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Posted by James Wilson (Member # 4620) on March 01, 2016, 08:20 AM:
Hi,
Has anyone been using these long life lamps, and can anyone tell me if they really last 1500 hours, are they worth the extra money.
Posted by Maurice Leakey (Member # 916) on March 01, 2016, 09:30 AM:
Read Bart Smith's thoughts on these lamps.
http://www.bluecinetech.co.uk/proddetail.php?prod=A1%2F231
They are probably for disco use where long life is useful. They may not have the correct colour temperature for film projection.
Posted by Andrew Woodcock (Member # 3260) on March 24, 2016, 08:00 PM:
As Blue Cine-Tech and Maurice quite rightly points out here, anything other than a Xenophot lamp made by Osram with Xenon filler gas, is a complete compromise for Super 8mm projection purposes.
At around £5 per lamp for 50hrs, it just isn't worth trying to seek any other cheaper or longer lasting alternative in my book.
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