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Author Topic: ASL lamps Ivan Plamondon Film Handler Posts: 42 From: Welland, Ontario, Canada Registered: May 2013 posted 03-26-2014 02:00 PM                     Looking for feedback on anyone using ASL lamps for film projectors.  |  IP: Logged Gordon McLeod Film God Posts: 9532 From: Toronto Ontario Canada Registered: Jun 99 posted 03-26-2014 04:17 PM                     Have had relatively good luck with them  |  IP: Logged Steve Guttag We forgot the crackers Gromit!!! Posts: 12814 From: Annapolis, MD Registered: Dec 1999 posted 03-27-2014 08:49 AM                     Though we have not supplied them for large-format...we have historically supplied ASL lamps and they have done very well and are very well supported by the company.  |  IP: Logged Joe Elliott Master Film Handler Posts: 497 From: Port Orange, Fl USA Registered: Oct 2006 posted 03-27-2014 05:40 PM                     It's been about 3 years since I was in a theater, but we had used ASL lamps. In 11 years in the theater industry prior, I had only had 1 lamp ever explode. In the 2 years I was at this last theater, we had 3 explode, and 1 exploded shortly after I left there. Then they went digital. The nice thing was we had metal reflectors, so it only scratched them up. They, at least at the time, did a 100% warranty, so if it exploded, or you had to remove in for any other reason, they would just send you a new bulb. We did also have a series of 6 bulbs that would not maintain a stable arc after about 500 hours, but they finally figured out that the tungsten had the wrong mix of other elements, essentially it was a bad batch of bulbs. I cannot say that I recommend them, but the 100% warranty does make up somewhat for the lack of quality control. I would not recommend them for digital.  |  IP: Logged Ivan Plamondon Film Handler Posts: 42 From: Welland, Ontario, Canada Registered: May 2013 posted 03-30-2014 10:28 AM                     Thanks for your input everyone! Keep it coming.  |  IP: Logged Joe Elliott Master Film Handler Posts: 497 From: Port Orange, Fl USA Registered: Oct 2006 posted 04-09-2014 05:43 AM                     Also, from ASL's website: quote: Advanced Specialty Lighting was formed in July 2003 through the acquisition of the business formerly known as ORC and the Entertainment and Lithography Division of PerkinElmer, Inc.  |  IP: Logged Steve Moore Expert Film Handler Posts: 211 From: Leeds, West Yorks, UK Registered: Apr 2008 posted 04-10-2014 12:29 PM                     I've currently running my first lamp of their, a 2000w one in a Christie CP2000, and its a good stable light and has been running around 1400 hours so far (out of a warranted 2200). Over that time my wattage has steadily increase from 1600w to now 1710w to maintain the F.L. on screen; so fingers crossed it lasts it's time. Though now ORC is mentioned, rather worried, as I never had much luck with those years ago on 35mm, generally failing quite short of time (though never any big bangs)  |  IP: Logged System Notices Forum Watchdog / Soup Nazi Posts: 215 Registered: Apr 2004 posted 07-07-2015 07:55 AM                 It has been 452 days since the last post.  |  IP: Logged Burleigh Ibbott Film Handler Posts: 46 From: Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, UK Registered: Jul 2006 posted 07-07-2015 07:55 AM                     Since i have gone digital the lamps are pretty poor. We used Ushio and Osram before all pretty good but expensive. Tried ASL at £380 a pop and found out why so cheap. Never reached half there life as they developed a yellow tinge and not very bright (2000w). Got too many complaints in Hobbit 3 3D as it was too dark. It only done 900 hours by then. I have been told that since they moved the manufacturing to Poland the lamps are very poor.  |  IP: Logged

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