Hello and welcome to GMax Studios, my name is Gorky M, and in this video
we will be reviewing the Profoto B10 - the lightest and smallest in their line of
off-camera flashes. It is supposed to be five times as powerful as regular
speed lights. So, let's see how it works and why it works.
The first thing that you notice about the Profoto B10 is its small size and
light weight. Coming in at seventeen point five centimeters or six point
eight nine inches it is pretty small and weighing at 1.5 kgs it is fairly easy to
carry as well. This solves a critical pain point with a lot of photographers who
want to shoot on location.
But size only matters if it's powerful enough. So let's take a look at what is
underneath the hood of the Profoto B10.
Rated at 250 watts/sec: this flash
at 6.6 feet at ISO 100, is capable of giving you an F value of f/11.9
When shot at full power.
And f/22.7 when shot with the magnum reflector.
This flash is capable of both - high-speed sync,
and TTL. (Through the lens)
And it has a range of 1000 feet when shot with the Profoto remote in sync or remote mode,
and a range of 330 feet, when shot in high-speed sync or TTL.
Speaking of battery: the Profoto B10 is capable of firing 400 flashes at full power.
And you can recharge the battery under 90 minutes.
But what we really love about it
is that you can charge the battery while working with the flash,
and these LED lights - which tell you how much charging the battery needs.
Last but not the least:
My personal favorite feature is that this light can be used as a
continuous light for 75 minutes.
Which allows you to shoot video.
The LED light in this, is capable of giving you colour temperatures
from 3000 kelvin to 6500 Kelvin.
The maximum output of this continuous light is 2500 lumens,
and it can be dimmed
from 10 percent to a hundred percent brightness.
You can also operate the Profoto B10 using a smartphone app via bluetooth.
You can change modes, you can change the colour temperature,
as well as change intensity.
It also has a USB-C port for connectivity to a laptop or desktop for firmware upgrades.
The Profoto B10 is capable of both HSS and TTL.
But the burning questions are:
How good is the TTL?
And in HSS mode, can it overpower the sun?
Let's take it for a spin.
The Profoto B10 comes out on top when shooting in harsh daylight with a wide aperture.
You can increase the shutter speed to come back the intensity of the sun,
and even crush it to a large extent.
It works flawlessly in high-speed sync and the recycle time is consistent.
The Profoto B10 works pretty great in the TTL, or the Pre-flash mode.
And the output is consistently accurate.
In this mode, you can concentrate on the other aspects of photography
like framing or composition, without giving too much thought
to the output of the flash.
We were very keen to test how the Profoto B10 does
as a continuous light for shooting video.
In fact, we have shot this entire video
using the continuous light on the Profoto B10.
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And I will see you in the next video.
Until then, bye-bye.
This is damn cool, yeah.
Do I look blue?