The Hudson Spider Redback 36" Octagon Parabolic LED from Lightbulb Rentals is designed around a 36" diameter fixture with eight hinged aluminum and steel arms that can be formed into a parabolic shape. This fixture houses a total of 3456 closely-spaced LEDs, creating a soft, continuous light source.
The 12 x 8" cylinder offers a wide color temperature range of 2600 to 6500K with a CRI of 95+, ensuring superior accuracy in color rendering. The Redback is dimmable from 0 to 100%, with adjustments possible both locally on the fixture and remotely via onboard DMX from a console.
In addition to its softness, the Redback provides a unique wrap-around quality, snappy contrast, and a crisp specular quality often described as "magical," making it an ideal beauty light. For those needing directional control and softness options, the kit includes a Redback Parabolic Reflector with a silver-interior Ultrabounce fitted cover, Magic Cloth diffuser, and full and 1/2 grid cloth diffusers.
Additionally, the kit comes with an IEC power cord, 24' header cable, and a 5/8" Baby pin with 3/8" threads. The key to recreating the umbrella-bounced light look with LEDs is positioning them closely together, spreading them evenly along the length of a parabolic-shaped armature, and focusing them outward.
This design makes direct LED a viable alternative to bounced HMI or Tungsten lights. The entire setup fits into the kit's water and shockproof rolling case.
Lightbulb rents the Hudson Spider Redback 36" Octagon Parabolic LED Deluxe Kit along with thousands of other items with next-day pickup or regional delivery across New York and Pennsylvania. Every order is fully inspected and prepped before it ships, and our team can help you build a matching package, add expendables, or answer technical questions before your shoot.
