying high colour performance with skin tones and shadings. 

Their product range has evolved into an ecosystem – called the RGB Ecosystem – which includes EVO colour soft panels; CYC, the asymmetric cyclorama lights; and the KOSMOS series. KOSMOS 400 is a real Fresnel light due to its 12-inch true borosilicate lens and its compact design is full of advanced features such as motorised zoom, connectivity, gels, and effects. 

As with all its luminaires, VELVET takes care to manufacture each one at our lab in Barcelona. Working with local suppliers and collaborators, it generates a lower carbon footprint, minimising the environmental impact of manufacturing. Its factory and office’s electricity is supplied by a green energy provider. 

VELVET is proud to announce the latest members of the family, the KOSMOS 200 and KOSMOS 1000.  

KOSMOS 200 

This unique fixture is equivalent to a 1kW tungsten Fresnel. It is based on the KOSMOS 400, with the half output power (which is equivalent to a 2kW) with a 10-inch true borosilicate Fresnel lens. 

It has the same COB (chips-on-board) of five colour LEDs, which gives it the best lumen/watt ratio with high TLCI (Television Lighting Consistency Index) and CRI (Colour Rendering Index) values. 

This a pure Fresnel with a motorised zoom that allows remotely controllable, full connectivity options, gel libraries, customisable effects, and all the connectivity of the current KOSMOS 400. It can be controlled locally via DMX-RDM, Ethernet and remotely via LumenRadio, WiFi and Bluetooth. 

The brand-new luminaire version is a bi-colour Fresnel with plus green/minus green adjustment and outputs equivalent to 5kW tungsten Fresnel.  It has a 14-inch true borosilicate Fresnel lens (versus the 12 inches of the KOSMOS 400). 

This new KOSMOS 1000 is a robust, cost-effective, powerful, and quality light source, intended for studio shooting. Next we will introduce a colour, waterproof, IP-rated version which will integrate with the rest all the KOSMOS Colour series for perfect colour spectrum and intensity harmony. 

These new luminaires combine all of VELVET’s know-how in cinematic lighting and complete the KOSMOS series at the top of the range.

All KOSMOS are compact, lightweight, and consistently reproduce in all colour modes. They are fully wireless controllable and have plenty of advanced functions to enhance your creative possibilities and speed up your shoot.  

KOSMOS is ready to shoot at 100% light output. It has an integrated plate for external standard camera batteries, making this series of fixtures the perfect light for every production need on location.  

Javier Valderrama, CEO and co-founder of VELVET, says, “Velvet proposes and develops innovative technologies to produce more energy-efficient luminaries, to give more creative possibilities and to speed up the lighting set-up and adjustment process.”