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I recently got lucky to find a good deal on a Para 220 FB. I expect to receive it in a few days. But I have a couple of questions for the current owners. I plan to use it with Profoto monolights, including the older Compact-R's as well as B1/B2's. I do understand that, due to recessed tube, B1/B2 will likely not fill out the whole para even in the full flood or zoomed out position. But that may be OK, plus I can potentially use a pin to further extend the rod, or even put the light on a separate stand and try to position it properly.
In any case, the following picture shows the mount in the one I will receive, and here are a couple of questions I have:
1) How easy is it to take out that rotating element at the end of the focusing rod so I can have an exposed 5/8" stud at the end of the rod which can then be used, say, with the Profoto adapter (shown in the second picture below), or with an extension pin with a 5/8" female socket?
2) If, instead of using the adapter, I screw a 5/8" stud with a 3/8" screw (e.g., insert a 3/8 screw in one of the holes on that plate behind that rotating element, and screw a Manfrotto 186 stud), can the stand mounts in the Profoto monolights handle the weight of the light (particularly for B1, and the compactR-1200), given that the stand mount would be fighting off-center gravity pulling down the monolight?
3) Obviously, in Scenario 2 above, the light will be slightly off-center to the Para. So one would not exactly get the parallel/straight reflections expected from a true parabolic when the light sits exactly on the focal point. How big of a deal would that be? Basically, I am trying to understand how important it would really be to get the Profoto para adapter?
4) Does it make sense to install two 5/8" studs on the two holes on the opposite sides of that plate behind the rotating element, and then insert two Profoto B2's? I will certainly try that myself when I get the para, but I am curious if anyone has already done that, and what their thoughts/observations might be.
Thanks...
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