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The only problem I see with that is it would step on the toes of the ProB4. I imaging most people who buy or hire ProB4's need the power above all of its other fancy features. If all of a sudden everyone could afford to own a 1000Ws Profoto battery light as good as the B1 the rental market would take a massive hit. I'd estimate rental companies must make up at least 60% of Profoto's total sales, maybe more?I'd guess Profoto would introduce the B1 1000w.
You're probably spot on about this as it would give twice as many full power pops at least and upwards of up to 100,000 min power pops on one fully charged battery. A more reasonable entry price for off camera stuff isn't a bad thing for those that want to go with Profoto due to the mounting system and large amount of accessories available to buy.Rather than a B1-1000, I think a B1-250 that was smaller but used the same battery, recycled faster and decreased the flash durations would be of interest. Today's higher ISO cameras could benefit from better quality of light rather than quantity of light when on location compared to strobists style speed-light use.
- Marc
I really do feel LED should be in all heads and one of the amazing things about the Bron Move with MobiLED heads. The down side is all the other heads flash but have no modelling. Having full size heads with even more powerful LED bulbs would be amazing for stills and video.I have a feeling there may be some noise generated by LED lighting due to the growth in popularity of video. Lots of potential there for innovation.
Until you try putting 5 speed-lights into one light modifier … then set them to full power and shoot for 10 minutes, then wait 15 minutes for the thermal protector to let you shoot again:thumbdown:. Been there done that. Will NEVER, EVER, EVER do it again:banghead:I think you are right regarding more chance of seeing a lower powered B1 rather than more power although "with the power of 5 average speedlites" doesn't sound quite as impressive for the money.
Like you Marc, my favorate Profoto light was the truly amazing AcuteB2 but it seriously needs some attention. Digital operation like the Pro B4 and Air Remote built in would make this one formidable pack/head combo and be my preference over a B1 any day if the week.
Hmhh, maybe something similar as the Profoto B1 but with LED? TheThis looks interesting.
No B1 but more of a D1 "killer", seeIt has to be a B1 killer from Bron?
....and if that is a MobiLED size reflector it looks a lot smaller which would be excellent.
That was quite a surprise as I thought it would be battery powered/hybrid, however they do look a nice spec piece of kit. Quite supprised they didn't update the Scoro to use the iPhone/iPad app at the same time considering the Mac OS9 style app that runs them.No B1 but more of a D1 "killer", see
broncolor to introduce novelties at photokina – SIROS and HMI 1600
Doesn't look bad but not for me, i need mobile.
Few weeks ago they send me an email saying that they sell all of the photokinaI'm in the process of ditching all my monoblocks and will be after a Scoro next. Wonder if there are any Photokina specials/discounts running?