Crater 1600 Pack System
Tax included where applicable. Delivery, rigging and commissioning arranged by your concierge.
ELVARNIXO Strobes — daylight, on demand
The Crater is flash as infrastructure: asymmetric power across heads in tenth-stop precision, sub-second recycle on the fast bank, and the rental-fleet build that treats abuse as a spec.
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
- Temperature-governed fan with a printed noise figure
- Colour held within ±150 K across the full power range — curve shipped per serial
- Rack handles and rain covers as standard — rental DNA
- Two years parts and labour; parts stocked for fifteen
- Recycle to full in under a second on the fast bank
- User-replaceable flashtube in a machined ceramic mount
Specifications
| Energy | 1600 Ws |
| Heads | Up to 2, asymmetric |
| Recycle | 0.02–0.7 s fast bank |
| Freeze | t0.1 tables per step |
| Build | Rack handles, rain covers |
| Weight | ≈ 8.9 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
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
Trade up within five years at an honest, published buy-back rate. Working photographers' equipment should hold its value the way it holds its colour.