Making your battery powered Profoto studio lighter on the cheap (kinda)
Profoto has rolled out two new battery powered flash packs, both of which utilize Lithium Ion Iron Phosphate (LiFe) battery chemistry to reduce pack weight and provide more pops. Now the cool thing is the new LiFe batteries work with the old Profoto 7b and the AcuteB in addition to the new AcuteB2 and B3 packs. The new battery drops the weight from the 11.4 pound battery to 4.9 pounds per battery on the 7b making your old 7B only one pound heavier than the brand new B3. Now you don’t get the new extra speed but it is a great way to lighten the load for those of you [...]
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