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Profoto B1 500 Air TTL

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Battery operating temperature

range

-10 °C to +50 °C (-4 °F to +120 °F)

Battery storage temperature

range

-20 °C to +60°C (-20 °F to +140 °F)

Wireless sync

Yes, via all Air camera transmitters or IR (Slave)

All figures are to be considered as nominal and Profoto reserves the right make changes without further notice.

Summary of Contents for B1 500 AirTTL

Page 1: ...ProfotoB1500AirTTL User s Guide...

Page 2: ...Profoto B1 500 Air TTL 2 www profoto com...

Page 3: ...itisano go Asaresult weareconfidentthatyournewProfotoproductwill staywithyouforyearsandhelpyougrowasaphotographer But getting the product is only the beginning of that journey Using it for light shapi...

Page 4: ...being turned off Do not touch modeling lamps or flash tubes when mounting an umbrella metal shaft in its reflector hole Disconnect the lamp head cable between the generator and lampheadwhenchangingthe...

Page 5: ...10 Set light output Energy 10 Select Sync setting 11 Modeling light settings 12 Ready signal settings 12 Handling 14 Battery mounting 14 Battery charging 14 Stand mounting 14 Mounting Profoto Light Sh...

Page 6: ...1 500 Air TTL 6 www profoto com 7 8 9 1 Handle 2 Tilt lockknob 3 Standadapter 4 Clampscrew 5 ReflectorandFrontglass 6 Zoomscale 7 Umbrellaholder 8 Battery 9 Batteryreleasebutton Nomenclature 7 8 9 3 1...

Page 7: ...foto B1 500 Air TTL 7 www profoto com 10 USBport 11 Syncconnector 12 IR Slaveeye 13 LCDdisplay 14 MODELbutton 15 TESTbutton 16 ENERGY SETTINGSdial 17 READYbutton 18 SYNCbutton 12 11 10 13 14 15 16 18...

Page 8: ...ting 21 Sync Airsetting 22 Batterylevelindicator 23 Lightoutputsetting 24 Freezemodeindicator 25 Temperaturelimitindicator 26 Automaticflashexposure TTL indicator 27 Batterycharger 28 Case BagXS AIR S...

Page 9: ...ial 16 andthenshortlypressingtheTESTbutton 15 seepage11 8 SetthebrieflyflashlightoutputwithENERGY SETTINGSdial 16 seepage11 9 ReleaseatestflashbypressingtheTESTbutton 15 seepage11 10 SelectSyncsetting...

Page 10: ...nd then shortly pressing the TEST button 15 When Freeze mode is selected the Freezemodeindicator 24 isshownontheDisplay 13 SeebelowoverviewofflashdurationinFreezevs Normalmode Setlightoutput Energy Th...

Page 11: ...1supportsallavailableAiraccessoriesofferedbyProfotoincludingthose listedinthetablebelow 1 ActivateAirbyfollowingtheinstructionstoSelectSyncSetting 2 WhenAir is activated press and hold down the SYNC b...

Page 12: ...The modeling light intensity is automatically adjusted to be proportional to the selectedenergyleveloftheflashlight FREE The modeling light intensity is manually set independent from the energy level...

Page 13: ...rmwillonlygooffifB1isusedinTTLoperationandcannotkeepupwiththe camerainsequenceshooting Quickburst Quickburstisanautomaticallyactivatedfunctionthatallowsaseries burst offlashesto befiredatafasterpaceth...

Page 14: ...ckthatthebatterychargerindicatesthatchargingisinprogress 4 Whenthebatterychargerindicatesthatthechargingiscompleted itisrecommended todisconnectthebatterychargerandremovethebatteryfromthecharger Stand...

Page 15: ...llaholder 7 ReplacingtheFrontglass TheFrontglass 5 canbereplacedwithoptionalfrontglassorglassdomes Domescan beusedtoenhancethe zoomeffect ifusinganyofProfoto s zoomable reflectors 1 SwitchofftheB1andr...

Page 16: ...iftheB1hasreachedatemperaturelevelthathas activated the built in over temperature protection When this occurs the performance is limiteduntilthetemperaturelevelisbacktoanacceptablelevel CheckFirmware...

Page 17: ...s EnergystabilityNormalmode 1 20f stopflashtoflash EnergystabilityFreezemode 1 20f stopflashtoflash ColorstabilityNormalmode 150Koverrange 20Kflashtoflash ColorstabilityFreezemode 800Koverrange 50Kfla...

Page 18: ...erature range 10 Cto 50 C 4 Fto 120 F Battery storage temperature range 20 Cto 60 C 20 Fto 140 F Wirelesssync Yes viaallAircameratransmittersorIR Slave All figures are to be considered as nominal and...

Page 19: ...Profoto B1 500 Air TTL 19 www profoto com...

Page 20: ...ProfotoAB SWEDEN Phone 4684475300 info profoto com www profoto com 344097 A1 Printed in Sweden Technical data and product information are subject to change without notice...