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Topic: Best 16 mm Xenon Projectors
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John Whittle
Jedi Master Film Handler
Posts: 791
From: Northridge, CA USA
Registered: Jun 2003
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posted September 27, 2007 04:22 PM
The Elf, made by Eiki, is a clear winner for cost per hour for operation. Finding the Marc 300 lamps gets more difficult each year as they haven't been made in some time. I don't know if Ushio stil makes lamps for Eiki, but since they are hand made, it probably wouldn't be hard for them to do. Also the Xenon lamps for the Eiki are availble from Superior Quartz in New York as a second source.
As for the "exploding lamp", I've only heard stories and have no first hand knowledge of such an event. But the lamps need to be treated with respect and handled properly. A mis-handled lamp of either variety could explode. With all the enclosure protection, it becomes more a clean up problem than anything else.
If you look at machines made a little later, like the Eiki 3500, you'll find they are lighter since they have newer solid-state power supplies rather than the old heavy transformer types. They also have two level light output so you can "switch up for scope" if you so choose.
John
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Jeff Taylor
Film Handler
Posts: 70
From: Chatham, NJ
Registered: Aug 2005
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posted October 08, 2007 03:29 PM
None to worry about. Some early lamps apparently put out ozone, but anything you're going to use with 16mm is ozone free. I ditto Steven's recommendations--personally I have two Eiki EX-3500's because I already had a "fleet" of SSL's, and it's handy to be able to interchange the lenses, not to mention belts, mechanical parts, etc. Overall, once you've "gone xenon" you'll never be happy with halogen again. The brightness, and the higher color temperature are a major improvement, and given that the lamps will last 20-40 times as long as an ELC the cost isn't that bad.
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Jeff Taylor
Film Handler
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From: Chatham, NJ
Registered: Aug 2005
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posted October 22, 2007 03:26 PM
You're right about the two systems, John. I recall specifically a Pan Am flight (shows you how long ago that was) and for some reason the loop setter wouldn't work, so another guy and I got the stew to open the overhead, and sure enough it was a 5,000-6,000 foot endless loop type system with a basically horizontal adaptation of a 500 series machine. We manually reset the loop, crossed our fingers, and it went for the rest of the flight. I remember years ago someone was selling salvaged B&H chassis from those systems really cheap, but who needs a 24v DC projector!
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