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Profoto Pro-8a Generator Pro-8a 1200 Air manual

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    Pro-8a 2400 Air Pro-8a 1200 Air User´s Guide[...]

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    Pro-8a 2400 Air – Pro-8a 1200 Air 2 www .profoto.com Pro-8a 2400 Air – Pro-8a 1200 Air 3 www .profoto.com Thank you for choosing Profoto Thanks for showing us your confidence by investing in a Pro-8a generator . For more than three decades we ha ve sought the perfect light. What pushes us is our conviction tha t we can offer even yet better too[...]

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    Pro-8a 2400 Air – Pro-8a 1200 Air 4 www .profoto.com Pro-8a 2400 Air – Pro-8a 1200 Air 5 www .profoto.com T able of Contents System description ...................................................................................................6 Profoto Air products (optional accessor y) .....................................................6 Pro[...]

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    Pro-8a 2400 Air – Pro-8a 1200 Air 6 www .profoto.com Pro-8a 2400 Air – Pro-8a 1200 Air 7 www .profoto.com Lamp Heads Pro -8a is de sign ed fo r al l of the p rese nt st ate-o f-th e-ar t Pro hea ds and ligh t s hapin g too ls. Fo r selected previous models of Profotos lamp heads were is a simple update for compatible fan cooling at 100–120V m[...]

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    Pro-8a 2400 Air – Pro-8a 1200 Air 8 www .profoto.com Pro-8a 2400 Air – Pro-8a 1200 Air 9 www .profoto.com Functionality Power supply The Pro-8a generator can be connected to 100–120 V AC or 200–240 V AC, 50–60 Hz. The power supply fuse must not be smaller than specified in the technical data. The generator automatically senses and adapts [...]

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    Pro-8a 2400 Air – Pro-8a 1200 Air 10 www .profoto.com Pro-8a 2400 Air – Pro-8a 1200 Air 11 www .profoto.com • 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 when the generator is being charged, and turned on again when the ch[...]

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    Pro-8a 2400 Air – Pro-8a 1200 Air 12 www .profoto.com Pro-8a 2400 Air – Pro-8a 1200 Air 13 www .profoto.com Additional information Color T emperature The color tempera ture 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 o[...]

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    Pro-8a 2400 Air – Pro-8a 1200 Air 14 www .profoto.com Pro-8a 2400 Air – Pro-8a 1200 Air 15 www .profoto.com Settings 1. Use the Modeling Light Control [7] to select MAX PROP , MAX, PROP or ½ PROP . Press the Modeling Light switch [9] to turn on the modeling light. 2. Use Flash Light Energy Control A [8] and B [19] to set the energy levels. 3. [...]

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    Pro-8a 2400 Air – Pro-8a 1200 Air 16 www .profoto.com Pro-8a 2400 Air – Pro-8a 1200 Air 17 www .profoto.com T echnical 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 ) Recyc ling Time 0.05–0.9 s Flash rat[...]

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    Pro-8a 2400 Air – Pro-8a 1200 Air 18 www .profoto.com Pro-8a 2400 Air – Pro-8a 1200 Air 19 www .profoto.com T echnical 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) Recyc ling Time 0.05–0.5 s Flash rate [...]

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    Pro-8a 2400 Air – Pro-8a 1200 Air 20 www .profoto.com Pro-8a 2400 Air – Pro-8a 1200 Air 21 www .profoto.com 1. Ws Switch 2. Sync Connectors 3. Photocell/IR-slave 4. Lamp Head Connector A 5. Sync Control 6. Flash Light Energy Display A 7. Modeling Light Control 8. Flash Light Energy Control A 9. Modeling Light Switch 10. T est Button and Ready L[...]

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    Profoto AB P .O. Box 2023 SE-128 21 Skarpnäck SWEDEN Phone +46 8 447 53 00 info@profoto.com www .profoto.com 344091-1-319. Printed in Sweden.[...]