Remote Control RFS the New Dimension Technical Data RFS
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Technical data Remote control RFS RFS Transmitter/Transceiver The new dimension TITELBILD: NADIA WINZENRIED || RFS Transmitter RFS Transceiver Number of channels: 10 10 Operational distance outdoors: up to 50 m/30 m up to 50 m/30 m Operational distance in enclosed spaces: up to 30 m/20 m up to 30 m/20 m Range: up to 300 m up to 300 m Dimensions (L x W x H): 71.5 x 47 x 23 mm 80 x 55.5 x 30 mm (excl. antenna and shoe mount) (excl. antenna, with shoe mount and base plate) Weight: 55 g 105 g Triggering sequence per s: 10 flashes 10 flashes Transmission time: less than ‹ 1/1000 s less than ‹ 1/1000 s FLASH UNITS WITH RFS INTERFACE Power supply: Li-Mn CR2450 button cell, from computer Scope of delivery: Transmitter with lithium button Transceiver with shoe mount, 1 USB cable, PLUG AND PLAY cell and 1 connection cable, 1 connection cable (length 30 cm) and 1 operating instructions data carrier with software, operating instructions. Display with selectable German, French, English, and Spanish language options. System requirements: Requires a serial USB interface. Computer requirements: Apple Macintosh with OS 8.6 or higher (OS 9.1 or higher recommended), OS X; approx. 5 MB free memory space, or PC with Microsoft Windows 98 / WinMe / Win2000 / Windows XP; USB interface, approx. 5 MB free memory space Hardware retrofit for earlier broncolor flash units: The technical customer service of your broncolor dealer will be glad to advise you. Carefully selected components and rugged design ensure optimal safety of operation and function. We offer 2 years factory warranty. Flash units by broncolor: Your best investment in the long run. in Germany 0704 Printed Made in Switzerland. Transmitter RFS for flash Transceiver RFS for dialog triggering and regulation between computer and of the flash output flash units www.bron.ch Bron Elektronik AG CH-4123 Allschwil / Switzerland www.bron.ch Minicom 40/80 compact units her can edit the shots on the broncolor RFS - the new can be retrofitted with the RFS monitor. From this position, light interface. settings can be optimally asses- dimension in remote control sed. Before the advent of this THE RFS TRANSCEIVER...COM- technology, the photographer had PUTER-CONTROLLED, INTER- to leave the workstation each time The non-plus-ultra in digital photography. ACTIVE, AND TIME-SAVING. he wished to change the setting Finally, the camera is no longer chained to The transceiver provides even of the power pack in the lighting the flash unit and photographers can explore more convenient and sophisti- arrangement. Now, power packs cated flash operation. and compact units can be control- new creative territory. The sync cable, the • Currently 10 coded channels – led from the desktop, and adjust- All settings can be changed by tripping wire in the studio, has become a triggering of broncolor flash ments can be made in a matter mouse click in the front panel thing of the past. Radio frequency offers more units via RFS interface from a of seconds. The photographer is window. options than infrared. The RFS transmitter PC or Macintosh relieved of a tedious task and can The most important options for flash triggering and the RFS transceiver • Dialog mode, i.e. the manual fully concentrate on creative include: for control of flash units and communication settings on the flash unit imaging. with the studio software are light weight and are automatically transmitted to the computer SOFTWARE WITH easy to handle. Size and weight are similar • Same operating distance as STORAGE OPTIONS. to a matchbox. With this equipment, you can RFS transmitter The software is intuitive and easy let your imagination run free when it comes • Green control LED for each to use. The user interface closely to light arrangement. data command resembles the front panel of the Advantages over IR || URS RECHER • In digital camera systems with unit. Together with the convenient synchronization: Walls are no longer synchronous connection, the light control for each individual an obstacle. connection cable can be atta- lamphead, this makes it much THIS IS BRONCOLOR RFS. THE RFS TRANSMITTER... 50 m outdoors or up to 30 m in ched directly to the transceiver easier to compare various light RFS stands for “Radio Frequency CONVENIENT, LONG-RANGED, enclosed spaces for power (no RFS transmitter required) effects and select the optimal System” (our new wireless control AND DURABLE. packs, and up to 30 m / 20 m • „bron Studio“ control software setting. All settings (including the || URS RECHER/JULIAN SALINAS Advantages over IR system). With the RFS transmitter, This small device for wireless for compact units to set and control all flash additional memory functions) synchronization. correspondingly equipped broncolor flash triggering offers a host of • Lithium button cell units and workstations are stored in the respective power Larger range. power packs and compact units advantages. (service life 5 years) • USB cable for connection packs for convenient and safe THE WORLD OF THE RFS COUNTRY-SPECIFIC RADIO ALWAYS ONE STEP AHEAD. can be triggered via radio signals. • 10 digitally coded channels to between transceiver and PC operation. As a result, no search • Storage of four lighting options TRANSCEIVER. FREQUENCIES. The new RFS (Radio Frequency In this configuration, RFS replaces trigger broncolor flash units with MORE WORKSTATIONS IN THE or Macintosh for stored files is required, and (1 register card per power pack) The RFS transceiver is perfectly Please note that every country System) wireless technology the connection cable and the RFS interface SAME STUDIO. • Push button for test flash the screen display always coin- • Name assignable to each lamp suited for work in the studio and has its own regulations defining offers huge advantages compared infrared triggering system. • Synchronisation via centre con- The digitally coded channels of • Two push buttons to adjust sides with the actual setting of the • Adjustment of flash energy outdoors. Its long range is especi- the permitted or available radio to existing remote-control Connected to a computer with tact of the accessory shoe or the RFS transmitter make it possi- output in whole f-stop power pack, even when a value is in whole f-stop or 1/10 f-stop ally helpful in large studios, on frequencies. Our RFS systems are systems. The top priority of all our the corresponding software, the sync connection of the camera ble to shoot independently from or 1/10 f-stop increments changed directly on the flash unit. increments location, and in studios with non- therefore programmed for the fre- development and design efforts is broncolor RFS transceiver makes • Push button for test flash several workstations in one room • Power supplied from PC or Mac In addition, the set values for • Display in f-numbers or linear reflecting walls. The digitally quency of the country of delivery. to make the photographer’s work it possible to control and display • Two push buttons to adjust out- without the broncolor flash units the main functions are stored in in joule or percent coded channels make it possible If you plan to use the RFS system as simple as possible, enabling the functions of studio power put in whole f-stop or triggering each other. Just operate CONTROL VIA MACINTOSH© memory when the computer or • Definition of flash triggering to independently remote-control in another country, it is important him or her to fully concentrate on packs of up to 10 workstations 1/10 f-stop increments the individual transmitters and OR PC. YOU SAVE LOTS OF TIME. the power pack are switched off. method (cell/IR/RFS) the flash units of several worksta- to make sure that the permitted creative imaging and on the comprising up to 15 power packs • Green control LED for each data flash units on separate channels. broncolor RFS closes the gap that • Selection of functional mode tions without mutual interference. radio frequency is the same. model. or compact units each (the precise command separates users of digital systems of pilot light number depends on the setting • Maximum outdoor range up to NOT ONLY FOR GRAFIT A. from fully computer-controlled • Select any additional flash range of the flash unit used). 300 m – the recommended The Grafit A2/A4 and Topas shooting. Working digitally at the function operational distance is up to A2/A4/A8 power packs and the computer screen, the photograp-.