The Martin MAC Viper line of automated luminaires are extremely popular due to their extensive feature set, great color mixing, small size and weight, quiet operation and more. You will find them on concerts, television shows, Broadway and other theatre, corporate shows and more. The MAC Viper range ships with an Osram Lok-It HTI1000W/PS lamp which is a wonderful source.
Osram has recently updated this lamp with some design improvements and suppliers are changing over to the newest revision.
The lamp can be ordered as Osram code 54385 or Martin P/N: 97010346.
Osram has recently developed a new lamp for the MAC Viper series that has also been approved by Martin. The Osram Lok-It HTI1000W/PS Brilliant is an alternative for situations where quality of light is key to the performance. This lamp delivers enhanced color rendition (CRI >95), resulting in better performance in critical applications such as theatre and TV productions.
The color temperature is the same as the original lamp, but there is no green peak in the spectrum; resulting in no further need to use the minus-green filter from the static color wheel. The output appears more brilliant and the colors from the CMY mixing system even more vibrant than with the standard lamp. The only downside being a slightly lower output (-5%) compared to the standard lamp.
The lamp can be ordered as Osram code 53973 or Martin P/N: 97010351.
Martin has also approved an alternate lamp from Philips for the MAC Viper series. The Philips MSR Gold 1000 MiniFastFit lamp has a slightly longer lifetime (900 hrs.) than the Osram lamp, but a little lower output (-10%) and a CRI around 80.
The lamp can be ordered as Philips code 928171405115 or Martin P/N: 97010350.
The following comparison chart utilizes data supplied by the lamp manufacturers and is a great way to understand the differences between the lamps:
All of the above lamps are now available from lamp retailers as well as direct from Martin. Be sure to ask your rental company for the best lamp for your application.
