The FP5-NYX Bulb from Astera is a color-tunable LED bulb for professional film, stage, and event productions. It is not bigger than a normal LED bulb, and it contains a CRMX receiver as well as RF and Bluetooth modules for the AsteraApp. It can be powered via a lamp socket or with a standard power bank, and thanks to its Titan LED engine, it displays precise colors and white tones with ultra-high CRI and TLCI.

For Filmmakers and Event Professionals    120° Beam Angle    Built-In CRMX Receiver    14W Total LED Power

Switch lights into power-saving standby and schedule them to wake up when the production starts.

Adjust green/magenta during content creation to reduce postproduction work.

100% color consistency through any batch. It can hit exact color temperatures and reproduce standard filter gels.

This exclusive feature makes the light able to display the maximum brightness at all times and intensify non-white colors.

Scrambled PWM technology to avoid flickering when filming.

Set the length of your event and be sure that your lights won't run out while still getting the maximum brightness.

Quickly build programs out of colors and effects, trigger them or make them match a beat.

Detect all available lights, set them up, check their status, and configure DMX addresses and DMX profiles.

Switches to white light when AC power is cut to keep your event safe. Tunable white with a range from 1750 to 20,000K.

Power through a lamp socket or via an external battery.

Precise colors display exact CCT, RGB, and HSI values or reproduce standard color gels.

The AsteraApp is packed with many additional items and new features are frequently added via software updates.

Auto BPM analyzes the beat and matches programs to it, flash buttons can trigger special effects while being held down.

The lights give a visual and audible alarm and send a notification to the AsteraApp if they are being moved during an event.

Related Questions and Answers

Q: 1. It's referred to as a soft bag, but I don't see anywhere that it's padded. Is this softbag padded and does it keep the tubes safe from smaller impacts?

A: A softbag is simply not a hard plastic case.

Q: 2. Is there a way to mount these in a bracket system that will allow me to use grids, snoots, and other modifiers? If so, what product?

A: This product has no add on accessories, it's use is just itself.

Q: 3. How does it compare with the Giottos rocket blower? The Giottos is described as having a valve that allows only clean air to be blown out. The blower after all could suck in dust from the environment and blow it onto a camera sensor. I am wondering if Giottos has an advantage over other blowers

A: Sensei, Giottos... What difference at this point does it make? Thoreau gave the best advice: Simplify, simplify. Simpler is always better...and I've used the Sensei blower in some relatively dusty environments (Kenya's Masai Mara in February, Chile's Atacama Desert. Lastly, if you are cleaning your camera sensor other than very infrequently...you are cleaning it too often or you've got a major problem.

Q: 4. Is this compatible with dimmers?

A: No. there will be flickering issues.

Q: 5. Can the suction cup be used to remove lens elements?

A: No, the suction cup on the Sensei Bulb Air-Blower is meant to stand the bulb up and nothing more.

Q: 6. How do I sync this to the app without the control box? It says you can.

A: Please check the user manual below this product on the right hand side half way down or contact Astera technical help dept.

Q: 7. How many lumens?

A: The lumens measurements are as follows: 3000 lumens at 3.28' (1.0 m) at 5600K 2800 lumens at 3.28' (1.0 m) at 4200K 2400 lumens at 3.28' (1.0 m) at 3200K

Q: 8. Does this case have a space to hold the filters and cables? It looks different from the one on the Astera website.

A: Yes, the Astera AX9 Octo Set with Charging Plate and Road Case will have enough space to hold the cables. Filters or Gels can be stored on the fixture face itself.

Q: 9. When turned off / on, (not via remote, but unplugging from the wall) will it remember the last setting?

A: No, the last setting would not be retained on the Savage LED Bi-Color Bulb if unplugged from a screw base fixture.

Q: 10. Does the Astera NYX LED Bulb support Artnet over Wifi?

A: The Astera NYX LED Bulb does not support ArtNet over WiFi.