Last week, I got a call from Sav at The Flash Centre to tell me that the new Elinchrom EL-Skyport Plus HS had just come in and did I want him to hang onto one for me?  Hell yes I did - here’s a snap of it on top of my camera where I’ve just been testing it out in the studio.
If you’re an Elinchrom user, this thing really is like all your Christmases come at once.  Even if you’re shooting Quadra A heads like me, its new Hi-Sync mode is going to up the sync speed to 1/500th and buy you at least an extra stop of power.  If you have compatible kit (like my D-Lite flash heads) then you’re looking at high speed synchronisation all the way up to your camera’s fastest shutter speed.  It really is *that* good.  Oh and it allows you to control all your flashes and see what power they’re set on, as well as turn the modelling light on and off right from your camera.  It even has a little laser focus assist grid that it can project out the front.  Frankly I’m surprised it doesn’t play MP3s and let you make phone calls.
