Profoto 500 W user manual

User manual for the device Profoto 500 W

Device: Profoto 500 W
Category: Indoor Furnishings
Manufacturer: Profoto
Size: 5.81 MB
Added : 7/22/2014
Number of pages: 31
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Light Shaping Tools

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2 3 Style your light to perfection Shape the light the way you want, with minimum fuss. In the studio or on location, just select the components you need from the versatile Profoto Light Shaping Tool system. Reflectors, umbrellas, grids, spots, softboxes and more – each optically designed to create a distinct light character. Use your eyes and your hands. Feel the rugged design. All the accessories you need to create your own style. Your light. On demand. PHOTO © Oscar Falk www.profoto.co

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4 5 Grab and move Touch me Just zoom The sturdy, rubber-clad handle makes adjustments This silicon-enhanced rubber collar lets you adjust and Slide the reflector back for even lighting over easy, and keeps your fingers away from the hot head. change your zoom setting even after hours of shooting. a broad area. Slide it forward to get centered light with a gradual fall-off at the edges. Locking handle Easy to unscrew and re-direct the head. Frictionless movement and easy to lock safely, ev

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Pro-8/Pro-7 6 7 ProHead ProTwin In the studio, the standard heavy-duty tool is the Profoto For even tougher demands, there is the Profoto ProTwin, with ProHead with 250 W or 500 W halogen lamp, built for a fan-cooled head, that using two flash tubes, effectively producing flashes up to 4800 Ws, over and over again, hour doubles the performance of the ProHead. When used with a after hour. The fan works when the head is used on all packs single generator, it produces shorter flash duration. Use

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D4/Acute 8 9 Acute/D4 Twin Much like the ProTwin, the Profoto Acute/D4 Twin doubles the performance of a normal head, resulting in either shorter flash duration when used with a single generator, or faster recycling/higher power, when used with two generators. The Acute/D4 Twin can produce flashes up to 1200 Ws, when used with two AcuteB 600 generators (and up to 9600 Ws with two Profoto D4 4800). The Acute/D4 Twin head also has a fan-cooled head. The Acute/D4 Twin includes: Magnum Reflecto

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Special heads for battery generators 10 11 Pro-B Head AcuteB Head For the Pro-B2 and the Pro-7b, there is the handy Profoto Pro-B For our smallest battery pack, the AcuteB 600, there is a Head that gives you 1200 Ws flashes and a 100 W modeling special lamp head, the Profoto AcuteB Head. The Profoto light while still weighing only 1.8 kg. For extra intensive use AcuteB Head weighs in at a mere 1.45 kg. It gives you with Pro-B2, use the fan-cooled ProHead instead. 600 Ws flashes and an innovat

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12 13 Snoot For Grid- & Filterholder. Cannot be used with ProDaylight and ProTungsten. New Zoom Reflector 10 06 51 Snoot The classic Profoto Zoom Reflector has served photographers all over the world for more than three decades. It was time to look it over, and our technicians actually managed to improve it in a number of areas: – even better light distribution: smoother, stronger, more accurate – integrated grid holder: grids now fit directly into the reflector – a new protection cap,

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14 15 Narrow Beam Reflector TeleZoom Reflector Magnum Reflector Wide Zoom Reflector Wide Zoom Reflector Grid The Narrow Beam Reflector gives Sharing its lighting characteristics For maximum output with a normal The Wide Zoom Reflector is very Fits the Wide Zoom Reflector. the highest light output of all Profoto with the Standard Zoom Reflector, this beam spread. The Magnum Reflector versatile with a very even illumination 10 06 36 10° Honeycomb Grid reflectors. It creates a hot spot with a refl

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RingFlash accessories 16 17 Softlight Reflector Silver Softlight Reflector White 25 degree Grid RingFlash Softlight Reflector RingFlash Close-Up Reflector RingFlash Widesoft Reflector The silver-coloured Softlight Reflector The White Softlight Reflector (diameter Creates a soft, toned-down edge-lighting for with gives focused light, while at the 60 cm) also known as “The Beauty increased control. Achieves a softer, shadow-free “beauty Concentrates the ringfash into Like the Softlight, but with

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18 19 Profoto Giant Reflector 300 Profoto Giant Reflector 240 The Profoto Giant Reflector 300 cm with 20 sectors, a truly The Profoto Giant Reflector 240 cm with 20 sectors, a truly Giants parabolic silver reflector, for optimum light output and precision. parabolic silver reflector, for optimum light output and precision. Features, among other things, the unique Powerfold technology Features, among other things, the unique Powerfold technology All Profoto Giants are powerful tools that allo

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20 21 Profoto Giant Silver 150 Profoto Giant White 210 The Profoto Giant Silver 150 cm with silver reflectors for a high The Profoto Giant White 210 cm with white reflectors for a light output and crisp highlights, in the studio or on location. smooth effect, in the studio or on location. Comparable with former 5-foot reflector. Light spread: 105° Guide number (At 4 meters/2400 Ws/ISO 100/21°): f/16.8 Light spread: 85–120° Guide number (At 4 meters/2400 Ws/ISO 100/21°): 10 03 15 Profoto Gian

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22 23 Softboxes Profoto softboxes are made of durable light efficient materials that stand the daily use, even under the toughest conditions. Removable fronts and inner diffusors, plus a series of grids and masks make light adjustments easy. The evenness of the light output from the whole surface is virtually perfect. The approximate center Guide number (at 2 meters/2400 Ws/ISO 100/21°) for all Profoto Softboxes is f/32.0. All Profoto softboxes fit all Profoto lamp heads, of course. But di

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24 25 Softbox 1x3' RF Striplight 30 x 90 x 47 cm, internal silver coating with removable inner and front Softbox 1x4' RF diffuser and steel rods. This 30 x 120 cm striplight softbox is ideal for a lot of situations, among 25 45 36 Softbox 1x3' RF others well-directed lighting in people photography or lateral fill-in Softbox 5' Octa Softbox 3' Octa Softbox 2.3' Octa Softbox 1x6' RF at product shots. The exchangeable Octalight 150 x 47 cm, internal silver Octalight 90 x 47 cm, internal silv

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26 27 Umbrellas Profoto umbrellas provide exceptional light quality, so you can steer your light settings towards details or towards the overall image effect. You have options for focused or diffused lighting effects, with a bright core or soft shadows. All Profoto umbrellas give an approximate Guide number around f/32.0 (At 2 meters/2400 Ws/ISO 100/21°. White Umbrella Translucent Umbrella The White Umbrella gives an even diffused lighting effect with The Translucent Umbrella provides diff

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28 29 Hardbox This unique light shaping tool is actually a kind of absorber that eliminates straylight and reduces the size of the light source to HardBox, ProBox its minimum. With the Hardbox it’s possible to create a light character similar to direct sunlight, with deep sharp shadows and pinpoint-sized highlights. The Hardbox accepts the same and ProGlobe accessories like the Standard Zoom Reflector for improved Simulate direct sunlight, surrounding light or a street lamp, while gettin

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30 31 Special Light Tools Strips, stills, spots and barn doors. Invaluable for special effects for still life, jewelry and fashion photography, even including stage lighting effects. StillLight A rigid light box with fan-cooled head creates an even illumination and extremely low light fall-off from corner to corner. Simply the PERFECT main light for glossy subjects like metal, glass and jewelry. It creates a soft character with very homogeneous highlights and edge shadows. Three (XL) or f

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32 33 StripLight Rigid and stablestrip light with fan-cooled head creates sharp outlines and soft edge shadows. Splendid for still life AND fashion photography. The frosted cover is interchangeable with a clear version for a more distinctive character. One, two or three flash tubes with separate power cables enable graduation control when connected to an asymmetric generator. Optional barndoors allow the modification of the light spread. 200–600 W modeling light (200 W per cable) Max ener

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34 35 EasyStand ProFresnel Spot FresnelSpot Barndoor FresnelSpot The EasyStand M is a stable and solid runner Huge Fresnel Spot that can be used 4-sided rigid barndoors for FresnelSpot. The classic “Movie Light” with a fan-cooled with manual height adjustment. Allows a very ZoomSpot with all Profoto heads. Diameter head. An averaged sized spotlight with a 175 low lamp position (23 cm above the floor). 10 07 58 FresnelSpot Barndoor The Profoto ZoomSpot is a superb focusable light shaping 3

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36 37 Air Case for Pro-8/Pro-7 pack only Air Case for Pro-8/Pro-7 with one head Capacity: Pro-8a/Pro-7a generator, or Pro-7b/B2 Capacity: Pro-8a /Pro-7a generator, or Pro-7b/B2 generator with 2 additional batteries (when used with generator with 2 additional batteries (when used with Cases, Bags & Stands optional padded divider 32 02 07). optional padded divider 34 02 07), plus 1 ProHead with Zoom Reflector and Cables. Heavy-duty quality ensures your equipment benefits from safe storage and f

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38 39 Air Case for Acute2/R with 2 heads D1 Double Case D1 Kit Case Air Case for StripLight Small Air Case for StripLight Medium Air Case for StripLight Large Capacity: Acute2/R generator plus 2 Acute Capcity: 2 D1 units, sync cable/Air Capacity: 2 D1 units, 2 stansds, Capacity: Small StripLight with Capacity: Medium StripLight with Capacity: Large StripLight with Heads with Zoom Reflector and Cables. Remote depending on D1 version 2 umbrellas, 1 synccable or Air Remote Barndoors, Mounting Har


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