Full-color Nebula C8 light engine - Beyond the range
NANLUX Unveils Nebula C8 - The Industry's First Eight-Color Light Engine
NANLUX introduces the industry's first eight-color light engine and the first color light engine in the Nebula series: the Nebula C8. It integrates deep red, red, amber, lime, green, cyan, blue, and indigo emitters to cover the visible color spectrum. Utilizing NANLUX's patented color mixing algorithm, the eight colors are precisely balanced and seamlessly blended, providing better skin tones, a wider CCT range, a broader color gamut, and more expressive lighting for filmmakers.
Building on NANLUX's existing six-color RGBLAC engine, the Nebula C8 further enhances performance by adding deep red and indigo emitters, which fill spectral gaps found in traditional color engines. The result is a more complete spectrum, wider color temperatures, and richer colors. Additionally, the Nebula C8 supports ±200° green/magenta adjustment across the entire CCT range, allowing for precise hue control at any color temperature.
Ultra-Wide Color Temperature
With the addition of deep red, the Nebula C8 achieves the industry's widest CCT range from 1000K to 20,000K, covering all color temperature needs in production. Its low end reaches an unprecedented 1000K - far below sunrise or candlelight, allowing for exceptional ultra-warm tones. Whether recreating fading flames, candlelight, or compensating for low color temperatures after white balance calibration, the Nebula C8 expands creative possibilities on any set.
Accurate Skin Tone Reproduction
Accurate skin tone reproduction relies on full coverage of the red spectrum. Most competing color light engines lean towards orange, making skin appear pale and unnatural on camera. The Nebula C8 adds 665nm deep red to its original 645nm red, expanding coverage across the entire red spectrum. This ensures richer, healthier skin tones with natural vitality, both to the eye and on camera.
Superior Color Rendering
With the addition of more colors, the Nebula C8 engine provides an exceptionally wide color gamut. It achieves 79% coverage of the visible CIE 1931 color gamut - 3% more than Rec. 2020 in the visible color gamut and 92% coverage of the Rec. 2020 color space. The saturation of deep red and indigo is particularly enhanced.
Compared to RGBW and RGBWW engines, the Nebula C8 produces smoother and more accurate RGB transitions, eliminating common color distortions during blending.
Compared to six- or seven-color LED systems, the Nebula C8 engine delivers richer deep red and indigo tones, preventing reds from appearing too orange and indigo too pale. With this wide gamut, the Nebula C8 clearly outperforms existing color engines.
No UV Rays
Safety is always a top priority for NANLUX, both in terms of operational safety on set and user health. These considerations were taken into account during the development of the Nebula C8. After careful refinement of its spectral distribution, the indigo LED is designed to eliminate UV wavelengths below 400nm, thereby avoiding potential UV hazards to the skin and eyes of the crew and actors on set, ensuring safer prolonged use of the lighting.
Nebula Light Engine System
The Nebula Light Engine system now encompasses the B4 white light engine and the new C8 color light engine. This gives users the freedom to choose which option best suits their application, and together they represent the core foundations of NANLUX's latest professional luminaires.
The Nebula B4 Light Engine aims to offer accurate and efficient white light, providing high illuminance through powerful fixtures.
The Nebula C8 Light Engine focuses on offering expressive colors and an ultra-wide color temperature range, providing flexible lighting options through medium and low-power fixtures. Whether producing high brightness in large-scale scenes or creating rich color variations in dynamic environments, the Nebula Light Engine serves as a forward-thinking solution.
NANLUX Mission
Since its inception, NANLUX has been driven by one mission: to provide professional, efficient, and user-friendly lighting solutions that withstand the demands of the set and enhance on-screen results. Inspired by filmmakers and fueled by relentless research and development, the team has advanced light source technology from early RGBW/RGBWW to RGBLAC lights and beyond, while prioritizing accuracy, consistency, safety, durability, and flexibility. This pursuit of innovation and reliability led to the creation of the Nebula Light Engine - a breakthrough designed to deliver precise, energy-efficient, and lasting performance, setting a new standard in creative lighting. The new Nebula C8 integrates many innovations to create the most full-spectrum LED lights for film and television available.
Key Features of Nebula C8:
- Eight colors: dR (deep Red), R (Red), A (Amber), L (Lime), G (Green), C (Cyan), B (Blue), I (Indigo)
- Widest CCT range from 1000K to 20,000K with ±200 green/magenta correction
- Accurate skin tone reproduction by adding 665nm deep red
- 79% coverage in visible CIE 1931 color gamut
- 3% more coverage in visible color gamut than Rec. 2020
- 92% coverage in Rec. 2020 color space
- Smoother and more accurate RGB transitions
- Higher saturation in deep red and indigo
- Avoidance of UV hazards to skin and eyes
