Swiss Li Lite Light - Elinchrom

on October 14, 2012






Those of you out there using the Elincrom Ranger Quadra flashes in their various configurations will be buoyed by the news that we have the new Li-ion batteries for these in stock now.


The box in front of me is surprisingly light - the battery itself is only 730 grammes. The price is moderate - $ 345. The life expectancy is good - they say you you can expect 320 full-power flashes from this battery.

I wondered about the amount of time that you would need to charge it up again if you discharged it flat - and whether it would have some sort of weird memory effect if you did it at a lesser rate. Apparently not - 90 minutes full charge from flat and no memory effect. For those of us that remember Ni Cad and Ni MH battery systems this is a great relief.

I am a great believer in lithium batteries, having discovered how well they suit the portable speed light flashes that I use and realizing their light weight means an easier job to do - at the end of a day's shootjng the last thing you want to tote around is a lead acid battery. And the fact that most of the lithium is grown in South America makes it even more attractive.




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