Performance

In our tests, the Interfit managed to match the maximum light output of the Elinchrom 400Ws head and even the Bowens 500Ws head, while also edging ahead of the Lastolite 400Ws one. However, recycling time after a full-power flash is the slowest, at two seconds. For wider-aperture or shorter-distance shooting, the Interfit also matches the Bowens in giving the joint least illumination of the flash heads at its minimum power setting. Like most flash heads at this price point, the Lumen8 is available on its own or as part of a twin-head kit. There are also single-head kits, which feature a good-quality air-damped stand and an umbrella or a softbox. Light modifiers and other accessories are of good quality, but this is the only flash head in the group for which a wireless receiver isn’t either built-in or available as an extra. Instead, Lastolite markets a basic radio trigger, the receiver of which plugs into the head’s sync socket.

Since its original release, the head has been updated. It now features an auto-dumping facility, so you don’t need to manually fire it after reducing its power setting, and the flash