Achernar Standard Head
Tax included where applicable. Delivery, rigging and commissioning arranged by your concierge.
ELVARNIXO Strobes — daylight, on demand
The Achernar is the pack's obedient athlete: cool under full amperes, focusable from wash to punch, cabled and yoked to survive decades of studios that never sleep.
Strobe electronics are the quiet half of the craft: IGBT control that cuts flash duration to the ten-thousandth, capacitors rated for heat and years rather than spec-sheet mornings, and colour held within 150 K across the whole power range. Housings are aluminium, not painted plastic; every board is potted against vibration and every unit burn-tested before its serial number is granted.
Design & Craft
- Colour held within ±150 K across the full power range — curve shipped per serial
- IGBT control with t0.1 flash durations stated per power step
- Aluminium housing; every board potted against vibration
- Recycle times measured at mains voltage, honest at burst frame twenty
- User-replaceable flashtube in a machined ceramic mount
Specifications
| Format | Standard head |
| Rated | To 3200 Ws |
| Cable | Rated, strain-relieved, stocked |
| Yoke | Steel, stamped rating |
| Mount | S-type + pack-native ring |
| Weight | ≈ 1.8 kg |
| Warranty | 2 years, parts stocked 15 |
Care
Let fans finish their cool-down before casing; store capacitors formed by powering the unit monthly between jobs. Flashtubes and modelling LEDs are user-replaceable — handle tubes by ceramic, never glass. Annual service includes capacitor health, colour check and firmware.
Questions, Answered
Will it sync with my camera system?
Standard sync, HSS and TTL modules cover the major camera systems; the listing states which. Tell the concierge your bodies and we confirm before dispatch.
How consistent is the colour across power levels?
Within ±150 K across the full range on our bench, and the exact curve for your serial number ships in the box. Mixed fleets match because every unit is measured, not sampled.
The ELVARNIXO Promise
One standard across the range: if it would not survive our own rental fleet, it does not ship with the ELVARNIXO mark.