Elinchrom – HUS-1000 Test Bench – CRb-100 Test Bench manufacturer by hi joiney
Range
D-Lite 4 head
Elinchrom produce a range of monolight flash units, from models suitable for entry-level hobbyists to those aimed at professional studio photographers, with a range of lighting modifiers, plus battery packs, and remote controllers for the lights.
Most flash heads can be triggered as “slave” units, and the slave function can be turned off to prevent inadvertent triggering if other photographers are working in the same area.
Elinchrom also have a range of continuous lighting.
Monolight flash heads
D-Lite 2 200Ws units, adjustable in 110 stop steps to 116 of full power, i.e. to 12Ws
D-Lite 4 400Ws units, adjustable in 110 stop steps to 116 of full power, i.e. to 25Ws
BX 250Ri, BX 500Ri
Style 100/400 FX
Style 100/400 BX
Style RX 300/600/1200
Digital RX 1200/2400
Ranger Quadra AS, RX, RX Speed, RX Speed AS
Remote controllers
EL Skyport Wireless
RX Hand Remote
Prolinca IR-Trigger
Continuous lighting
The continuous lighting uses tungsten bulbs with a colour temperature of around 3200 instead of daylight-balanced (5500) flash tubes. All units accept the same range of light modifiers as the flash units, subject to the additional heat generated by the bulbs. The Scanlite range employ halogen bulbs.
Minilite (250W)
Scanlite (300W)
Scanlite (650W)
Scanlite (1000W)
Defunct models
1500S
Comparison between old models and new models
1500S
D-Lite 4
Flash output
Controlled by the green slider, infinitely variable between full power and 1/16 power
Controlled by pressing the “Up” and “Down” buttons, which change the output in 1/10 stop increments from 2.0 to 6.0.
Modelling lamp
Osram 64505 200W 230V GX6,35, or equivalent
100W, 90V frosted bulb with E27 screw base (US version). UK version is 196V.
Modelling lamp control
Controller by the yellow slider, infinitely variable between full power and 1/16 power. By sliding the two sliders together, the modelling lamp can be kept in proportion to the flash output. The yellow power switch is provided to turn the modelling lamp off altogether.
Switchable by pressing the “modelling lamp” button repeatedly between “off”, “full”, “minimum” and “proportional”.
Accessory lock
A full rotating collar.
A small blue sliding lever.
Sync lead connector
Amphenol connector
3.5 mm jack
Slave triggering
Activated by pressing a small button to the right of the sliders. An LED inside it lights up green while it is active and red if it is inactive.
Activated by pressing the “Eye” button. A small green LED is lit if active.
“Ready” indicator
The green “Test” button is lit when the flash unit is charged and ready to use.
An audible alert can be enabled to let the photographer know when the flash unit has recharged ready for the next picture. It can also be turned off.
Lighting modifiers
Elinchrom supply a wide range of lighting modifiers as accessories for their lights. Some accessories (such as umbrellas) attach to the light unit by means of a pole passing through a 7 mm hole through the head, and others (such as softboxes, reflector dishes and snoots) attach using Elinchrom’s bayonet system.
Snoot
Grids for snoot
18 cm reflector
21 cm reflector
Grids for 18 cm reflector 12, 20 and 30
Barn door holder for 21 cm reflector (also holds gels)
Softboxes
Mini spot for projecting shapes using gobos.
Umbrellas
The umbrella stalk passes through the flash head
Notes
^ “Elinchrom D-Lite 2 home studio flash kit”. Photo Answers. http://www.photoanswers.co.uk/Gear/Search-Results/Photo-Accessories/Elinchrom-D-Lite-2-home-studio-flash-kit/. Retrieved 21 May 2009.
^ “Elinchrom BXRi 500/500 kit”. Photo Answers. http://www.photoanswers.co.uk/Gear/Search-Results/Photo-Accessories/Elinchrom-BXRi-500500-kit–/. Retrieved 21 May 2009.
^ “Elinchrom Ranger Quadra”. Professional Photographer. http://www.professionalphotographer.co.uk/tests/accessories/elinchrom-ranger-quadra. Retrieved 22 May 2009.
^ Newton, Dan (2 June 2008). “Elinchrom SkyPort Universal Review”. http://www.liquidinplastic.com/2008/06/elinchrom-skyport-universal-review-part-1/. Retrieved 22 May 2009.
^ Sholik, Stan (1 September 2007). “Elinchrom’s new RF flash trigger performs flawlessly in tests”. Professional Photographer Magazine. http://www.ppmag.com/web-exclusives/2007/09/elinchrom-elskyport-wireless-s.html.
^ Elinchrom has also adopted a standardised “level”, with level 4 representing 100Ws of flash output. Increasing by one level represents a doubling of output, which equates to one stop for the photographer. This allows for easy comparison of power levels for different models.
References
http://www.ephotozine.com/article/Three-products-to-be-launched-by-Elinchrom-10325
http://www.bjp-online.com/public/showPage.html?page=131471
External links
Elinchrom web site (requires Adobe Flash Player to view)
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