Aputure announces two new Nova panel fixtures and a Nova 3-panel array, alongside new modifiers and accessories for the Nova ecosystem. The Nova 9° 2×1 is a powerful hyper narrow beam panel ideal for a concentrated light over a long distance.
The Nova II 1×1 is a portable panel more powerful than most 2×1 units when used both direct and diffused.
“With the new Novas, Aputure has reinvented the panel light,” explains Mitch Gross, Aputure’s Global Director of Marketing. “Last year, we introduced the Nova II 2×1, the most powerful 2×1 panel with the greatest range of colour, and the ability to be powerful in both narrow and wide beams. Now the Nova II 1×1 offers the same colour performance in a more portable form factor with more output than most 2×1 panels. And the Nova 9° 2×1 is a completely new concept, with a hyper narrow beam powerful enough to replicate direct sunlight over long throws. Stack three of them in our new 3-Light yoke, and you can even use it outside in daylight, all while running off a single household circuit.”
The Nova 9° 2×1 3-Light Kit is a hyper narrow beam panel array utilising three Nova 9° 2×1 panels in a single yoke and is designed to throw bright, directional, tunable white light over great distances with pleasing shadow quality to replicate natural sunlight. With a shallow footprint and output greater than a 12,000W tungsten lamp at full spot at 10 meters (21,070
lux vs 17,400 lux), the Nova 9° 2×1 3-Light Kit is perfect for use with reflectors, through windows, or wherever beams of sunlight are needed. The Nova 2×1 3-Light Yoke can also be used with the Nova II 2×1 lights.
BLAIR Engine
A new extended BLAIR light engine offers an expanded CCT range of 1,800-20,000K, with full ASC MITC range +/- Green adjustment. The Indigo emitters in the Extended BLAIR engine enhance the colours of naturally fluorescing materials, just like sunlight, and the Extended Red emitters enrich skin tones.
The Nova 9° 2×1 is also available as an individual hyper narrow beam panel and uses the same accessories as the Nova II 2×1. At 5 meters, the Nova 9° 2×1 is twice as bright as a 5,000W tungsten fresnel at full spot (28,090 lux vs 14,920 lux).
The Nova II 1×1 is the latest addition to the NOVA II family, and brings the breakthrough colour range and light fidelity of the BLAIR-CG light engine to the popular 1×1 panel format. The fixture outputs tunable white from 1,800-20,000K CCT and tunable colour over more than 90% of the Rec.2020 spectrum, with class-leading brightness both when used direct or diffused.
The specially tuned BLAIR-CG light engine in the Nova II 1×1 features multiple blue and multiple red emitters, including Extended Red for better colour rendering and skin tones.
Thanks to a unique “focus-then-blend” optical design, Nova II 1×1 delivers a direct 35° beam, which remains bright when diffused, providing increased versatility with no visible colour fringing on subjects.
Accessories
All Nova II and Nova 9° fixtures share an advanced structural design that allows these panels to achieve three goals normally at odds: low noise, low weight, and IP65 weather protection.
The Nova 9° 2×1 and Nova II 1×1 launch alongside new additions to the Nova accessories ecosystem. The 1×1 versions of the Nova accessories match their 2×1 counterparts, and share features like the front loading QuickClip system for easy attachment and stacking. The Nova 9° 2×1 is compatible with all of the accessories already available for the NOVA II 2×1. The
Softbox and Fabric Control Grid were designed and manufactured in collaboration with DoPchoice.
● The Nova 2×1 3-Light Yoke Kit supplies yoke and cables for mounting three Nova II 2×1 or NOVA 9° 2×1 panels in an array for use as a single, powerful light source.
● The Nova 1×1 Softbox is a QuickClip diffusion modifier designed to set up in seconds.
● The Nova 1×1 Dome Diffuser is a QuickClip omnidirectional modifier whose design produces a more diffuse light than the flat diffuser included with the Nova II 2×1. The Dome Diffuser is available with either heavy or light frost.
● The Nova 1×1 Fabric Control Grid is a QuickClip light control modifier that slips onto the front of the Nova II 1×1 to reduce off-axis spill from the fixture.
● The Nova 1×1 Barn Doors is a QuickClip light shaping modifier for the Nova II 1×1.
● The Nova 1×1 Rolling Hard Case is a protective case designed to hold the Nova II 1×1 along with included accessories.
With the Nova 9° 2×1 3-Light Kit, Nova 9° 2×1, and Nova II 1×1, Aputure introduces new panel lights for general use and highly specialised problem solving.
Pricing
The Nova II 9° 2×1 has a €3,120 MSRP (excluding VAT) without a case and a €3,380 MSRP (excluding VAT) with a rolling hard case.
The Nova II 1×1 has a €2,290 MSRP (excluding VAT) without a case and a €2,390 MSRP (excluding VAT) with a rolling hard case.
Accessories for the Nova II 1×1 are priced as below:
Nova II 1×1 Softbox with Grid €142
Nova II 1×1 Dome Diffuser (Heavy Frost) €157
Nova II 1×1 Flat Diffuser €122
Nova II 1×1 Barn Doors €157
Nova II 1×1 Fabric Control Grid €35
Nova II 1×1 Rolling Hard Case €250
Nova II 1×1 Removable Yoke with Junior Pin €142
Both Nova II 9° 2×1 and Nova II 1×1 (including accessories) are available for pre-order now.
