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Profoto A10 AirTTL-C Studio Light for Canon

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Profoto A10 AirTTL-C Studio Light for Canon
Key Features
  • Built-In AirTTL, Use On or Off Camera
  • Fast Full-Power Recycling: 1 sec
  • Upgraded Battery: 450 Full-Power Flashes
  • Sync A10 Flash with iPhone Camera
Building on the success and popularity of the A1X, Profoto introduces an enhanced version, the A10 AirTTL-C Studio Light for Canon. The A10 has the same powerful battery that gets 450 full-power flashes instead of 350, fast full-power recycling time of one second, and 20 wireless channels. What's ground-breaking about the A10 is that you can sync it with your iPhone camera. The Profoto Control and Profoto Camera app sync your iPhone with the A10 over Bluetooth connection - no additional hardware attachments needed. The App enables you to precisely control the A10's flash tube power, its LED modelling light, and also control all other standard camera settings: shutter speed, ISO sensitivity and white balance in 1/3 EV steps. You can take photos in different image formats: HEIF, JPG, or raw. It even has a self-timer! Instead of sending an approximation of a shot to a colleague or client, email or text an actual professionally lit image. You can even download future firmware upgrades to the A10 through your smartphone.
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Profoto A10 Overview

  • 1Description
  • 2Advanced Technology Allows You to Sync B10 Flash with iPhone Camera
  • 3Compatibility
  • 4Benefits

Building on the success and popularity of the A1X, Profoto introduces an enhanced version, the A10 AirTTL-C Studio Light for Canon. The A10 has the same powerful battery that gets 450 full-power flashes instead of 350, fast full-power recycling time of one second, and 20 wireless channels. What's ground-breaking about the A10 is that you can sync it with your iPhone camera. The Profoto Control and Profoto Camera app sync your iPhone with the A10 over Bluetooth connection - no additional hardware attachments needed. The App enables you to precisely control the A10's flash tube power, its LED modelling light, and also control all other standard camera settings: shutter speed, ISO sensitivity and white balance in 1/3 EV steps. You can take photos in different image formats: HEIF, JPG, or raw. It even has a self-timer! Instead of sending an approximation of a shot to a colleague or client, email or text an actual professionally lit image. You can even download future firmware upgrades to the A10 through your smartphone.

The A10 was created for the professional photographer looking for portability and performance features or the ambitious non-professional who recognizes quality lighting but wants it comfortably and easily without the hassle of an overly technical interface. The A10 is easy to use. You can literally take it out of the box and start shooting. Weighing 1.2 lb including its battery, the A10's sleek matte black finish not only appeals to the eye but to the tactile sense as well.

The first thing you'll notice about the A10 is its 2.75" round, tilting, rotating head, which is the physical feature most responsible for the A1X's natural-looking light with its soft gradual fall-off. The auto-zoom built into the head handles focal lengths from 32 to 105mm. You can override the auto-zoom function at any time and make your adjustments manually. A filter kit with graduated CTO conversion filters and a fluorescent filter is also separately available to modify the unit's daylight color temperature.

The A10 recycles in one second, faster than most flash units in its class and has action-stopping flash durations from 1/800 to 1/20,000 second. The A10 supports HSS (High-Speed Sync) allowing you to shoot at shutter speeds as short a 1/8000 second instead of 1/250 to blur a distracting background using a wide aperture while controlling strong ambient light behind your subject. The 76Ws head has an LED modeling light that can give you a preview of how the light is falling on your subject. It can be turned on or off, set to automatically adjust proportionally to the power level selected, or just switched to manual where it can be modified by hand. All adjustments are indicated on the exceptionally readable white on black LCD display.

The A10 is powered by an included lithium-ion battery that has a capacity of 450 full-power flashes (instead of the previous model's 350). Power is topped up on an exhausted battery in about 80 minutes with the included 100-240 VAC charger. The battery doesn't fade as its power is used, operating at peak performance until it's depleted. Purchase of an additional battery is recommended.

So far, we've been discussing the A10 used on-camera but when used off-camera, it really earns its name as a "Studio Light." The flash has a built-in transceiver that allows it to be used with other A10s, A1s, A1Xs, B2s, or D2, B1, B1X, and B10 monolights. All the Air Remote wireless controllers can trigger the A1X at distances up to 1000' and the Air Sync will give you simple wireless triggering, while the Air Remote will let you wirelessly adjust power, grouping, channel selection, and modeling light on/off. It's the Air Remote TTL that allows you to explore and control the A10's full capabilities. It wirelessly allows assignment of channels and groups as well as TTL and power level. In fact, the A10 has a switch that allows you to set your main light to TTL, switch to manual operation to adjust manual units in other groups to ratio their output, then switch back to TTL and return to the original TTL setting that was stored for you. The A10 also has +/-3 stops of exposure compensation that can be modified from the remote for your specific needs. The light also comes with a Bounce Card, Flash Stand, and a nylon bag with shoulder strap for storage and transport.

Advanced Technology Allows You to Sync B10 Flash with iPhone Camera
Profoto's ground-breaking "AirX" technology allows you to use of full flash power of your A10 when shooting with your iPhone. The Profoto Camera iOS app literally turns your smartphone into a professional camera. The beauty is that your Profoto gear will evolve right along with the inevitable visual tech improvements in phone technology no matter what device you use, making it future proof. You can even use your phone for future firmware updates. The Camera app syncs your iPhone with the A10 over Bluetooth connection - no additional hardware attachments needed. The App enables you to precisely control A10's flash tube power, its LED modelling light, and also control all other standard camera settings: shutter speed, ISO sensitivity, and white balance in 1/3 EV steps. You can take photos in different image formats: HEIF, JPG, or raw. It even has a self-timer! Instead of sending an approximation of a shot to a colleague or client, email, or text an actual professionally lit image.
Compatibility
  • Supported iPhones:
  • iPhone 7 or later, running on iOS 11 or later
  • Supported Android phones:
  • Samsung Galaxy S8 line, S9 line, S10 line, S20 line, Note 9 line
  • Requires Android OS 8 or newer
  • Benefits
    • Round head with soft, smooth, and natural fall off
    • AirTTL and HSS for fast professional images
    • Smart magnetic click-on mount for Light Shaping Tools
    • LED modeling light integrated to the head
    • Air Remote built-in (6 groups, 20 channels)
    • Rechargeable and exchangeable lithium-ion battery
    • 1-sec recycling time to full power
    • TTL/MAN switch
    • Built-in auto-zoom in head with manual override handles lenses from 32 to 105mm
    • Auto focus (AF) assist
    • Large Hi-Res LCD display
    • TTL Support for Canon
    • Compatible with all Profoto Air Remotes, wireless range up to 1000'

    Profoto A10 Specs

    Key Specs
    Auto Zoom Head
    Yes
    Exposure Control
    Canon E-TTL / E-TTL II, Manual
    Wireless Operation
    Radio (TTL/Manual)
    Up to 1000' / 304.8 m (Master, Slave)
    Internal Power
    1 x Rechargeable
    Flash Head
    Guide Number
    Not Specified by Manufacturer
    Coverage
    Full-Frame
    32 to 105 mm
    14 mm (with Wide-Angle Adapter)
    Auto Zoom Head
    Yes
    Bounce Head
    Yes
    Swivel Head
    Yes
    Flash Duration
    1/800 to 1/20000 Second
    Recycle Time
    Approx. 1 Second
    Secondary Illumination
    Modeling Light
    Exposure Control
    Exposure Control
    Canon E-TTL / E-TTL II, Manual
    Flash Modes
    Hi-Speed Sync
    Power Range
    1/1 to 1/256 (Auto)
    Flash Compensation
    -3 to +3 EV (1/3 EV Steps)
    Wireless
    Wireless Operation
    Radio (TTL/Manual)
    Up to 1000' / 304.8 m (Master, Slave)
    Wireless Channels
    20
    Wireless Groups
    6
    Remote Timing Modes
    Instant Sync
    Power
    Internal Power
    1 x Rechargeable
    External Power Pack Compatible
    No
    General
    Mount
    Shoe
    Off-Camera Terminal
    Proprietary
    Dimensions (W x H x D)
    3 x 4.3 x 6.5" / 75 x 108 x 165 mm
    Weight
    1.23 lb / 560 g (with Battery)
    Packaging Info
    Package Weight
    3.05 lb
    Box Dimensions (LxWxH)
    11.1 x 8.6 x 3.8"

    Profoto A10 Reviews

    Very Expensive on camera flash. But I love it.

    By Raymond
    Rated 5 out of 5
    Date: 2023-08-29

    So, the first question on most people's minds is why buy a Profoto A10 and not buy a Godox V1 for about 1/3rd the price (I do own several Godox units). I love Godox as far as performance to dollars goes. I hate Godox in terms of its interface. But the main reason why I needed the Profoto A10 AirTTL-N for Nikon is to use it with my Hasselblad X2D100C camera. I use both Canon and Hasselblad systems (also Leica but that is a story for a different day). I use multiple Godox flash units and they work flawlessly on my Canon system both in TTL and on HSS. No problem at all between Canon & Godox communicating with each other. However, this is not the case with my Hasselblad and Godox. A single Godox V1n on my Hasselblad X2D 100C works flawlessly until you try to introduce multiple Godox flash units to use in TTL mode. The Godox system just does not work at all with multiple Godox flashes in TTL or HSS mode on the Hasselblad system. TTL is disabled and I can only sync multiple strobes manual. I have also tried the same with a complete set of Nikon flashes and the results are the same. Now you're thinking. Why not just use it manually...Of course I can just make adjustments and shoot on manual (been shooting this way for 30 years - I'm getting old LOL) but sometimes life just moves too fast for manual and TTL is the way to go. The Profoto system has no issues with multiple flash units used in conjunction with my Hasselblad X2D 100C in any flash mode. I can choose TTL, HSS and Manual on multiple flashes and everything just works together without any issues (make sure all your firmware is updated). I love the Profoto interface for its simplicity and usefulness. So, is the Profoto quality of light output better than Godox? I would say no. In terms of light quality and power they are on par with one another. The built quality of the materials used on Profoto is slightly better in my opinion. The tolerances of fit and finish on the Profoto is also better. The phone apps for Profoto are simple and elegant and easy to use. Firmware updates are extremely easy to connect the flash via Bluetooth to your phone and hit a button on the Profoto phone app and you're done. So... Still, you're probably thinking why pay more if I can get around it. Well, I like using an expensive Leica camera and I don't mind paying more for the user experience and this is where Profoto outshines Godox. The entire experience is important! Easy interface, easy phone apps, easy customer support when needed. They respond in a reasonable time frame. If you are like me and don't mind paying for nicer things in life, try out the Profoto and just enjoy the experience or if you're frugal and want to save a few bucks go and buy the Godox. If you're not needing the extra features that work with my Hasselblad and are happy with its performance. The Godox will serve you well. I'll be keeping both systems for different reasons.

    Profoto A10

    By Anthony
    Rated 5 out of 5
    Date: 2023-08-07

    Profoto A10 is simple and easy to use. Designed to be of high quality workmanship. Easy to use, easy to update firmware. Solid!

    Very clean and dynamic flash

    By Elena
    Rated 5 out of 5
    Date: 2023-06-18

    Love the power of this flash, the look and feel of it, and the ways I can control it. I wish the battery lasted a bit longer - on average it's about 3 hours of full use for me, but I still love everything about it!

    TTL vs Manual switch not working

    By Philip
    Rated 1 out of 5
    Date: 2023-04-15

    I have many profoto lights like A1, A1X, B10. Brought 1st A10 with the excitement of using with new bluetooth remote . but this unit is defective. when I switch between manual and TTL, it's not working. I returned for an exchange. hope I get a replacement soon.

    The best Light quality

    By Camilo
    Rated 5 out of 5
    Date: 2023-04-14

    It's the only brand that I trust now, the temperature and color consistency is perfect every single time, I just love it.

    worth the price

    By Walter
    Rated 5 out of 5
    Date: 2023-04-03

    I have a number of the Profoto products and it kills me to pay the much higher cost, but i stick with it because the quality is just so good. I wish i could get their products at a better price, but i am hooked on the excellent design, even and consistent lighting, and long life of the battery system.

    Beautiful designed

    By Gavin
    Rated 5 out of 5
    Date: 2023-08-13

    I'm extremely pleased with this well made flash.

    Great Flash for my Fujifilm camera

    By Anthony
    Rated 5 out of 5
    Date: 2023-08-07

    Great Flash! Easy to use. Well made. Perfect for my GFX100s and X-T5.

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