Also, the new compact and lightweight MSD Platinum 17 RA lamps offer exceptional brightness with a light output of more than 20,000 lumens at 350W, plus cool white light (7000 K) and a high colour rendering of 85. This makes them suitable for use in follow-spots or beam fixtures at any type of event. These lamps are now successfully designed-in in the Platinum SBX from Elation and the Mega Beam G10B from Terbly.
Philips also reports that its MSR Gold 1000W MiniFastFit lamp has been approved by Martin to be used in the MAC Viper Profile. The lifetime of these lamps has been extended from 750 to 900 hours thanks to the P3 technology, which makes these lamps more robust: pinch protection technology, the gold coating, and the ELSAM electrode.
(Jim Evans)