Paul Buff
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Carmen Miranda wrote:
Paul Buff wrote:
The real question is "At what flashpower is what rate achieved". Don't expect 31fps at 500WS that's 45,000 watts - not going to happen. I would suspect maybe 10-20WS per pop - 300 to 600 watts. No magic here but maybe a good product. Remember - a $29 Radio Shack strobe light can do the same thing at about 1WS per flash.
Einstein has all the ingredients to do this.
On the "Euro" scale, 7.0 equals 900 joules (w/s).
However, 7.0 was shown just at the 8 fps rate. 
5.0 was the power setting at 31 fps, which is still a mind numbing 225 joules (or as Paul calls it, "true w/s")!
From my experience Hensel has been very accurate and consistent with their power scale ratings. But Paul could be correct in assuming that 225 ws is divided by 31, similar to speedlights in stroboscopic mode. Even still, at 8 fps that's a phenomenal 112 w/s per shot! Can Einstein do that too? Comparing with the D4, at 18 fps this unit would probably come in somewhere around 25 w/s per shot based on this premise. Hard to tell if this pack or self contained from what is shown.
I'd also be interested in how it synchronizes at these speeds.
The teaser appears to be a calculated effort to generate buzz for an interesting new product. I hope they are not departing from their consistent ratings of the past or over hyping a stroboscopic feature. Either of these would fall flat IMO.
All in all, very intriguing.
Euro scale - 10 = 6400WS, 9 = 3200WS, 8= 1600, 7= 800, 6 = 400, 5 = 200, etc.
No way it does 200WS 31 times a second. That's 6200 output watts and about 12,000 AC line watts. Got an outlet the can supply 12,000 watts? The US limit is 1800W. Does Hensel have a coolling system that can cool 12,000 watts inside a shoe box. A lot of uniformed junk science and knee jerk conclusions here.
I'd suggest a better review of actual specs and performance. Amazing the conclusions people can draw from a U Tube video that says nothing of substance.
I can be wrong now and then, but this is ridiculous.
WS and Joules are different expressions of the same thing. I say True WS to remove any question.
Also, some European companies deviate from the core EU rating and adjust it such the "10" is not 6400WS, rather it can refer to the maximum power of the particular light they are using. Correct me if I am wrong, but I believe Bron does this, or allows you to do this. Dumb idea because it destroys the whole meaning of the standard.
Sort of like a Guitar amp that goes from zero to 10 . . . 10 is 2W on a little amp and 10,000 watts on a gigantic one.
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