Mania SCX500

[Edrick]

I'm looking to get two Mania SCX500 for a wedding that I'll be doing (along with using them for future events). I was wondering what you guys though of these units? My biggest concern for the wedding is since there wont be a haze will it create a decent effect anyways or are the scanners really only good with atmospheric effects?

Or the http://www.martin.com/product/product.asp?product=maniaefx500

Mania EFX500™

 

[soundlight]

That fixture is what I call the "Acrobat Redux", it's the new model of the venerable Acrobat. It's one of the few fixtures that I'd say you actually can use without haze; the fixture put so many beams around the room that it actually washes the area with small gobo patterns. Great little effect.

 

[Edrick]

Is that in response to the EFX or SCX? I couldn't edit the title but I'm comparing the two units.

 

[soundlight]

Is that in response to the EFX or SCX? I couldn't edit the title but I'm comparing the two units.

EFX500 provides a wide spread of effect over a large area. SCX500 is a narrow scanner - won't look like much at all without haze, but looks pretty darn good with haze.

 

[Edrick]

Chocies, chocies. I'm tempted to throw up a few par cans with gel and call it a day for the wedding. It's a very low budget gig (video and music) for under $1,000. But I can't stand not having a wow factor or nice factor to my work. The big question for me is how often will I use them after this event. It'd be a nice item to have for this wedding and a just incase. But if I'm going for the SCX500 I might as well get two. I suppose we'll see what happens.

 

[TheDonkey]

Chocies, chocies. I'm tempted to throw up a few par cans with gel and call it a day for the wedding. It's a very low budget gig (video and music) for under $1,000. But I can't stand not having a wow factor or nice factor to my work. The big question for me is how often will I use them after this event. It'd be a nice item to have for this wedding and a just incase. But if I'm going for the SCX500 I might as well get two. I suppose we'll see what happens.

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ADJ Quality isn't the greatest, but I recently saw the revo at an event and it gives off a really great spread and looks really cool. (At this event they pointed it at the far wall so you could look into the lens, it has this really cool scanning/spinning look to it.

 

[Edrick]

That's not a bad price and what's nice is it has a good coverage from the looks of the demo video. The question now is how does it perform in an open space without atmosphere.

 

[TheDonkey]

That's not a bad price and what's nice is it has a good coverage from the looks of the demo video. The question now is how does it perform in an open space without atmosphere.

The event I was at had no atmosphere, and it looked pretty good. The way they directed it at the back wall made it quite visible all around. For coverage, from about 25-30 feet away, it was hitting a wall with maybe a 50 foot spread across. More than enough coverage.