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Interesting Move by Hensel re: Profto Air

Professional

Active member
So what, have we sell our old Hensel lights now to get the new? I can't buy more new lights because new technology added/integrated, hope one day to have money as you have to buy more new gear.
 

fotografz

Well-known member
So what, have we sell our old Hensel lights now to get the new? I can't buy more new lights because new technology added/integrated, hope one day to have money as you have to buy more new gear.
if you are talking to me Mr. Professional ... you have it all wrong. I DO NOT have the money to dump all my Hensel lights ... at least not any more since I retired from advertising. And even if I did have the money, I wouldn't.

I also do not care about all the Profoto improvements ... and won't be struggling to upgrade my Profoto studio system lighting to AIR versions either.

The only things I've recently added to my lighting kit is portability ... an Elinchrom Quadra ... and a small Visetec battery inverter to plug in a Hensel Monohead to use their Beauty dish on a monopod. With that I'm done.

So, I'm with you :thumbup: ... trying to keep up with every tech tweak at these prices is too expensive for the return on dollar spent.

Light is light ... and good Lights are still good lights ... it's not like going from a 16 meg 35mm DSLR camera to a 40 meg or 60 meg MFD camera where the money spent shows up in the photos.

-Marc
 
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Ben Norton

Guest
Nobody needs to dump any of their old kit! The DF grip will sync with the Air Receiver (or is it transceiver?) also in exactly the same way as the Pocket Wizard does.
 

Professional

Active member
if you are talking to me Mr. Professional ... you have it all wrong. I DO NOT have the money to dump all my Hensel lights ... at least not any more since I retired from advertising. And even if I did have the money, I wouldn't.

I also do not care about all the Profoto improvements ... and won't be struggling to upgrade my Profoto studio system lighting to AIR versions either.

The only things I've recently added to my lighting kit is portability ... an Elinchrom Quadra ... and a small Visetec battery inverter to plug in a Hensel Monohead to use their Beauty dish on a monopod. With that I'm done.

So, I'm with you :thumbup: ... trying to keep up with every tech tweak at these prices is too expensive for the return on dollar spent.

Light is light ... and good Lights are still good lights ... it's not like going from a 16 meg 35mm DSLR camera to a 40 meg or 60 meg MFD camera where the money spent shows up in the photos.

-Marc
Exactly, i am happy with my Hensel lights as it is now, and i have a battery power for them, and i also have Profoto Pro head and RingFlash with one battery pack, so i don't feel i really need to change them all to be compatible with AIR, also if i want Air then i should buy that Profoto AIR head and battery pack direct.
In the future if i will work very exclusively in ads and commercial then later i can think about it.
 

Professional

Active member
Nobody needs to dump any of their old kit! The DF grip will sync with the Air Receiver (or is it transceiver?) also in exactly the same way as the Pocket Wizard does.
It all depends on the shooters, i don't have any DF body, and if someone like to go with new improvements and technology then i am sure there are people will go for it, to me i will wait until Hasselblad will have that grip to be compatible with Profoto AIR but thinking about it i couldn't be happier to use my pocket wizard with Profoto light and AIR head has their own remote receiver, i will be laughing if i have to make all of my cameras to be compatible with AIR, i hope in the future those companies will not make trigger in the lenses as well.
 

fotografz

Well-known member
Nobody needs to dump any of their old kit! The DF grip will sync with the Air Receiver (or is it transceiver?) also in exactly the same way as the Pocket Wizard does.
That's nice and convenient to have the trigger in the camera if you have the Phase camera with a DF grip ... but one important advantage of the AIR system over PWs is remote control of the lighting ... for example like built-in Elinchrom Skyport receivers provide with Elinchrom RX lighting ... or using the Hensel Strobe Wizard Plus with Integra Plus heads. I'm assuming this is the case here with the built-in AIR receivers in the new Hensel gear ... yes/no?

The disadvantage with the Hensel Strobe Wizard is limited reach compared to the PWs or AIR system. I wish they'd goose the sender unit for more reach ... but that would just make what we already have better, and wouldn't sell more new Hensel gear.

-Marc
 

Professional

Active member
The disadvantage with the Hensel Strobe Wizard is limited reach compared to the PWs or AIR system. I wish they'd goose the sender unit for more reach ... but that would just make what we already have better, and wouldn't sell more new Hensel gear.

-Marc
Amen!!!
 

robmac

Well-known member
My understanding is that the AiR system to be included in Hensel units going fwd will allow sync and power control.
 

fotografz

Well-known member
My understanding is that the AiR system to be included in Hensel units going fwd will allow sync and power control.
Good, otherwise it'd be sort of non-news for most folks with complete PW systems already to use when distance is required over the Hensel Strobe Wizards that already allow remote control of power levels. That has only happened to me once on a job using the Strobe Wizards.

Thanks for the info Rob.

-Marc
 
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