Taking miniaturisation to new heights,
The Quadra lighting system.
Before I move on to the next part of the shoot, to be continued in the next couple of days, I just want to provide some technical information for the Elinchrom Ranger Quadra units we were using on the day, which incidentally performed faultlessly.
The Quadra offers advanced features in a compact and lightweight unit; this new flash system represents one of the most significant advances in professional lighting in many years. The AS stands for ‘asymmetrical', which means one flash-head can fire at 66% power and the second head at 33%, for a true 2:1 lighting ratio when needed.
Other significant features include an in-built Elinchrom Skyport radio remote receiver for wireless triggering and control over power settings. The new Ranger Quadra AS with head. (Source: Elinchrom.)
At 400Ws output, the Ranger Quadra AS is less powerful than Elinchrom's Ranger RX at 1100Ws, but is significantly lighter and packs enough punch for location portraiture. Two lightweight heads are available, the standard RQS and high-speed RQA which freezes action with a 1/6000s strobe burst. The 12-volt 3.2 Ah lead-gel battery charges in only 1.5 hours and delivers up to 150 flashes at maximum power or 2,000 flashes at minimum power. The modeling light is a low-energy 20W LED array delivering the equivalent of a 50W Halogen lamp with a colour temperature of 5500K.
- The singe head pack that includes a
- Quadra Pack
- Battery
- Q Head
- 2.5m cable
- and a charger
With a web price of £1121.25 Inc Vat with the ‘S’ head and an extra charge of £27.60 for the ‘A’ head that has a faster recycle time - (price correct 12th August 2009).
The twin head packs cost £1493.85 inv Vat for the ‘S’head and an extra £28.75 for the ‘A’head (price correct 12th August 2009).
The kit includes
“The full works”
- 1 x ranger Quadra Pack
- 2 x Ranger Quadra Batteries,
- 2 x Ranger Quadra Heads (A or S)
- 1 x Charger
- 1 x Skyport Transmitter
- 1 x Strap
- 1 x Fitted Case
- As an extra (£67.85 – 12th August 2009) you can get the Elinchrom Quadra to EL Mount Adapter that will take all the Elinchrom soft boxes etc.
Ultra compact power unit: 1.4 kg
- Battery: 1.6 kg
- EL-Skyport Integrated
- Led daylight modeling bulb
- Intelligent eye-cell
INTELLIGENT BATTERY POWER OPTIMISATION
- Auto Power-Off.
- Programmable Pilot Light duration.
- Super efficient LED Pilot Light.
INTELLIGENT SLAVE CELL
- Red eye pre-flash auto-detect.
- Programmable and pre-set effect modes.
INTELLIGENT FLASH POWER OPTIONS
- Two outlets – Asymmetric 2 : 1 ratio.
- Single high power channel.
- Single superfast flash channel.
- EL-Skyport Radio remote control of power settings and Flash trigger.
RANGER Q HEAD
- Compact, lightweight.
- Interchangeable cables.
Read what the British Journal of Photography said about Ranger Quadra. PDF
Read what the Professional Photographer Magazine said about Ranger Quadra. PDF
Download the Elinchrom Photokina News, which includes details of the Ranger Quadra. PDF
Full Specifications:
- Weight: Power Unit 1.4 kg / Battery 1.6 kg / Total 3.0 kg
- Pack size: 15 x 8.5 x 21 cm
- Head size: 9 x 8 x 11 cm / 250 g
- Cables: 1.5 m, 2.5 m (standard) and 3.5 m
- Flashes: 110 Fast, 150 Slow recycle
- Battery recharge: 2 hours
- Power: 6.6 f-stop range: 8.2 – 400 Ws
- Recycle tIme : 2.2 seconds, full power, fast
- Flash duratIon (at full power, t 0.5):
- Q head
- High power channel A - 1/1300 s
- Superfast channel B - 1/3200 s
- Both channels – 1/1800 s
- Ranger A head
- High power channel A – 1/3000 s
- Superfast channel B – 1/6000 s
- Both channels – 1/4000 s
- Colour temperature: 5560 K
- System optIons:
- Customised compact accessory range :
- Elinchrom bayonet adaptor : Ranger Quanta to Ranger S and A head adaptors.
