NEW Clay Paky Sharpy Plus

The Clay Paky Sharpy Plus is a true 100% HYBRID moving head, designed to work as both a tight, high-impact beam fixture and a full-featured spotlight. It suits touring, houses of worship, broadcast, and event production where you need one fixture to cover multiple looks, while its high luminous efficiency helps reduce power draw compared to higher-wattage alternatives.

The Sharpy Plus fits a totally new, top-ranking-performance Osram Sirius HRI 330W X8 lamp and weighs only 23 kg (50.7 lbs). Its body is slightly larger than the Sharpy’s to house a high-quality optical unit with a 3° to 36° zoom. At 3°, it produces narrow, parallel beams for classic beam looks, while the wide end of the zoom opens up for practical spotlight coverage across stages and venues.

Beam and Spot Operating Modes

The Sharpy Plus has two independent operating modes. In BEAM mode, aerial effects are enhanced by the way the Sirius lamp is made. It is capable of extraordinary power output (over 300,000 lux at 10mt distance), which the optical unit enhances through a marked hot spot. In SPOT mode, the light is diffused in a more even way, so gobos and projected effects read with excellent uniformity.

Its 3° to 36° (1:9) zoom covers the entire range linearly, both in spot mode and in beam mode. This makes it easy to match looks and focus transitions during cues without unexpected jumps.

Optics, Color, and Effects

Sharpy Plus delivers 12,000 lumens from a high-efficiency optical system with a 135 mm front lens and an 8000K ±300 color temperature. For color control, it offers linear CMY color mixing plus 5 colors on 3 wheels (including 2 CTO filters) to quickly warm output for camera or tungsten-balanced environments.

For texture and mid-air effects, the fixture includes a static gobo wheel with 18 gobos and 6 beam reducers (down to 0.5°), plus a rotating gobo wheel with 8 HD indexable, replaceable gobos (15.9 mm external diameter, 12 mm image diameter, 1.1 mm thickness). A linear soft-edge frost filter supports smoother washes and blended edges. An aluminum animation wheel with continuous bi-directional rotation, along with rotating 4-facet and 8-facet prisms, adds motion, breakup, and beam multiplication for dynamic cueing.

Movement and Control Integration

Pan and tilt movement are optimized for fast show work and accurate repositioning, with 540° pan and 270° tilt, both 16-bit, plus automatic repositioning. Fast/Standard speed is selectable via a function channel, and a mechanical pan/tilt lock supports safer transport and maintenance.

Control is designed for modern networks and traditional consoles, supporting DMX, Art-Net, RDM, and sACN (single mode, 31 channels). Connectivity includes locking 5-pin XLR IN/OUT for DMX/RDM, RJ45 IN for Ethernet, and PowerCON True1 IN for power. A built-in web server enables configuration and firmware upgrades over the network, with diagnostic tools including DMX monitoring and remote access through RDM. The fixture also supports firmware upload from another fixture and CloudIO compatibility. A long-life self-charging battery helps with addressing and setup when power is not available.

Lamp life expectancy is 1500 hours. Physical dimensions are 307 x 375 mm (base) and 635 mm with vertical head (h).