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On-location photographers have been spoiled this month with two new portable flash lighting kits launched. Profoto’s B2 is an entirely new product, whereas Elinchrom’s ELB400 is an upgrade to the existing Ranger Quadra line-up. The B2 is a compact and lightweight offering with a head weighing 0.7kg and the battery pack 1.6kg. This makes it highly portable and, if you own a Canon or Nikon camera, it can be fired wirelessly with full TTL control via the optional Air Remote TTL-C/N unit. Available in one- and two-head kits, the B2 offers up to 250 watt seconds of power, a nine-stop range and can recycle in as little as 0.03 seconds. A modelling light is also provided, with the battery providing up to 215 full power flashes on a single charge. Check out our test in this issue. Elinchrom’s ELB400 is also available in one- and two-head kits and offers 424 watt seconds of power, a 6.9-stop range and can provide up to 350 full power flashes on a single charge – 25% more than the original system. In addition to being more powerful than the original Ranger Quadra kit, the design now offers an OLED screen on the battery pack, 20% faster recycling, plus it’s compatible with existing Elinchrom accessories. Profoto and Elinchrom in sync with newon-location systems Portable flash kits are go!
NEWS INBRIEF GREATWESTERN Western Digital’s latest NAS (network attached storage) products – the My Cloud EX2100 and EX4100 – provide up to 12 and 24TB of storage respectively for sharing, back up and streaming. The drives can be accessed from anywhere and they’re both PC and Mac compatible. The two-bay EX2100 costs £239 for the unit and £399 for 4TB, the four- bay EX4100 costs £359 and £699 for 8TB. www.wd.com The 100 Mile Radius landscape photography competition is open to all amateurs and pros. Photograph a landscape/seascape within 100 miles of your home in any style you choose and submit it before 31 July 2015 to win prizes including a one photo book deal with Brown Owl Press. £10 entry fee. 100mileradius.info COMPETITION
π To find out more, go to www.profoto.com and www.pscdistribution.co.uk.
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