Elinchrom ELC 500 Studio Monolight

While the Elinchrom ELC 500 Studio Monolight may appear compact, it packs a powerful 500 Ws punch, making it an essential tool for professional photographers and videographers. This versatile and durable monolight is designed to provide consistent, high-quality lighting, ensuring your creative vision is perfectly captured.The ELC 500 features TTL with Manual Lock, HSS, Smart Pro-Active Cooling, and Auto-On, offering a seamless user experience. Its compatibility with Elinchrom's globally acclaimed light modifiers further enhances its versatility, allowing you to experiment with various lighting styles.With the Auto-On feature, the ELC 500 is always ready to go, retaining your previous settings and enabling you to start shooting immediately. The onboard TTL speeds up the process of setting your exposure, while the Manual Lock function allows for quick switching from TTL to Manual mode without losing your exposure settings. This feature is particularly useful when you need to make quick adjustments or explore creative effects.Built to last, the ELC 500 has been meticulously designed and rigorously tested to ensure maximum reliability and longevity. Its Smart Pro-Active Cooling system adapts to your shooting style, ensuring the monolight never interrupts your creative flow. The cleverly engineered airflow design and low-noise speed-controlled fan can handle even the most demanding workloads.The ELC 500's bayonet Quick-Lock system provides direct access to Elinchrom's renowned light modifiers, while its bright, Daylight LED modeling lamp aids in pre-visualization. This combination opens up endless possibilities for evolving your lighting style.The ELC 500 offers unlimited flexibility, making it suitable for both small and large studio spaces. It can be powered down to 7 Ws, allowing you to achieve your desired depth of field or add just a hint of light. With HSS, you can freeze motion, overpower ambient light, and darken backgrounds.Thanks to Elinchrom's precise color science and accuracy over the entire power range, the ELC 500 enables you to deliver professional and consistent results. This means less time and money spent on post-production, allowing you to deliver faster.The ELC 500 also offers wireless freedom with Elinchrom's Skyport radio-frequency system, compatible with seven camera brands. This system allows intuitive control of flash settings from your camera and computer. Even non-Elinchrom units and speedlights can be integrated into the wireless setup via the Elinchrom Skyport Receiver Plus.