MIGHTY SCANS....PROS N CONS?

Since you have Ultra Scans you may want to try out the new Concept II it have a 150 discharge bulb in it. But the mighty scan is a really good fixture!!

I have two mighty scans and I would say they are fantastic lights because they have plenty of colors and gobos and the movement is quite smooth. I have had no problems with them at all and they are well built fixtures (built in germany) It provides alot of versatility. BUT I would have to agree with freestyle that you may want to check out the concept II since it has a 250 Watt sicharge lamp which is brighter than the 250 watt ELC lamp in the mighty scan. Also the light is equipped with a laser and happens to be 10lbs lighter. I must admit even though I have the mighty scans, the concepts look like a very nice replacement or minor upgrade.
MIGHTYS are great!!!

P.S Cant wait till the autospots!!!!

Concept II has a 150 watt discahrge bulb. The 250 is a typo.

Thanks Guys! I actually just downloaded the videos for the concept 2 and the Autospot! Really fantastic lights! Discharge lamps are far more efficient than the Halogen or Quartz Halogen. I know that the Auto Spot is to be released Jan 7 2003. But when is the Concept 2 going to be released? Also, is there a marked difference betweeen the 150 watt discharge and the 250 watt discharge? Thirdly, does anyone know where I can get a Sky light

Thanks again guys. This forum is really helping us out!

YES, there is a huge differece in 150w discharge and a 250w discharge. The 250 is much brighter.

Id say a 150 discharge puts out as much light as a 250-300w halogen, and a 250 discharge puts out as much as a 400w halogen.

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Originally posted by Drew:
[qb]YES, there is a huge differece in 150w discharge and a 250w discharge. The 250 is much brighter.

Id say a 150 discharge puts out as much light as a 250-300w halogen, and a 250 discharge puts out as much as a 400w halogen.[/qb]

I don't totally agree with this assessment. Optics comes into play here. Usually, the optics in a fixture utilizing a 150w discharge style lamp has better optics than a 250w halogen lamped fixture. In my experience, the 150w discharge lamp equipped fixture blows away any 250w to 300w halogen lamp unit.

Also, lets not forget color temperature either. You have a much hotter temp and consequently much purer colors with a discharge lamp...this is also "perceived" as brighter to the eye.

How much brighter is the 250 over the 150? Quite a difference if you have the lights mounted VERY high or some distance from the floor. In most mobile applications, I wouldn't neccessarily call it a huge difference for the relatively short throws we deal with in most cases, but it is noticeable to be sure.

Bob

OK Thanks again! looks like I may be going with either 6 Auto Spots or 8 Concept IIs. My plan is to phase out all my halogen fixtures for discharge fixtures as they last much longer and are far brighter than their halogen counter parts.

Thanks

I'd say the Auto Spots because you already have alot moving mirror effects, I think the autos would fit very nicey with your show, plus you have replaceable and rotating gobos. This is my opinion.
AjZ

It's official. The mighty scans are discontinued . Howvwer the light replacing the mighty scans are the concept 2's. I have seent hem in action and they are very cool. I'm still kinda sad though...I wanted to get some in the future.

-AMP

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Originally posted by dj-amproductions:
[qb]It's official. The mighty scans are discontinued . Howvwer the light replacing the mighty scans are the concept 2's. I have seent hem in action and they are very cool. I'm still kinda sad though...I wanted to get some in the future.

-AMP[/qb]

hope they don't discontinue the pocket scan sometime soon!

just to view the light movie (if there is one) search 4 that light and at the bottom of the page w/ the specs. there should be at least 2 or three links of a PDF file, movie(s).

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My plan is to phase out all my halogen fixtures for discharge fixtures as they last much longer and are far brighter than their halogen counter parts.

True, but look at the difference in bulb price.
A blub can be near 10x as much.

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Originally posted by dj-amproductions:
[qb]...the light replacing the mighty scans are the concept 2's...[/qb]

Actually, the lights replacing them is the Concept 1's, the 2's are a little more expensive due to the bulb.


Just a thought, maybe I can get a deal on some closeout mightys!

Cool, now my Mighty's are collectors items!

[QUOTE]Originally posted by Dj Madness:
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Actually, the lights replacing them is the Concept 1's, the 2's are a little more expensive due to the bulb.

You are right. I typed the wrong number on my keyboard!

[QUOTE]Originally posted by BCTRAINERS1:
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hope they don't discontinue the pocket scan sometime soon!

just to view the light movie (if there is one)


Yes there is a movie with the pocket scan...i just saw it!

-AMP

I don't think Pocket Scans will be discontinued for a while unless a new light is released in the price range...and if that happens, it will be better than the Pocket Scan, so I wouldn't worry about it.

Merry Christmas

Bulb price for a discharge lamp is actually quite a deal! Start figuring up the hours of use versus the cost and you'll quickly find that the discharge lamp is a MUCH better deal long term over the lower cost, but much more frequent changing of the halogen lamp!

Bob