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Version 1.8

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  • Page 1 USER MANUAL Version 1.8...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Half White Diffuser (3/4 Stops); 1 x 184 “Cosmetic Peach” Diffusion; 1 x 279 1/8th Minus Green (Magenta). Thank you for purchasing Rotolight NEO 2! We hope you enjoy using it as much as we enjoyed making it. Please register to activate your warranty at...

  • Page 3: Operation Flowchart

    PSU or 6 x AA BATTERIES Rotolight adapters Holds 6 X AA Batteries NIMH or Lithium (Recommended Rotolight Lionheart NiMh Rechargeable - COLD SHOE available on www.rotolight.com) 1/4” Male adapter NEO 2 OPERATION FLOWCHART MENU F-DIM FLSH FADE CTRL...
  • Page 4 “NEO 2 IS A GAME-CHANGER. YOU’LL NEVER MISS A SHOT. THERE’S NO RECYCLE TIME, NO LIGHT LOSS, NO POWER LOSS” Jason Lanier - Rotolight Master of Light Top photo by Jason Lanier www.jasonlanier.com / Bottom photo by Rod Aaron Gammons...
  • Page 6 Skyport enables users to wirelessly control up to ten lights in four groups at up to 200m (656ft) with the Rotolight HSS transmitter; optimised for Rotolight by Elinchrom and available for Canon, Nikon, Sony, Olympus/Panasonic and Fujifi lm camera systems.
  • Page 7 For those shooting both stills and video, it entirely eliminates the need for two separate purchases,” says Rod Aaron Gammons, managing director of Rotolight. Packed with innovative features for cinematographers, NEO 2 also provides an updated suite of Rotolight’s industry-first, built-...

  • Page 8: About Rotolight

    As a family business, Rotolight has a unique long term outlook allowing the company to focus on continually investing to deliver outstanding quality products and a totally unique customer experience.

  • Page 9: Basic Operation

    D-Tap cable (available from Rotolight.com) which will power your NEO 2 for up to 8 hours at full power. On power up, you will see ‘Rotolight NEO 2’ scroll across the screen, you can interrupt this anytime by operating one of the control knobs.

  • Page 10: Advanced Operation

    Aperture Dimming’ (F-DIM) , available in the MENU section, which will display the brightness as an f-stop (Aperture), based on your camera exposure settings – see ‘True Aperture Dimming’.) (‘Col’) COLOUR You can adjust and accurately display the Colour Temperature (CCT) of NEO 2 by rotating the right control knob.
  • Page 11 NEO 2 - RESULT SHOT Lit by Rotolight NEO 2, Photo by Master of Light & Sony Europe Imaging Ambassador Terry Donelly...

  • Page 12: Flash Mode

    Canon , Nikon, Fujifi lm, Olympus and Panasonic cameras from www.rotolight.com and all major stores. Capable of controlling up to 10 Rotolight NEO 2, in four groups, the Rotolight HSS transmitter also provides wireless control of NEO 2 brightness and...
  • Page 13 Photography by Rotolight Master of Light Jason Lanier...
  • Page 14 Set your camera to manual fl ash mode. NEO 2 is not a TTL fl ash, it is a manual fl ash with adjustable fl ash power, modelling light, colour temperature and duration settings. Simple operation: set your camera into Manual fl ash mode, refer to the f-stop table (p.20) for an exposure guide, take a test shot and either adjust fl ash power, or distance to the subject to achieve...
  • Page 15 High Speed Sync. Rotolight HSS trigger by Elinchrom : To shoot in High Speed Sync, you will need an HSS wireless transmitter, such as the Rotolight or Elinchrom HSS transmitter (both are compatible with the internal receiver inside the NEO 2)
  • Page 16 LEDs. Recommended triggers : The NEO 2 is compatible with the Rotolight HSS transmitters and the Elinchrom Skyport Plus HS transmitters available for Canon, Nikon, Sony, Fujifilm, Olympus and Panasonic camera systems.
  • Page 17 SETTING UP THE HSS TRANSMITTER First turn on your NEO 2, then after a few seconds, turn on your Rotolight or Elinchrom Skyport Plus HS Transmitter (the latter requires a free firmware update available from www.elinchrom.com).
  • Page 18 Note: Turn on the NEO 2’s first, followed by the Rotolight Elinchrom HSS transmitter, then your camera. If you later add an additional NEO 2 in your setup, or you turn the NEO 2 off during a shoot, then press the ‘refresh’...
  • Page 19 To enter flash mode, on the Rotolight/Elinchrom Transmitter press the test key (Elinchrom logo key) , (‘MENU’ …then ‘FLSH’ will be displayed). Press the test key again to enter flash mode. To test the flash, press the test key (Elinchrom logo).
  • Page 21 Photo by Master of Light Jason Lanier using the NEO - 3 light kit...
  • Page 22 (‘Fade’) DESIGNER FADE™ FADE Programmable fade up/fade down for practical in- camera production fade effects. Scroll to ‘FADE’, click the right knob to enter ‘FADE’ mode. Rotate the right knob to adjust the fade duration (range is up to 12 seconds up or down) (It will display DN (=fade down) followed by a numerical value ‘X’s where X = seconds of fade duration).
  • Page 23 SFX Brightness and Colour Temperature: Note: the current ‘BRI’ brightness level and ‘COL’ colour temperature setting of NEO 2 are used by SFX mode to represent the ‘peak output’ level of each effect, enabling accurate metering (i.e. if NEO 2 is set to 75% brightness and 5600 kelvin, then the lightning effect peak brightness level shall be 75% brightness at 5600 kelvin).
  • Page 24 “WARNING: Strobe lights are used during this performance”. This product is not suitable for use by children of any age and is designed for professional use only. Click the right knob to enter ‘SFX’. Rotating the left or right knob cycles through the available SFX. You can activate your selected SFX function by clicking the right knob.
  • Page 25 effect, rotate the right knob to adjust the lightning cluster re-occurance speed. (It will display XX hz which is an indication of the effect frequency) The lightning range is from 1hz up to 50hz. LIGHTNING Click the right knob to arm the effect and fade to black, ‘Trig’...
  • Page 26 TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION ROTOLIGHT NEO 2 Beam Angle 50 Degree TLCI Approved for live broadcast without (Television lighting consistency index) correction Overall CRI (Ra) CRI=> 96 Skintone CRI (R15) (Skintone R15, CRI=98) Power Consumption 12 Watts @100% Output 15 V DC @100% Output LUX at 3ft (0.9m)
  • Page 27 ROTOLIGHT LED TLCI TEST RESULT PHOTOMETRICS FIXTURE 3 ft. / 0.9m 6 ft. / 1.82m 9 ft. / 2.74m Angle 50º 194fc 2000 49fc 21fc 227 NEO 2 (at mid point 4110K) CRI TEST 20 40 60 80 100 100...

  • Page 28: Fire

    The fi re effect can be enhanced with a warm colour fi lter included within the optional add on Colour FX Pack (RL-NEO 2-CFP) available from your dealer or www.rotolight.com. ‘205’ LED CTO is recommended for best impact, ‘182’ Light Red also...
  • Page 29 works well, or an Amber, CT Straw or other CTO fi lter). (‘Plce’) POLICE PLCE This effect is an emulation of an emergency services light – it works best by adding the 712 Bedford Blue, or ‘182’ Light Red Filter Gel included within the optional Add On Colour FX Pack.
  • Page 30 (‘Shot’) SHOT SHOT This effect simulates the muzzle fl ash produced when a gun is fi red. Enter the effect by pressing the right knob. Trigger the effect by pressing the right knob , or trigger the effect externally via the Trigger Port. Control the decay time of the gunshot using the right rotary control.
  • Page 31 (‘Weld’) WELD W E L D This effect simulates the light from an electric arc welding torch. To enter the effect press the right knob.     The right rotary control varies the speed of the effect.  The right knob starts/stops the effect, or you can also start/stop the effect via the external trigger port .
  • Page 32 Rotating the left knob cycles through the available user parameters: ‘ISO’ (your camera ISO setting), ‘EXP’ (your camera shutter speed) and ‘FEET’ (the distance from the light to your subject in feet). Rotating the right knob will adjust the selected user parameter (ISO/EXP/FEET).
  • Page 33 Select which mode you want to use to control NEO 2, options are ’LOCL’ (the local knobs, trigger input and/or SKYPORT) ’wDMX’ where the NEO 2 is wirelessly controlled by Rotolight wDMX (i.e. from an Anova PRO 2). (‘Freq’) FREQUENCY...
  • Page 34 Elinchrom Skyport fl ash units you can right click on ‘SKYP’ option in mode sub menu to select ‘NORM’ (normal) for use with Elinchrom units or ‘SPED’ (Speed=HSS) for Rotolight only units. Selecting off turns off the NEO 2’s Skyport receiver. (‘GRP’) SKYPORT GROUP GRP = Skyport Group.
  • Page 35 ROTOLIGHT NEO 2 - In Action Photo by Peter Müller...
  • Page 36 Rotolight NEO 2 - Result Shots Jason Lanier Photography...
  • Page 37 Rotolight NEO 2 - Result Shots Peter Müller Photography...

  • Page 38: Dimming

    damage to NEO 2. (In ‘VOLT’ mode, to check your battery performance in action, you can click the right switch and then rotate the left knob to observe the actual battery voltage during the range of dimming) Click the left switch to return to MENU, alternatively you can return to the basic operation (BRI / COL) by pressing both control switches together.
  • Page 39 2, such as the Rotolight LionHeart 95Wh V-Lock, which will drive the light at full continuous power for up to 3 hours). Click the left switch to return to MENU, alternatively you can return to the basic operation (BRI/COL) by pressing both control switches together.
  • Page 40 (‘Scrl’) SCROLLING TEXT CONTROL SCRL Allows the control status scrolling to be set to ‘on’ or ‘off’. When ‘on’ NEO 2 will continuously display the status of the control mode, DMX channels, and reception. When set to ‘off’, NEO 2 will only display this information once when you make a change to the confi guration.

  • Page 41: Filter Information

    FILTER INFORMATION A filter holder is included with NEO 2. Simply place your desired filter underneath the filter holder, then using both thumbs, rotate the filter holder into a locking position on the front cover the NEO 2 light (you will hear a positive ‘click’ to indicate locked).

  • Page 42: Mounting

    These are also used to attach accessories like the barn doors and to mount the light to a camera. NEO 2 is compatible with all the Rotolight Neo 1 & RL48 mounting accessories (foam handle, magic arm and clamp kits).

  • Page 43: Batteries

    NEO 2 and ensure all batteries have a similar level of charge to avoid overstressing the battery which could lead to the risk of damage to the battery and NEO 2. Alternatively, use the Rotolight (RL-BATT-95) Lithium-ion V-Lock Battery (available from www.rotolight.com) for 6 hours run time, and MAX + flash mode.

  • Page 44: Manufacturer's Warranty

    Manufacturer’s Limited Warranty Rotolight Ltd will extend to its customers a Limited Manufacturer’s Product Warranty of 1 Year on Manufacturers Products from their date of purchase. This warranty shall not include general wear and tear, and shall be invalidated by tampering with, dropping or damaging the product or misuse.

  • Page 45: Limitation Of Liability

    Limitation of Liability The liability of the Manufacturer or Distributor, if any, for damages for any claim of any kind whatsoever with regard to any order placed for the Manufacturer’s products, regardless of the delivery or non-delivery of the Products, or with respect to the Products covered thereby, shall not (except in respect of liability for death or personal injury caused by Manufacturer’s or Distributor’s negligence...

  • Page 46: Optional Accessories

    NEO Barn Doors (RL-NEO-BD) NEO Softbox Kit (RL-NEO-SOFTBOX) 10 Piece Add on Colour FX Kit (RL-NEO-CFP) Compact Light Stand (RL-COMPACT-LS) Rotolight Mini Arm (RL-ARM-MINI) to mount external flash receiver to NEO Replacement filter Pack (RL-NEO-RFP) Raincover (RL-NEO-II-RAIN) Rotopod mini tripod (RL-ROTOPOD) 360 Pro Ball Head Adapter (RL-360-PRO) PC Sync to 3.5mm mono jack flash sync cable (RL-35PC-CBL)

  • Page 47: Rotolight Neo 2

    ROTOLIGHT NEO 2 Photo by Josh Edstedt...
  • Page 48 CineSFX (EP17165609.3,15/481,460, 1606907.2), Flash Sync (EP17166340.4, 15/485,239, 2017-078504, 1705754.8, 1606658.1) and True Aperture Dimming (EP17165574.9, 15/481,463, 1606908.0) are patent pending technologies of Rotolight Ltd. Accucolour,™ Aeos™, CineSFX™, Designer Fade™, True Aperture Dimming™, and Rotolight™ are registered trademarks of Rotolight Ltd.

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