THE TUXEDO
THE TUXEDO - People with smaller needs love the TUXEDO. We can ship the Tuxedos on a regular basis now and combined with the larger Black Box, they make a nice two-some. The 2009 is a substantial upgrade. Please read the details below.
As long as you didn't break it intentionally, and we can tell by luminal testing (shows blood particles left by the Tuxedo bouncing off someone's head) You pay only a small fee for shipping and a few shekels for parts.
Those with existing Tuxedos who have the cable DIN upgrade on their module can send in their Tuxedo and we will remove the RCA , rewire, add the new switch , and your Tuxedo will be almost identical to the 2022 for a small fee. Call for details, it's easier. So what did we do to the Tuxedo?
2022 DEFINITION AND CHANGES FOR THE FOR THE TUXEDO —
- The TUXEDO is the smaller petite version of The Black Box.
- It has 1/4 of the power of the Black Box.
- It is designed as a Back-up, or Remote Flash triggered with the mains, and as a power pack for the smaller four battery powered hybrid digitals.
- It serves well for the smaller more petite shooters. Slips in a Pocket, even Celeste's tight jeans —
- • New! Off-On power Switch!
- Single HD DIN is standard, no more RCA Jacks.
- Heavier Duty RoHS Wiring is now Standard
- All Hand Soldered, no Connectors, no Joints.
- Tougher Construction, More Shockproof, More Bar Proof.
- Ultra Clip NOW STANDARD. Inchworm mount gone
- New light stand adapter available. See Gizmos.
D-I-Y PAINTING — The Tuxedo comes in one color OFF-White. If the white color bothers you, we have a plan for those non-conformists. Paint it. Carefully with electrical tape cover the ports, switch and clip. Electrical tape makes nice edges. You can paint it with KRYLON Spray Plastic Paint in any color you find on the shelves at Home Depot. Use KRYLON made for plastic, not enamel. Enamel can eat some plastics.
UPGRADE AVAILABLE — all previous Tuxedo Owners. We will do the following; to your older Tuxedo. We will remove the RCA jack, put in an on-off switch, and upgrade your flash cable for the heavier DIN. We will be installing a silent switch and the-CLIP., removing the older inch worm hook. In addition the wiring and RoHS specs will become upgraded to the new standards. About 35.00 plus 5.00 shipping. Slight additional charge if new battery needed.
MORE INFORMATION — The Tuxedo is our alternate power pack using a 1.4 amp hour sealed Lead Acid battery weighing a whopping 20 oz. It was designed and built it as a backup for:
- Former Quantum 1 owners who would rather get a new backup. or want to spend less for a pack.
- For those light assignments with a 200+ full auto mode shot capacity.
- And for semi-pro, advanced digital cameras such as smaller Nikons, Fuji's, Canons and others with four AA batteries as a power source (not for Li-ion replacements) and zoom fixed lenses.
- It measures 6 inches in length by three inches wide by 1 inch thick and fits in a tight jeans pocket.
- It slips in a Tuxedo pocket, see picture above and is fitted with our smallest charger with 500 MAH. It is ideal for travel and brings the Tuxedo to peak in less than 2.5 hours.
- They come with the HD DIN and the on-off switch. The RCA Jacks are no longer available as they failed too often though we bought the best available female jacks. We'll give you one free upgrade of your Quantum cable with each upgrade or purchase so you too can do away with RCA jacks made to handle signal not power.
- if you are using a Black Box setup cable now you will not need extra cables to the flash. That integrates both Black Boxes and Tuxedos to use the same equipment.
- ERRATA: It is about 27% of the capacity of the Black Box. SORRY WE DO NOT EXPORT THE TUXEDO, the charger costs too much. It would add thirty dollars to the cost almost equaling a Black Box. Because freight overseas is now a catastrophe , the same because of no-weight shipping, so the Black Box is a better deal except freight is still an abomination and will probably get worse.
Apr 16, 2009 10:55 AM