Profoto is a Swedish company that develops photographic flashes and other light shaping tools for professional photographers. It was founded in 1968 by Conny Dufgran and Eckhard Heine in Stockholm.
History
Profoto AB was founded in Stockholm, 1968, by Conny Dufgran, photography equipment retailer, and Eckhard Heine, photographer and engineer.[2] Several notable professionals have used different Profoto products during their careers, such as Annie Leibovitz, Herb Ritts, and David LaChapelle.[3]
Products
The product range is mainly focused on studio photography, and includes battery powered flash generators for situations where portability is needed. There are remote control units that can be attached to a digital camera's flash socket and take advantage of flash synchronization and automatic through-the-lens measuring functionalities.
Profoto also sells speed rings, softboxes, rasters, and other tools that shape the light cone.[4] The battery powered AirTTL flash units B1 and B2 have been noted for their robustness and portability.[5][6] At Photokina 2016 in Germany, Profoto launched AirTTL studio flashes D2 and Pro-10, as well as the Air Remote TTL-S which was made in collaboration with Sony.[7]
See also
- Flash comparison
External links
References
- Profoto Aktiebolag – Företagsinformation Alla Bolag, retrieved 12 June 2015^
- Profoto – About Us Profoto, retrieved 12 June 2015^
- Reet Waikla. Lyser upp i svenska fotomörkret Dagens Industri, 1 December 2005, retrieved 12 June 2015^
- Magnus Fröderberg. Flera blixtar från Profoto med TTL-automatik och HSS Proffsfoto, 2 March 2015, retrieved 12 June 2015^
- Magnus Fröderberg. TEST: Profoto B1 – Portabelt studioljus med trådlös TTL-automatik Proffsfoto, 27 January 2014, retrieved 12 June 2015^
- Bengt Luthman. Profoto B2 – mångsidigt och ännu smidigare Kamera & bild, 2 March 2015, retrieved 12 June 2015^
- Martin Agfors. Vi pratar blixtteknik med Profoto Fotosidan, 24 September 2016, retrieved 13 October 2016^