PR Lighting have launched the XL BEAM 300 automated lighting fixture, aimed at the live professional market. It will have particular appeal to LD’s looking for a long-throw beam with the ability to cut through the brightness of stage washes and LED backgrounds.

The latest in the Chinese company’s family of moving heads, the XL BEAM 300 is based around the 300W Philips MSR Gold 300/2 Fast Fit lamp, with 22,000 lumens output and 750 hours lamp life.

Colours are composed from a linear CYM colour mixing system (8- or 16-bit) with macro function, and a wheel with seven dichroic colours (plus white), offering a variable speed bi-directional rainbow effect.

The XL BEAM 300 also contains a rotating gobo wheel with seven interchangeable gobos (plus white) — indexable and rotatable bi-directionally at variable speeds. There is also a gobo shake function.

The Iris and Dimmer are 0-100% linearly adjustable (8- or 16-bit), and offers beam angles of 7° (Standard), 10° (With Light Frost) and 19° (With Heavy Frost). Control is via DMX512, with 3 pin and 5 pin interfaces — 14 channels in short mode, 18 channels in standard mode and 21 channels in extended mode.

Weight is 17kg (for the electronic ballast version) and 24kg (for the magnetic ballast fixture).

PR Lighting confirm that this product is shipping with immediate effect.