Pro-8a 2400 Air Pro-8a 1200 Air User´s Guide
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Pro-8a 2400 Air – Pro-8a 1200 Air 4 Safety instructions Safety Precautions! Do not operate the equipment before studying the instruction manual and the accompanying safety. Make sure that Profoto Safety Instructions is always accompanied the equipment! Profoto products are intended for professional use! Generator, lamp heads and accessories are only intended for indoor photographic use.
System description....................................................................................................6 Profoto Air....................................................................................................6 Profoto Air Remote (optional accessory)........................................................6 Profoto Air Sync (optional accessory)............................................................6 Profoto Air USB (optional accessory)...............................................
Pro-8a 2400 Air – Pro-8a 1200 Air 6 System description Pro-8a is designed to be free of compromises. Pro-8a is the fastest, roughest, most versatile and stable generator yet still with the widest power range we ever developed. Pro-8a has a new unique two stage SMPS (Switch Mode Power Supply) recharging circuit making repetition rates faster than ever before. Shoot up to 20 frames per second or 2 per second at 1200Ws. Usage of cameras continues triggering is now practically possible with Pro-8a.
Pro-8a is designed for all of the present state-of-the-art Pro heads and light shaping tools. For selected previous models of Profotos lamp heads were is a simple update for compatible fan cooling at 100–120V markets. ProHead The standard heavy-duty flash lamp head is the Profoto ProHead, built for producing flashes with Pro-8a, up to 2400 Ws over and over again, hour after hour. It has an integrated high efficient, long life halogen model-pilot lamp with a switch and a fuse.
Pro-8a 2400 Air – Pro-8a 1200 Air 8 ProRing 2 For fashion or macro photography, when you want a direct and very prominent light, the Profoto ProRing 2 provides a ring flash capable of unlimited flash repetition rate due to built-in thermally controlled silent and efficient fan cooling. The optimized flash tube is made by high grade UV-free filtered quarts glass and heavy duty electrodes to maximize lifetime. A powerful 200 W halogen modeling light are built-in with switch and fuse.
The Modeling Light Control [7] is used to select one of four modeling light alternatives: • PROP: The modeling light intensity for each lamp head is automatically adjusted to correspond in proportion in-between the generators set energy and maximal energy. • ½ PROP: The modeling light intensity is adjusted automatically in proportion as for PROP when the energy level is changed, but with half modeling light intensity of the designated energy.
Pro-8a 2400 Air – Pro-8a 1200 Air 10 • SET: Enables setting of radio channel and group. • OFF: The generator is set to sync via cable. • SLAVE: The generator is set to sync via photocell / IR. Ready signaling Ready signaling is used to indicate when the generator is 100% fully charged. The Ready Control [16] is used to select one of four ready signaling alternatives: • OFF: No ready signal. This setting also disables the sound indicating that a switch is pressed or a control is turned.
Ready lamp [10] is illuminated when the generator is fully charged and ready to flash. Test Button [10] is used to test that all light settings are correct and that the functionally is as expected. When the Test Button [10] is pressed, the generator will flash and the Ready Lamp [10] will turn off while recharging. When the recharge of the generator is completed, the Ready Lamp [10] will be illuminated again.
Pro-8a 2400 Air – Pro-8a 1200 Air 12 Additional information Color Temperature The color temperature of Pro-8a is calibrated to correspond to daylight and, because of the PiPE (patent pending) technology, it remains perfectly constant and reliable from flash to flash and over the entire power range, regardless of the chosen power output and the number of flash heads used.
One dedicated 6000 Watt petrol-electric generator is required to power supply one Pro-8a at MAX speed. To supply one Pro-8a generator at 50% recharge speed setting requires one dedicated 3000W petrol-electric generator. To supply one Pro-8a generator at 25% recharge speed setting requires one dedicated 2000W petrol-electric generator which is the smallest recommended for use with Pro-8a. To supply two Pro-8a generators at 50% recharge speed setting requires one 6000W petrol-electric generator etc.
Pro-8a 2400 Air – Pro-8a 1200 Air 5. View power in W/s or Relative F-Stops. Press & release Ws button [1] for 5 sec, to toggle flash energy setting. 2 beeps confirm change. 6. 1/10th f-stop flash adjustment. Rotate corresponding control dial clockwise to raise power or counter clockwise to lower. Each click represents 1/10th f-stop. Three quick beeps indicate power can not be raiser or lowered further. 7. Full F-Stop Flash Adjustment.
Changing radio channel and group settings: 1. Turn the Sync Control [5] to SET. 2. The radio channel and group setting for the individual lamp head is shown separately in Flash Light Energy Display A [8] or B [19] as a radio channel number (1-8) followed by a group letter (A-F). 3. Turn Flash Light Energy Control A [8] or B [19] clockwise/counter-clockwise to increase/ decrease the radio channel number. 4.
Pro-8a 2400 Air – Pro-8a 1200 Air 16 Technical data Profoto Pro-8a 2400 Air General Energy 2400 Ws Energy Distribution Channel A 5–2400Ws 1.0–10.0 Channel B 5–1200Ws 1.0–9.0 Energy Control Range 1.0–10.0 f stop (5–2400 Ws ) Recycling Time 0.05–0.9 s Flash rate at 1.0//4.0//6.0//8.0//10.0 20//15//10//4//1 (flash repetition rate per second at max recharging speed) Flash Duration t0,5 1/12000–1/1600 s Fastest camera shutter speed 2400Ws 1/500 with cable, IR or Profoto Air fast mode.
2 (¼ inch phono plug) Photocell/IR-slave and Switch Yes, with automatic sensitivity adjustment USB Interface USB 2.
Pro-8a 2400 Air – Pro-8a 1200 Air 18 Technical data Profoto Pro-8a 1200 Air General Energy 1200 Ws Energy Distribution Channel A 5–1200Ws 2.0–10.0 Channel B 5–600Ws 2.0–9.0 Energy Control Range 2.0–10.0 f stop (5–1200 Ws) Recycling Time 0.05–0.5 s Flash rate at 1.0//4.0//6.0//8.0//10.0 20//17//11//7//2 (flash repetition rate per second at max recharging speed) Flash Duration t0,5 1/12000–1/2200 s Fastest camera shutter speed 2400Ws 1/500 with cable, IR or Profoto Air fast mode.
2 (¼ inch phono plug) Photocell/IR-slave and Switch Yes, with automatic sensitivity adjustment USB Interface USB 2.
1. Ws Switch 2. Sync Connectors 3. Photocell/IR-slave 4. Lamp Head Connector A 5. Sync Control 6. Flash Light Energy Display A 7. Modeling Light Control 8. Flash Light Energy Control A 9. Modeling Light Switch 10. Test Button and Ready Lamp 11. Power supply (AC) Connector 12. Power supply Indicator 13. On Switch 14. USB Connector 15. Lamp Head Connector B 16. Ready Control 17. Flash Light Energy Display B 18. Speed Control 19.
Pro-8a 2400 Air – Pro-8a 1200 Air 21 Quick Guide This Quick Guide refers to the User’s Guide and helps you to quickly get started using the Pro-8a system. If you in any way are unsure of how to use the system, read and follow the safety instructions in the User’s Guide carefully to avoid injuries or damages! Operating instructions Lamp head connections 1. If only one lamp head is used, connect the lamp to the Lamp Head Connector A [4]. 2.
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