Digital Camera World - UK (2019-10)

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or plentiful power with easy

control, superb quality and

all-round versatility, the

Elinchrom D-Lite RX 4/4 To

Go Set twin-head kit wins out. Taking its

performance, features and quality into

account, it’s also great value. The only

limiting factor is that it’s not battery-

powered, so you can’t use it where there’s

no access to an electrical mains outlet,

unless you invest in a power inverter.

For battery-powered flash, Elinchrom

wins out again with its ELB 500 TTL To Go

Set. The Profoto B10 Plus is eminently

portable and works brilliantly, but it’s

comparatively pricey.

As a budget buy, the twin-head Interfit

Honey Badger Unleashed kit delivers

impressive performance at an affordable

price. If you’re more interested in lower-

power, constant lighting, the Manfrotto

offers the best balance of price and

performance, whereas the Rotolight

AEOS gives greater maximum output.

Features

Build & handling

Performance

Value

Overall

How the

lighting kits

compare

F

Elinchrom

takes the prize

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GOLD

AWARD

Group Test Lighting kits

STUDIO FLASH LOCATION KITS LED PANELS

Manufacturer Elinchrom

D-Lite RX

4/4 To Go

Interfit Honey

Badger 320Ws

2-Light Kit

Elinchrom

ELB 500 TTL

To G o S e t

Interfit

Honey Badger

Unleashed

Phottix

Indra500 TTL

Profoto

B10 Plus

Manfrotto

Lykos Bi-Color

Rotolight

AEOS

Web elinchrom.com http://www.interfit

photographic.

com

elinchrom.com http://www.interfit

photographic.

com

phottix.com profoto.com manfrotto.co.uk rotolight.com

Head power 400Ws 320Ws 500Ws 250Ws 500Ws 500Ws 1500 lux, 1m 5750 lux, 3ft

Power range 5 stops 7 stops 7 stops 9 stops 8 stops 10 stops 4 stops 4.3 stops

Power adjustment 1/10 f/stops

(cus to m)

1/10 f/stops 1/10 f/stops 1/10 f/stops 1/3 f/stops 1/10 f/stops Stepless Stepless

Max recycle time

(normal mode)

1.3 sec 1.3 sec 2.0 sec 1.4 sec 4.8 sec 2.5 sec N/A N/A

Power supply Mains only Mains only Mains/battery Battery only Battery

(optional mains)

Mains/battery Mains (optional

battery)

Mains (optional

battery)

Battery life (full power) N/A N/A 400 flashes 430 flashes 400 flashes 200 flashes N/A N/A

Cooling fan Auto-sensing Always on No fan No fan Auto-sensing Auto-sensing No fan No fan

Modelling lamp 100W 60W (equivalent)

LED

LED, 2,500

lumen

LED, 1,250 lumen LED (low power) LED, 2,500

lumen

N/A N/A

Modelling lamp settings Prop, full, low, off Prop, full,

manual, off

Prop, manual,

timer, off

Prop, full, off Prop, full,

manual, off

Prop, full,

manual, off

N/A N/A

Sync socket 3.5mm jack 3.5mm jack 3.5mm jack 3.5mm jack 3.5mm jack None N/A N/A

Wireless RF trigger Included Included Phottix Odin II

TTL, £125/$125

Interfit HSS TTL,

£80/$100

Phottix Odin II

TTL, £125/$125

Profoto Air

Remote TTL,

£349/$429

N/A Phottix Odin II

TTL, £125/$125

Dedicated TTL/HSS

triggering

HSS with trigger

upgrade

N/A Can, Nik, MFT,

Pent, Sony

Can, Nik, Sony Can, Nik, Pent,

Sony

Can, Fuji, Nik,

MFT, Sony

N/A Can, Nik, MFT,

Pent, Sony

Head dimensions 14 x 26 x 19cm 13 x 13 x 15cm 14 x 9 x 16cm 15 x 18 x 15cm 14 x 27 x 19cm 11 x 24 x 10cm 26 x 4 x 15cm 30 x 2 x 30cm

Weight per head 1,500g 1,400g 680g 2,300g 2,100g 1,900g 470g 1,400g