David Thomas, managing director of Crystal Productions, is probably one of the most excited people in our industry right now. What’s got him so thrilled? Crystal Productions are the first Australian production company to add Clay Paky Mythos hybrid lights to their inventory.
“I am incredibly excited to have eight Mythos fixtures,” David declared. “I first saw them at the Show Technology launch last year and immediately I knew they would fill a void in my inventory. They are an amazing fixture which instantly fitted into our current market place. In the corporate and festival environment, it’s the perfect all-rounder light. It’s the ideal versatile light for a versatile production company.”
The Mythos light beam is sharp, with perfectly defined edges, from the first millimetres after the front lens right along its entire length.
“They have an incredible light output and it’s unreal how that is achieved from an efficient 470 watt lamp source,” commented David. “The optics are amazing and the 4° to 50° zoom range is phenomenal.”
The zoom is optimized for focusing, which is separate from that of the fixed and rotating gobos. Its movements are smooth, fast and very quiet.
Mythos features a completely redesigned indexed visual effect disc, which may be superimposed on all the gobos, both in and out of focus.
“The gobos and the gobo choice on the Mythos are amazing,” said David. “They’re fresh and combined with the animation wheel, you can do some really nice things with them.”
The first event that was lucky enough to utilise the Mythos fixtures was Carols on Norton in Leichhardt, Sydney (pictured) where they were arranged in a semi-circle arc at the rear of the stage. From there they created amazing aerial effects as well as back light for the stage roof. By using the Mythos in this manner, a fairly small stage was made to look substantially larger.
“There’s minimal power at that venue so the efficiency of those lamps was integral to being able to produce such an effect,” added David. “I’m sure my Mythos fixtures are going to be very, very busy this year!”
