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The Profoto B1X Is Promising the Widest HSS Flash Range, More Power

Chris Gampat
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05/14/2017
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Last Updated on 05/16/2017 by Chris Gampat

Profoto isn’t calling the new Profoto B1X monolight an update, but instead it’s a replacement in a pretty big way. Most importantly, the Profoto B1X is offering a lot more LED Modeling light power (which works great double duty for video) and 50% more power overall. Many other Profoto lights hold quite a bit of juice, so these are just extra icing it seems. Of course, these lights are being targeted at real working pros who absolutely need that type of light output power and not the semi-professionals or photographers that do well enough with just a single flash.

One of those features that is really being pushed hard is the HSS (high speed sync) capabilities. The Profoto B1X can do this with Canon, Nikon, Sony and Olympus camera systems. Most photographers don’t always need to find a way to overpower the sun in a big way, but when you can, it’s really amazing. In fact, the flash duration can be up to 1/19,000th while you can fire your shutter at 1/8000th.

More tech specs are below.

  • Energy range: 2-500Ws (9 f-stops)
  • Recycling time:0.1-1.9 (Quick burst up to 20 flashes/second)
  • Max modeling light: 24W LED (Output equivalent to 130W Halogen)
  • Flash duration normal mode (t0.5): 1/11,000 s (2Ws) – 1/1,000 s (500Ws)
  • Flash duration freeze mode (t0.5): 1/19,000 s (2Ws) – 1/1,000 s (500Ws)
  • High Speed Sync: Up to 1/8,000s with 9 f-stop power range
  • Guide number @2m / 100 ISO with Magnum Reflector: 45 2/10
  • Display: High-resolution display with a superior, intuitive interface.
  • Size:
    – 14 cm (5.5”)
    – 31 cm (12.2”)
    – 21 cm (8.3”)
  • Weight: 3 kg (6.6 lbs) including battery
  • Radio sync and control:
    Yes, built in AirTTL supporting wireless sync, control and TTL. Fully integrated with other AirTTL flashes such as B2 and D2. (Requires an Air Remote TTL that is sold separately.)
  • Recommended Accessories for Air:
    – 901039 Air Remote TTL-C for Canon
    – 901040 Air Remote TTL-N for Nikon
    – 901045 Air Remote TTL-S for Sony
    – 901046 Air Remote TTL-O for Olympus
    – 901031 Air Remote for most DSLRs and medium format cameras.
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Chris Gampat is the Editor in Chief, Founder, and Publisher of the Phoblographer. He provides oversight to all of the daily tasks, including editorial, administrative, and advertising work. Chris's editorial work includes not only editing and scheduling articles but also writing them himself. He's the author of various product guides, educational pieces, product reviews, and interviews with photographers. He's fascinated by how photographers create, considering the fact that he's legally blind./ HIGHLIGHTS: Chris used to work in Men's lifestyle and tech. He's a veteran technology writer, editor, and reviewer with more than 15 years experience. He's also a Photographer that has had his share of bylines and viral projects like "Secret Order of the Slice." PAST BYLINES: Gear Patrol, PC Mag, Geek.com, Digital Photo Pro, Resource Magazine, Yahoo! News, Yahoo! Finance, IGN, PDN, and others. EXPERIENCE: Chris Gampat began working in tech and art journalism both in 2008. He started at PCMag, Magnum Photos, and Geek.com. He founded the Phoblographer in 2009 after working at places like PDN and Photography Bay. He left his day job as the Social Media Content Developer at B&H Photo in the early 2010s. Since then, he's evolved as a publisher using AI ethically, coming up with ethical ways to bring in affiliate income, and preaching the word of diversity in the photo industry. His background and work has spread to non-profits like American Photographic Arts where he's done work to get photographers various benefits. His skills are in SEO, app development, content planning, ethics management, photography, Wordpress, and other things. EDUCATION: Chris graduated Magna Cum Laude from Adelphi University with a degree in Communications in Journalism in 2009. Since then, he's learned and adapted to various things in the fields of social media, SEO, app development, e-commerce development, HTML, etc. FAVORITE SUBJECT TO PHOTOGRAPH: Chris enjoys creating conceptual work that makes people stare at his photos. But he doesn't get to do much of this because of the high demand of photography content. / BEST PHOTOGRAPHY TIP: Don't do it in post-production when you can do it in-camera.
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