Here is my 2 cents on this.
First off, it looks like a scanner turned follow spot. Slap a mirror on that thing and you are just about there.
Second, I would be wary of
DMX controlled attributes on my follow spot.
DMX controlled means that it is all electronic with motors and encoders and all that fun stuff. If it breaks, you are less likely to be able to open it up yourself and fix the problem. Plus, most of the followspots with
manual controls are built so robust that you would have to
beat them with a hammer to break them.
DMX control sounds nice, but chances are you will never use it, and the operator will hate you for the rear mounted control panel, it is terribly inconvenient and standing behind the spot makes it terribly hard to control position.
Next up, after visiting the manufacturers
website There are other things that I noticed that don't make such a great
followspot. No
zoom control, it appears to be a fixed focus optical
system. This isn't particularly useful. This means that when you change
throw distance the only way to account for it is with the
iris. this is hard on the
iris, and you sacrifice output because of it. Then look at some of the other features, why do you need a
strobe effect in a spotlight? All of these
DMX attributes drive the cost of the
fixture up, and you aren't even getting all of the features that you would get in a similarly priced ML.
Even though this seems like a nice
fixture, my
followspot ops would kill me if they had to use it. They won't even touch the
Lycian Midget HP anymore as they have become
followspot snobs. If you are looking at this
fixture out of budget reasons, then it may be ok. If you have the budget, you should look into
Jobert Juliat,
Selecon, and
Strong Lighting. The RJ and
Selecon fixtures will run in the $8K range, but the Strong Canto Series, specifically the 1200w is around $4245 (all prices in USD). I think in the long run you will be much happier with a
followspot from a company that specializes in spots as opposed to a company that does a little of everything and specializes in not to much.