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| Nikon SB-900 Speedlight
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| Nikon captured the Camera Flash category with its latest addition to the Creative Lighting System, the SB-900. Judges lauded the impressive wizardry of the new Quantum Qflash TRIO, but the SB-900 scored the victory with its improved features and price. The SB-900 boasts a simplified interface, easy firmware updates and advanced wireless i-TTL capability. The flash’s innovative design permits the Xenon flash tube and reflector system to move independently for a zoom range of 17-200mm. The unit even recognizes fluorescent and incandescent filters and automatically adjusts white balance accordingly. |
| Price: $499.95.
www.nikonusa.com |
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| ExpoImaging Ray Flash |
| The Ray Flash ring flash adapter for hot-shoe flash units replicates the lighting effects of traditional studio ring flash units. The adapter modifies light through internal light-shapers that evenly distribute light around the lens for a shadowless effect. Portable and lightweight, the Ray Flash uses the camera’s TTL metering capability. The unit gets all light from the flash, so it contains no electronics, flash tubes or cables.
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| Price: $199.95.
www.expoimaging.net |
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| LiteShaper Panel Kit |
| Kit for its ability to shield the camera lens from flare and control spill light from
other sources, plus its collapsible aluminum frames that you can bend into shape
time after time. The panel enjoyed the kit’s versatility, including soft box masking to create a strip, a small box or barn doors. The LiteShaper Panel Kit includes four LiteShaper Panels, LiteShaper Arm, gooseneck and stand.
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| Price: $225.00.
www.liteshaper.com |
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| Profoto Pro-8a Air |
| When it comes to flash generators, speed is king—and, well, power too. The Profoto Pro-8a Air has both in abundance. With a recycling speed almost twice as fast as its predecessor, the Pro-8a can accomplish a full-power recycle in 0.9 seconds. When power levels are reduced, the Pro-8 can handle 20 frames per second for 1,000 flashes an hour. With a flash duration of 1/12,000 second, the pack has the shortest duration available. The Pro-8a’s new generators deliver accurate output to +/- 1/50-f/stop and color temperature stability of +/- 40K from flash to flash over the entire power range. The digital user interface can be adjusted over a 10-f/stop range, from 5 watt-seconds to a full 2,400. |
| Price: $10,999.
www.profoto-usa.com
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| Paul C. Buff Cyber Commander |
| The Cyber Commander takes the radio slave to the next level. In addition to basic triggering capabilities, Cyber Commander offers complete control of supported studio flash units. It contains a built-in flash meter that allows photographers to adjust lights and group exposures in familiar camera f/stops, all from a color LCD display. Cyber Commander uses 16 operating frequencies and 16 unique lighting channels, in any combination. The display provides a bar graph for viewing all 16 channels simultaneously so you can monitor and tweak flash power, modeling light intensity, camera f/stops and power. The compact Cyber Commander can be hot-shoe mounted or handheld. |
| Price: $179.95.
www.paulcbuff.com
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| Elinchrom Style 250BX Ri and 500BX Ri |
| Elinchrom updated the popular Style 400BX line with two new units that won over our judges. The Style 250BX Ri and 500BX Ri represent Elinchrom’s next-generation studio lighting system, complete with EL-SKYPORT built-in radio remote control and Eye-Cell auto pre-flash detection. Operating at 250-watt-seconds and 500-watt-seconds, respectively, the lights feature proportional adjustment of the modeling lamp, variable
f/stop steps, automatic temperature-controlled ventilation, multi-voltage auto-detection at 90-270 volts and a rubberized handgrip with built-in fuse storage.
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| Price: $509 and $638.
www.elinchrom.com |
