Exploding light bulbs - Page 2

BruceB · 04 October 2009, 23:44

When you are dealing with thousands of the little buggers you soon get to know which ones are rubbish.
It doesn't always come down to price either........

Erin · 29 October 2009, 19:24

I think this illustrates an exploding bulb perfectly http://www.dpreview.com/challenges/E...Results&Rows=4

Bigmuz7 · 29 October 2009, 20:32

Cool

.. atleast wer'e all behind glass screens for that shot .. its a good bit more annoying when all the shards go into your 'phone in chinese' that you then have to throw out

willk · 29 October 2009, 22:37

Biggers,

If you're going CFL, spend the extra few quid and buy "Megaman" brand lamps. They have longer "hour" life (10k-15k depending on spec), lower failure rates and are available in dimming formats too. Ultimately, they're cheaper by quite a margin. Savings are rapidly made in a high usage location, i.e. kitchen, hallway etc.

Trust me, the blood of the Mac Gille Mhoire still runs mean and lean in me veins

Bigmuz7 · 29 October 2009, 23:17

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Originally Posted by willk

Trust me, the blood of the Mac Gille Mhoire still runs mean and lean in me veins

Does it now ? since when

The Grocer · 30 October 2009, 01:22

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Originally Posted by Erin

I think this illustrates an exploding bulb perfectly http://www.dpreview.com/challenges/E...Results&Rows=4

So never mind the photography - how the golly gosh did they do that without plugging the damn thing in?

No wonder Bigmuz is hacked off. It must be a lot more impressive with electricity involved.

Anyway owd lad, stop whingeing - a stir-fry is supposed to be crunchy...

willk · 30 October 2009, 14:46

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Originally Posted by Bigmuz7

Does it now ? since when

That's a strange "almost a question", did you forget to finish it or something?

Generally here, when you're in a family, it been since you were born... how does it work over there?

Mind you, I looked into my Caledonian family tree recently....

...and some of them were still in it

Bigmuz7 · 30 October 2009, 20:17

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Originally Posted by willk

did you forget to finish it or something?

No .. I married one of 'em

*edit* .......

willk · 30 October 2009, 20:40

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Originally Posted by Bigmuz7

No .. I married one of 'em

*edit* .......

Be The Hokey! Yer me long lost cousin be marriage, what a coincidence! An even bigger coincidence would if me truck and tourin' caravan fitted into that nice space beside yer gaff!

Bigmuz7 · 30 October 2009, 22:42

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Originally Posted by willk

Be The Hokey! Yer me long lost cousin be marriage, what a coincidence! An even bigger coincidence would if me truck and tourin' caravan fitted into that nice space beside yer gaff!

Aye.. a couple of Etec 90's and some good breedin yeows and it could be yours sor .. but ye would need a bin liner full of cash and a mercedes black to persuade me to lay the 12 cube of monobloc to keep ye tidy