I went to the website and was very interested to see this ad: http://www.profoto.com/us/images/AcuteB_310x150.jpeg
They must assume that a large number of their customers are single males who have more photographic than technical skills. On Jul 30, 2012, at 7:43 PM, John Sessoms wrote: > From: Larry Colen > >> Among my vast enablement of this weekend, Darren gave me two Profoto >> Pro-40 studio strobes. The modeling light on one of them is not >> working. Not only are both the modeling and flash bulbs covered by >> some sort of glass cover that it isn't obvious how to remove it, I'm >> not having any luck at all finding any sort of documentation on the >> strobes. About the closest I've come to a relevant link was some >> years old post that the bulbs are no longer available. profoto >> doesn't even seem to still have a website. >> >> By any chance does anyone on the PDML know anything about these >> strobes? Or at least have better google-fu than I do for finding >> info? > > Maybe - http://www.profoto.com/ > > Larry, best I can figure those are older than my Bowens 400B & White > Lightning 10K monolights. Profoto doesn't even show them under "Discontinued > Products". > > If you Google Profoto and go to their website, then choose Profoto Global, > look under accessories & they have modeling lamps & flash tubes. > > They didn't have images for all of the modeling lamps, but they had > descriptions & product numbers, i.e. Modeling lamp 300W/120V GY6.35 is > Product number: 102071. The product number may be imprinted on the base for > your bulb. Or the data for the bulb may be there. > > Google GY6.35 lamp & you can see what those lamps look like. GY6.35 is > apparently the base style of the lamps. > > I think the modeling lamps will have to be handled like halogen headlight > bulbs. > > Be real careful with the flash tubes. If you break one of those, I think > you're going to be shit out of luck. > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sent from i4est -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
