SGM X-5 : the StrobFather ?

LEDs have replaced most of the lamps in our fixtures for show lighting, although certainly in each case with more or less success. There is still one type of product in which no one had thought to install them: the strobe. Peter Johansen, who marks his return to the industry at the command of SGM, had this great idea and offers us his X-5, a strobe loaded with white LEDs. We put on our sunglasses and take a closer look at it.

SGM, an Italian company founded in 1975, led a prolific career in automated lighting before being acquired by the RCF Group in 2009. While in France SGM is not very well known, the connoisseur will remember perhaps some innovative products such as Synthesis, its advanced (for the time) battery-powered display and solenoid-controlled yoke locks, or the Digital 1500 and its digital gobos. In short, evidence of a sharp research and development department. I have fond memories of the Pilot 2000 Controller, which was the first console I put my hands on and, as they say, your first always leaves the strongest impression.