Got some 2Kw much less 1.5Kw HMI scoops in stock... brighter... not persay any PAR on the market. Most 14" to 18" scoops you probably have on the market are available in wattage up to 1Kw in wattage. so while 375w - not sure of the lamp used is a concept for efficiency, it certainly won’t max out a fixture unless a 10" scoop. Again not familiar with a 375w lamp for scoops unless some form of RSC based HIR lamp which would be very efficient - much like a 500w lamp.
On the sticking down below the vailances, there is heat curtains you could use with roostering up, and I somehow find it doubful that a scoop, PAR or Leko will be in any way larger in overall size than a 8" Fresnel. Just a question of how done or doing heat shielding plus perhaps scenery hoops for the drape if too close. Van has the point on proper use of the fixtures.
Still not sold on a need for a 8" PAR 64 fixture to replace an unknown size of scoop that while it might have a wider width, will have a shorter depth than a PAR when near a drape. This much is important also in consideration also when near other stuff. Not a lot of heat especially given a 375w lamp off the gel frame widest part of a say 14" scoop, this as opposed to what might be the lamp cap of a PAR 64 touching the drape given a longer fixture. Again, something one no doubt must see as opposed to understand.
On the sticking down below the vailances, there is heat curtains you could use with roostering up, and I somehow find it doubful that a scoop, PAR or Leko will be in any way larger in overall size than a 8" Fresnel. Just a question of how done or doing heat shielding plus perhaps scenery hoops for the drape if too close. Van has the point on proper use of the fixtures.
Still not sold on a need for a 8" PAR 64 fixture to replace an unknown size of scoop that while it might have a wider width, will have a shorter depth than a PAR when near a drape. This much is important also in consideration also when near other stuff. Not a lot of heat especially given a 375w lamp off the gel frame widest part of a say 14" scoop, this as opposed to what might be the lamp cap of a PAR 64 touching the drape given a longer fixture. Again, something one no doubt must see as opposed to understand.