Guy Mancuso
Administrator, Instructor
Morning everyone thought I would pass along some important data after buying a 80 LS lens and the NEW Elinchrom Speed Skyport transmitter. Located here
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/696329-REG/Elinchrom_EL_19350_Skyport_SPEED_Transmitter.html
As we all know the new Phase LS lenses go to 1/1600 in sync speed with the LS glass on the P40+,P65+ and I know some Leaf backs and Mamiya backs. Maybe Yair can give us those model numbers of Leaf for us. Now I have the P40+ back BUT my back can ONLY go as high as 1/800 right now and needs a hardware update because it is a older back/ New ones not the case and you can check this and go to very last page on about on the back and look for normal or extended . Extended is capable of 1/1600 normal is 1/800. But in this case it may not matter because i don't think the transmitter will go any higher than the speed I got from it with the LS glass. Now for the report I used my Elinchrom Quadra packs on half power just to make sure I had a very fast light output speed. Not sure of that number but I will check. Anyway with the sync CORD I can go straight to 1/800 with no issues and with the a P40+ with a extended back right to 1/1600. So not a issue and works as advertised in Phases case. Now with the Elinchrom Speed transmitter the best I can get before I started losing F stops was 1/400 even though it is rated at 1/250 for focal lenses. The Leaf lenses can squeeze it to 1/400 because of the different Leaf design.
For some reason and I may have to go back and try this the Elinchrom was set to normal and that was what worked but would not work in speed mode on my DF. Not sure it would get anymore out of it but 1/400 is what I got. Now given the regular focal plane shutter i could only get 1/125th sync speed this got me somewhat excited because a 100 dollar item got me to 1/400.
Now you know in the back of my mind I am thinking the new Vertical grip with the Profoto module for flash and can go right to 1/1600 with the extended backs which BTW almost all the new ones this is the case , my back was a very early version so may want to check yours for sure. So what does a Elinchrom user do here is the question. Can I get away with 1/400 or buy the Vertical grip and the Profoto module and go that route. Obviously I bring this up because I own Elinchrom so need to think about which route to take. I like the Vertical grip and may get that for sure but I may have to buy 3 modules for my three mono heads. Sure you can use the slave but with sometimes people around shooting off there P&S cams you are screwed.
Anyway i thought I would report this because even in other systems outside Profoto lighting we have to address this module thing. But for users of Elinchrom this is not so bad but obviously does not take us to 1/1600 wirlessly.
Now one reason I went Elinchrom was these skyports they are very small on top of your cam and you can control power and modeling lamps right from the transmitter. I hate giving that up
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/696329-REG/Elinchrom_EL_19350_Skyport_SPEED_Transmitter.html
As we all know the new Phase LS lenses go to 1/1600 in sync speed with the LS glass on the P40+,P65+ and I know some Leaf backs and Mamiya backs. Maybe Yair can give us those model numbers of Leaf for us. Now I have the P40+ back BUT my back can ONLY go as high as 1/800 right now and needs a hardware update because it is a older back/ New ones not the case and you can check this and go to very last page on about on the back and look for normal or extended . Extended is capable of 1/1600 normal is 1/800. But in this case it may not matter because i don't think the transmitter will go any higher than the speed I got from it with the LS glass. Now for the report I used my Elinchrom Quadra packs on half power just to make sure I had a very fast light output speed. Not sure of that number but I will check. Anyway with the sync CORD I can go straight to 1/800 with no issues and with the a P40+ with a extended back right to 1/1600. So not a issue and works as advertised in Phases case. Now with the Elinchrom Speed transmitter the best I can get before I started losing F stops was 1/400 even though it is rated at 1/250 for focal lenses. The Leaf lenses can squeeze it to 1/400 because of the different Leaf design.
For some reason and I may have to go back and try this the Elinchrom was set to normal and that was what worked but would not work in speed mode on my DF. Not sure it would get anymore out of it but 1/400 is what I got. Now given the regular focal plane shutter i could only get 1/125th sync speed this got me somewhat excited because a 100 dollar item got me to 1/400.
Now you know in the back of my mind I am thinking the new Vertical grip with the Profoto module for flash and can go right to 1/1600 with the extended backs which BTW almost all the new ones this is the case , my back was a very early version so may want to check yours for sure. So what does a Elinchrom user do here is the question. Can I get away with 1/400 or buy the Vertical grip and the Profoto module and go that route. Obviously I bring this up because I own Elinchrom so need to think about which route to take. I like the Vertical grip and may get that for sure but I may have to buy 3 modules for my three mono heads. Sure you can use the slave but with sometimes people around shooting off there P&S cams you are screwed.
Anyway i thought I would report this because even in other systems outside Profoto lighting we have to address this module thing. But for users of Elinchrom this is not so bad but obviously does not take us to 1/1600 wirlessly.
Now one reason I went Elinchrom was these skyports they are very small on top of your cam and you can control power and modeling lamps right from the transmitter. I hate giving that up