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Author Topic: Which bulb is better in a barco? Jay Glaus Expert Film Handler Posts: 123 From: Pittsburgh, PA USA Registered: Dec 2010 posted 03-21-2013 11:55 AM                        Just curious what you guys think. My Barco 23B came with a 4K Osram short arc lamp, I believe the XBO DHP CL model but I'm not 100% certain until I check again. I've heard many different things about different lamps. I mainly used osram on 35mm, and an occasional Phillips. Never used Ushio, and I think I used Christie once. I've heard Phillips makes a good line of digital short arcs. I've also heard of 4200 and 4500 watt lamps, but I don't know if you could/should use them in a 23B. My question is... What brand/model do you guys think would be the brightest, highest performing lamp I could have in my machine? I know the more potent one is, the shorter the lifespan. Not that I want to change a bulb every month, but for the most part, even on 35mm, we kept up pretty well with changing them. When we got close to the end of the warranty hours, we typically we're pulling her out and popping in a new. I may have found an old xenon from 1981 when I was cleaning the booth out for digital, but she hasn't been in service for a long long time! Anyways, I'm interested to see how you guys weigh in on the better bulb. Thanks! Jay  |  IP: Logged Brad Miller Administrator Posts: 17775 From: Plano, TX (36.2 miles NW of Rockwall) Registered: May 99 posted 03-21-2013 01:51 PM                     Ushio. Nothing else is worth bothering with.  |  IP: Logged John Roddy Expert Film Handler Posts: 114 From: Spring, TX, United States Registered: Dec 2012 posted 03-21-2013 02:12 PM                        We started off using Osram bulbs when our site first opened. About a year later, we switched to Ushio and never looked back. It's been about four years since the switch, and we've only had one issue with a defective bulb. Ushio paid for it and the reflector we lost because of it, and everything has been hunky-dory ever since. Definitely go with Ushio if you can.  |  IP: Logged Monte L Fullmer Film God Posts: 8367 From: Nampa, Idaho, USA Registered: Nov 2004 posted 03-21-2013 04:56 PM                     USHIO DXL-40BAF for the 4k bulbs. 1000hr warranty.  |  IP: Logged Jean-Marc Toussaint Film Handler Posts: 60 From: Paris, France Registered: May 2008 posted 03-21-2013 06:13 PM                        My former tech manager told me a few weeks ago that because of upcoming new environemtal laws in Europe, Osram was about to stop manufacturing their Xenon lamps. Is this true? We also switched to Ushio a while ago.  |  IP: Logged Brad Miller Administrator Posts: 17775 From: Plano, TX (36.2 miles NW of Rockwall) Registered: May 99 posted 03-21-2013 08:58 PM                     If that is true, that is the best news of 2013 so far.  |  IP: Logged Carsten Kurz Film God Posts: 4340 From: Cologne, NRW, Germany Registered: Aug 2009 posted 03-21-2013 09:33 PM                     It is not true. Speciality lamps are not regulated. Commodity lamps are. - Carsten  |  IP: Logged

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