Founded at the same time as Brown, as one of the world's top fill lighting brands, Forefoto was the first brand in the world to bring the rental business into the photographic equipment industry, which has had a profound impact on the entire industry. Fortune and Brown belong to the same echelon, its marketing efforts are larger, the product quality is also the best in the industry, has won a good reputation from many European and American photographers, and also has a high media exposure. In many European and American photographic equipment rental stations, studios, and even schools and other educational institutions, Bowfuto is the standard configuration.
Profoto is the first brand to launch a mobile flash, the biggest difference between its products and Brown is the use of LED lamp beads, LED lamps are cold light sources, high luminous efficiency, life span of up to tens of thousands of hours, usually 50W LED lamps can reach close to halogen lamp 500W brightness, low power characteristics make LED lights inherently more convenient. Although there are still some problems that have not been overcome, there is no doubt that LED lights are the main direction of the development of luminaires. Profoto lamps can be divided into B series portable flashes and D series high-speed flashes, as well as A series flashes for cameras, all of which are on the small side.
The Ofto B1 was once a well-known product to beat Brown, it can be powered by a lithium battery, without the need to carry an additional battery box, the overall weight of the machine is 3kg, it beats the D series in terms of portability, and has a strong battery life, which can flash 220 times. This product supports Canon E-TTL II technology, which eliminates the need for exposure calculation and metering during shooting, and is fully synchronized automatically, making it competitive in terms of ease of use. The B1X is an iteration of the B1, and its lamp power and continuous flashing times have been increased, and it can flash 325 times in full-power modeThe 24W LED light is comparable to the 120W halogen lamphaveTTLandHSSfunction, it is the best choice for outdoor photographers, and the price is 16280 yuan.
Shortly after the release of the B1, Ofto introduced another TTL-enabled off-camera flash system, the B2, which is not a lampholder, but a complete split system with LED modeling lights and lithium batteries. Compared with the built-in battery of B1, B2 is an external split design, more like a traditional flash using a battery box, which can be connected to multiple lampheads to work at the same time, and the function is not much different from B1, and the price is 17380 yuan.
For those with a fixed studio, the plug-in, high-speed flash Profoto D2 is a must-have, with the same appearance as the B1 and the same performance as the Brown Siros S-series. As a plug-in high-speed flash, D2 single head has 500J and 1000J two versions to choose from, its continuous flash can reach up to 20 times per second, using High Speed Sync high-speed synchronous technology to support 1/8000S shutter, also has TTL automatic technology, and has a fan active cooling and screen, the overall quality is high, the price is 13000 yuan.
