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Pro-8a 2400 Air
Pro-8a 1200 Air
User´s Guide
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2 www.profoto.com Pro-8a 2400 Air – Pro-8a 1200 Air
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thank you for choosing Profoto Thanks for showing us your confidence by investing in a Pro-8a generator. For more than three decades we have sought the 3 perfect light. What pushes us is our conviction that we can offer even yet better tools for the most demanding photographers. Before our products are shipped we have them pass an extensive and strict testing program. We check that each individual product comply with specified performance, quality and safety. For this reason our flash equ
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Safety instructions SAfety Prec AUtionS! 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. Do not place or use the equipment where it can be exposed to moisture, extreme electromagnetic fields or in areas with flammable gases or dus
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table of contents System description ...................................................................................................6 Profoto Air ...................................................................................................6 Profoto Air Remote (optional accessory) .......................................................6 Profoto Air Sync (optional accessory) ...........................................................6 Profoto Air USB (optional accessory) ................
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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. Durability of Pro-8a is excepti
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Lamp Heads 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. A th
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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. functionality 8 Power supply The Pro-8a gene
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Modeling light The Modeling Light Switch [9] is used to turn on/off the modeling light for channel A and B simultaneously. When the modeling light is on, the Modeling Light Switch knob [9] is illuminated. 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 intens
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• 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. • DIM: The modeling light will be turned off
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ready lamp/t est function The ready lamp and test button functions are combined. 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. fla
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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. This makes the Pro-8a generators perfectly suited for all kinds of critical assignments, even with high-resolution digital cameras and backs. In combination w
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Petrol-electric Generators All petrol-electric generators can produce voltage peaks that may damage electronic devices. Pro-8a is however designed to comply with sufficient power rated petrol-electric generators supplying AC-power equal to the voltage and frequency specified and without use of ProGas. 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
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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. Press down while rotating correspondence control dial clockwise to raise power or counter c
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Wireless remote control For Air Remote control, both radio channel and group have to be set. The group can be set individually for each lamp head. For wireless use with Profoto Studio 2 and AIR USB, only radio channel has to be set. 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 gr
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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 ) 16 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. 1/250 with normal Profoto Air Max
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Wire Sync Connectors 2 (¼ inch phono plug) Photocell/IR-slave and Switch Yes, with automatic sensitivity adjustment USB Interface USB 2.0 Full Speed compatible Wireless sync Yes, Profoto Air (LPA Pocket Wizard inside is available on special order) Wireless Remote Control Yes, Profoto Air (Not available with LPA Pocket wizard) Wireless Radio Range Up to 300 m Computer Control Yes, Profoto Studio via Profoto Air or USB cable 17 Miscellaneous Digital Display Yes, f-stop or Ws Fan Cool
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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) 18 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. 1/250 with normal Profoto Air Max lea
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Wire Sync Connectors 2 (¼ inch phono plug) Photocell/IR-slave and Switch Yes, with automatic sensitivity adjustment USB Interface USB 2.0 Full Speed compatible Wireless sync Yes, Profoto Air (LPA Pocket Wizard inside is available on special order) Wireless Remote Control Yes, Profoto Air (Not available with LPA Pocket wizard) Wireless Radio Range Up to 300 m Computer Control Yes, Profoto Studio via Profoto Air or USB cable 19 Miscellaneous Digital Display Yes, f-stop or Ws Fan Cool
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20 www.profoto.com nomenclature 2 11 11 13 14 3 1. Ws Switch 2. Sync Connectors 12 3. Photocell/IR-slave 4. Lamp Head Connector A 5 4 15 16 5. Sync Control 6. Flash Light Energy Display A 7. Modeling Light Control 8. Flash Light Energy Control A 1 9. Modeling Light Switch 6 17 10. Test Button and Ready Lamp 11. Power supply (AC) Connector 12. Power supply Indicator 13. On Switch 7 8 9 19 18 14. USB Connector 15. Lamp Head Connector B 16. Ready Control 17. Flash Light Energy Display B 10 18. Spee
