Ooooh, new stuff from Elinchrom!

I wanna know how much the Ranger Quanta will set me back. That would be just perfect for my wedding shoots!

The Ranger Quanta caught my eye too. That could be the answer I've been looking for so I'm going to sit tight and see what pricing is like on these new products before many any decisions.

so the Quanta would just work on Ranger heads? Still nothing for the D to make them portable other than a Vaga or Tronnix?

Has there been any announcement of the new skyports yet? according to my dealer they're working on a new skyport receiver with a stronger trigger pulse pulse that will trigger all cameras and flashes without the current compatability problems.

Hi Hawk,

Elinchrom doesn't seem to be developing standalone battery systems for their strobes. They, obviously would prefer that we buy in to a Ranger system.

In my continued research I haven't found any solutions other than the V2 or Tronix and it would seem that the only way to use those is to dedicate one battery to each strobe and that resolves the problem or stability and consistent power.

If the portable or location work you do can be done with one strobe then you're fine.

I had trouble sleeping last night, I want, I want...

Rudi wrote in post #6289454
Check out the website! Some cool new stuff that wants to come home with me (does it ever end? ).

http://elinchrom.com/

Thanks to Dave F. (tetrode), who alerted me to this news. Depending on how you feel about spending the money for all this new stuff, direct your responses appropriately. Send your thanks to me, any complaints about being broke are Dave's department. Thanks!

My wife officially hates you. :p

TMR Design wrote in post #6292411
The Ranger Quanta caught my eye too. That could be the answer I've been looking for so I'm going to sit tight and see what pricing is like on these new products before many any decisions.

I'm not regretting the RX600's, Robert, but the weight savings and ease of use on location (especially with two heads) of the Ranger Quanta are making me think hard about how to pay for it. I guess booking more outdoor shoots would be a start!

Rudi wrote in post #6293174
I'm not regretting the RX600's, Robert, but the weight savings and ease of use on location (especially with two heads) of the Ranger Quanta are making me think hard about how to pay for it. I guess booking more outdoor shoots would be a start!

Absolutely Rudi. Knowing you have clients that are effectively paying the bill makes it much more affordable and justifiable.

I'm glad you said more justifiable because I can justify any and all purchases in my head, just not in my checkbook or my wife's head. And that huge Rotalux looks great.

the new rotalux boxes look great.

DavidPhoto wrote in post #6293637
the new rotalux boxes look great.

They sure do. One thing that's been missing from the Elinchrom product line and the Rotalux Octa's has been a recessed front diffusion panel and the ability to accept grids.

I'm excited to see pricing on this and the other new products.

forkball wrote in post #6289852
Since when has "Red Eye" been an issue with studio lighting?

good point - that part of the PDF is kind of confusing

INTELLIGENT SLAVE CELL
Red eye pre-flash auto-detect.
Programmable and pre-set effect modes.

I think this means that the built-in slave can distinguish the difference between a TTL type preflash from a legitimate command to fire...some of the white light slaves on my old Elinchrom heads would get tripped up like that...It's hard to tell for sure from the PDF but that's my assumption anyway

Drool, drool yes I plan already to buy the 53" Octabox and the grid, my guess is the box will be about $75-$100 more than the current one and the grid probably $200-$275.

There are a couple of thing that I am excited about with the new offerings. While I have yet to use a grid with either of my softboxes, I am glad that I will now have that option. Of course, it will mean having to buy a new Rotalux from Elinchrom. The second thing is that tiny little 400Ws Ranger! So much more portable than (the already very portable) 1100Ws version. The fact that they made the modeling light LED will make it much less power hungry, and actually useful in the field! Programmable delay before the modeling light turns off is also nice.

The one thing I'd like to know - will the current 190cm Octa remain in the line-up alongside the new Rotalux offerings? The new largest Octa only measures $175cm across, and since the idea of the large Octa is a large, soft light source, I am just wondering whether I should buy one of these soon, rather than waiting. If the large Octa is being replaced with the new model then old stock will dry up eventually (although the Rotalux moniker makes me think that the new 175cm Octa is a traditional softbox design).