Shooting at high frame rates requires substantial lighting levels which makes HMI sources an ideal choice. However, the process can reveal artefacts in the light which would not be apparent at regular shooting speeds. Dr Phil Ellams of Power Gems gets to the source of the potential issues and offers... Read Full Article
A flaming June is truly underway at Power Gems HQ with two hot new releases. You’ve already had a sneak preview of the Rolling Rack Series 19” rack-mounted ballast. Here we present the DC300P 3000W Xenon ballast – based on the same impressive modular design for ease of maintenance - but with o... Read Full Article
The latest Power Gems brings all of your scattered ballasts together in a compact 19” rack-mounted electronic ballast. The Rolling Rack Series is ideal for use where you need a lot of ballasts in one location; for applications such as live broadcast events including sports TV presentations, red... Read Full Article
The Power Gems team will be at Cine Gear 2015 in Hollywood, Los Angeles, en masse for the movie industry trade show. Patrick and Phil will be flying in from the UK, while Dan and Chip haven’t got far to travel from our facility in Van Nuys to the Paramount Studios between Friday 5 to Sunday 7 June... Read Full Article
Power Gems has welcomed the 10,000 module off the production line at the corporate headquarters in Manchester. As part of the celebrations Phil Ellams, who heads a team of 24 responsible for the product design and manufacturing, took his camera to follow the module through production to the customer... Read Full Article
At Power Gems we always enjoy meeting up with local rental houses and studios, to better understand their needs. Hearing first hand from gaffers and lighting crews around the world, is vital to continually upgrade and maintain our product range. After a two week trip to the East Coast, starting in A... Read Full Article
We are delighted to announce the TÜV accreditation of the full Power Gems location lighting range up to 6,000W. That’s all the different product lines of Power Gems high speed ballasts up to 6kW recognised by the international safety standard. Last September we announced that Power Gems had a... Read Full Article
