Profoto updates B10 series flashes for iPhone camera compatibility
(Digital Photography Review)

There is a plethora of lighting accessories available for smartphones, ranging from small LED lights to more sophisticated Xenon-flash solutions like the Godox A1 or the Profoto C1. However, all those solutions are more or less designed for maximum portability and amateur use. If you needed professional-level studio lighting that is fully compatible with smartphone cameras, you were pretty out of luck...until now. Profoto has just announced it has made its B10 flash series compatible with Apple`s iPhone cameras. The B10 and B10 Plus are designed to be used as studio flash head but in a very small body, and have a powerful continuous light source for videographers as well. They come with removable lithium ion battery and output control via the company`s AirTTL system. The B10 is a 250Ws unit while the slightly larger and heavier B10 Plus doubles the output. `This is a revolutionary innovation, said Profoto CEO Anders Hedebark. `Making professional flash available to smartphones has the potential to be ground-breaking, just like how the transition from analog to digital cameras once changed everything. We believe freedom with connectivity is the next step for professional photography. No matter what kind of photographer you are, it`s all about the light. And we want to offer image creators to work with great light, regardless of what capturing device you chose to use.` Shot on iPhone with B10 series flash by Andrea Belluso Profoto says it has been able to make the B10 series units work with the iPhone by using `a range of advanced technologies.` The company`s AirX technology has been key to the project as it allows users to clock synchronize Bluetooth devices. The flash unit has to fire at exactly the right point in time, and for the right length of time. Using Bluetooth-sync iPhone photographers who use the B10 series can capture images at 1/25.000 sec exposure time and still sync the full power. `One challenge when working with smartp ...