Siyan specializes in designing for up-coming bands, and developing LDs and design concepts with the band as they gain profile. Leitch - who has vast experience of all the major moving light fixtures on the market - chose the SGMs after careful consideration, and following a demo by Lightfactor. He was looking for a small, bright fixture for the start of the Coldplay tour - which plays in a vast assortment of venues. "Giottos are great value for money," says Leitch. "I looked at everything available - and chose the fixture most suitable for my design brief, and one that would work with the practicalities of the venues."
Leitch is confident that the Giotto 400’s brightness even exceeds some 2k fixtures. When adding dark colours on top of the dichroic filters, the beam still cuts through without struggling. In addition to that, what really clinched it for the Giotto was the "excellent quality of movement - the smooth and silent operation of the fixture." Leitch also likes the flexibility offered by the Giotto’s variable zoom, describes the hot re-strike as "fantastic".
Paul de Ville, Lightfactor’s managing director, adds: "It’s always a greater pressure when the customers are as experienced as Bryan and the Siyan team. But from Lightfactor’s perspective, with a new product like the Giotto 400, it’s fantastic that the fixture comes out on top when judged on performance and value-for-money."
(Lee Baldock)
