We spoke to Nanlux at NAB 2023 about their recently released Evoke 900C.
The Evoke 900C is a 940W LED RGBACL Spotlight, with a CCT range of 1,800-20,000K with full +/-G/M adjustability.
The Evoke 900C is Nanlux’s first high-powered RGBACL spotlight and it sits in an interesting place as it falls right between 600/700W fixtures and larger 1200W options such as the Evoke 1200.
Key features
- Full color LED spotlight equipped with RGBACL six color mixing system
- Claimed output of 40,300 lux at 3m (at 5600K, with reflector), with a rated output of 940W
- Ultra-wide CCT range of 1,800K-20,000K with G/M±200 adjustment
- Excellent color rendition with both CRI/TLCI rated at 96, TM-30 Rf Avg.94, TM-30 Rg Avg.100, SSI (5600K) :73, SSI (3200K): 81
- Intuitive operation with 3.5 inch full-color screen, 4-buttons and 3-knobs UI design
- Comprehensive wired and wireless control methods: On-board, DMX/RDM, Art-Net/sACN, LumenRadio CRMX and NANLINK APP
- More color modes: Advanced HSI Mode, RGBW Mode, XY Coordinates and GEL Mode
- Ethernet control upon Art-Net/sACN protocol to seamlessly integrate into UE lighting system
The Evoke 900C is claimed to deliver high-quality light with an even beam. It can be used as a soft or hard light source by attaching lighting modifiers.
RGBACL
The Nanlux Evoke 900c, just like the ARRI Orbiter and Prolycht Orion 675 FS, doesn’t use any white LEDs. Instead, all of the different color LEDs are blended together to produce white light. Hive Lighting has also been using 7 LED-chip blending. Instead of the traditional 3 colors, Hive uses red, amber, lime, cyan, green, blue, and sapphire. The advantage RGBACL has over RGBWW is that it is capable of giving you a larger CCT range and it can produce more saturated colors with more output. RGBWW lights tend to struggle to create saturated colors like yellow and they don’t always have as much output when generating saturated colors. They can also have a large drop-off in output at different CCT settings.
Output
Even though I think usability and color accuracy are more important, most people want to know how much output a light has, so let’s get that over with.
Above you can see the claimed photometric data for the Evoke 900C.
According to Nanlux, the Evoke 900C is claimed to be able to output 12,940 lux @3m / 9.84′ (when set at 5600K, with its 45° reflector). If we use the inverse square law, that means that the Evoke 900C can output 116,460 lux @1m / 3.3′.
So how does that stack up against other high-powered COB spotlights? Well, let’s first look at its closest competitors, the Prolycht Orion 675 FS and the Aputure LS 600c Pro.
| Output at 5600K @1m | CCT (K) | |
| Nanlux Evoke 900C | 116,460 lx* (45° reflector) | NA |
| Aputure LS 600c Pro | 49,000 lx** (Hyper reflector 62°) | 5617K |
| Prolycht Orion 675 FS | 55,700 lx** (wide reflector 55°) | 5515K |
*Not tested
**Independently tested
As you can see, the Evoke 900C has substantially more output than both the Prolycht and the Aputure, but it is also drawing 222W more than the Prolycht and 180W more than the Aputure. The beam angle on the reflectors for both those lights is also wider than that of the Evoke 900C.
Ok, so what about if we compare the output to other similar COB fixtures when used at 5600K? Below you can see the results:
| OUTPUT | |
| Nanlux Evoke 900C (45°) | 116,460 lx** |
| Aputure LS 600c Pro (62°) | 49,000 lx* |
| Prolycht Orion 675 FS (55°) | 55,700 lx* |
| ARRI Orbiter (60° Optic) | 18,800 lx* |
| Aputure LS 600x Pro (55°) | 68,400 lx* |
| Aputure LS 600d Pro (55°) | 97,100 lx* |
| Nanlite Forza 720 (55°) | 91,800 lx** |
| Nanlite Forza 720B (55°) | 73,000 lx* |
| Nanlux Evoke 1200 (45°) | 144,000 lx* |
| Aputure LS 1200d Pro (55°) | 119,700 lx* |
* Independently tested
** Not tested (claimed output)
As you can see the Nanlux Evoke 900C is certainly no slouch when it comes to output, even when compared to lights like the Aputure LS 1200d Pro and Nanlux Evoke 1200.
If you want even more output, you can couple the Evoke 900C with the Nanlux F-35 10° Fresnel Attachment. If you do that the claimed output when setting the fresnel at 11° is a whopping 389,430 lux @1m (5600K).
Price & Availability
The Nanlux Evoke 900C will be available in a few different kits. Below are the prices;
Evoke 900C ST-KIT $4,680 USD
- 1x Evoke 900
- 1x Yoke
- 1x Power Supply
- 1x RF-NLM-45 Reflector
- 1x DC Connection Cable 7.5M
- 1x AC Power Cable 6M
- 1x AS-CP-QR-EV Quick Release Clamp
- 1x USB Flash Drive
- 1x WS-RC-C2 Remote Controller
- 1x CC-ST-EV900C Trolley Case
- 1x User Manual
- 1x DMX Reference Guide
Evoke 900C KIT $4,930 USD
- 1x Evoke 900
- 1x Yoke
- 1x Power Supply
- 1x RF-NLM-45 Reflector
- 1x DC Connection Cable 7.5M
- 1x AC Power Cable 6M
- 1x AS-CP-QR-EV Quick Release Clamp
- 1x USB Flash Drive
- 1x WS-RC-C2 Remote Controller
- 1x CC-ST-EV900C Trolley Case
- 1x User Manual
- 1x DMX Reference Guide
- 1x CC-EV1200-FT Flight Case
Evoke 900C FL-YK-Kit $5,820 USD
- 1x Evoke 900
- 1x Yoke
- 1x Power Supply
- 1x RF-NLM-45 Reflector
- 1x DC Connection Cable 7.5M
- 1x AC Power Cable 6M
- 1x AS-CP-QR-EV Quick Release Clamp
- 1x USB Flash Drive
- 1x WS-RC-C2 Remote Controller
- 1x CC-ST-EV900C Trolley Case
- 1x User Manual
- 1x DMX Reference Guide
- 1x FL-35YK (Fresnel)
- 1x CC-EV1200-FT Flight Case
How does the price compare to other high-powered COB spotlights on the market? Below you can see:
| Price | |
| Nanlux Evoke 900C | $4,680 USD |
| Aputure LS 600c Pro Light Storm | $2,490 USD |
| Prolycht Orion 675 FS | $3,495 USD |
| Nanlite Forza 720 | $1,649 USD |
| Aputure LS 600d Pro Light Storm | $1,890 USD |
| Aputure LS 600d | $1,390 USD |
| Nanlite Forza 720B | $1,849 USD |
| Aputure LS 600x Pro Light Storm | $1,990 USD |
| Nanlux Evoke 1200 | $2,995 USD |
| Nanlux Evoke 1200B | $3,895 USD |
| Aputure LS 1200d Pro | $3,389.95 USD |
As you can see, the Evoke 900C is the most expensive out of all of these fixtures, but it is the only RGBACL light with a power draw above 900W. It is more expensive than the higher power draw Nanlux Evoke 1200/1200C and the Aputure LS 1200d Pro, but none of those lights are RGBW or RGBACL.
Accessories
There’s a wide range of lighting modifiers and accessories that will work with the Evoke 900C.
