Cepheus 400 Monolight
Tax included where applicable. Delivery, rigging and commissioning arranged by your concierge.
ELVARNIXO Strobes — daylight, on demand
The Cepheus is the studio's dependable sun: nine stops of IGBT-controlled power, colour that stays put from full to a whisper, and a modelling LED that tells the truth about what will fire.
We build flash the way rental houses wish everyone did: stable colour from full power to the ninth stop down, recycle times that hold at frame twenty of a burst, and user-replaceable flashtubes seated in machined mounts. Fans are temperature-governed and honest about their noise figure, and modelling LEDs track flash output so what you see is what fires.
Design & Craft
- Modelling LED tracks flash output proportionally
- Wireless group control across sixteen channels
- IGBT control with t0.1 flash durations stated per power step
- Two years parts and labour; parts stocked for fifteen
- Temperature-governed fan with a printed noise figure
- Colour held within ±150 K across the full power range — curve shipped per serial
Specifications
| Energy | 400 Ws |
| Recycle | 0.05–0.9 s |
| Power range | 9 stops, 1/10-stop steps |
| Colour stability | ±150 K full range |
| Mount | S-type, steel |
| Weight | ≈ 2.1 kg |
| Warranty | 2 years, parts stocked 15 |
Care
Blow dust from vents monthly, keep gel frames clean of melt, and form capacitors with a monthly power-up if the unit sits idle. Transport in the fitted case; the electronics forgive roads, not drops. Colour and timing are re-certified at annual service.
Questions, Answered
How fast is the recycle really?
Rated at mains voltage and full power in the specification — measured, with the burst behaviour noted. Battery units state shots per charge at full and half power.
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.
The ELVARNIXO Promise
Every ELVARNIXO fixture ships with its own photometric and colour report — CRI, TLCI and SSI measured on our Prague bench for that serial number, not copied from a brochure.