INTERFIT HONEY BADGER 320WS 2-LIGHT KIT
Interfit’s latest ‘Honey Badger’ flash head is named after the world’s most fearless creature, according to the Guinness Book of World Records
‘Fearless’ isn’t perhaps the first quality you look for in a flash head, but Interfit is keen to point out that the honey badger’s powerful physical features, speed, intelligence and general aggressive demeanour make it a ferocious little powerhouse that’s known to give even top predators a run for their money. There’s certainly no denying that despite its reasonably compact size, this 320Ws flash head packs almost as much punch as the 400Ws heads in the group. It’s also the noisiest, as the cooling fans run continuously rather than being heat-sensing.
In our tests, the Honey Badger matched the higher-rated Lastolite head for maximum output, at Gn 51. It also delivers the lowest output of Gn 7.1 at its minimum power setting, which can be useful for shooting with wide apertures.
There are two kits to choose from, selling at identical prices. One has two 60cm softboxes and the other has one softbox and one brolly and reflector. The quality of the softbox is pretty good and its pop-up design makes it very quick to erect and fold away again. Both kits come complete with a pair of heads and stands, cables, a carrying case and a universal RF remote trigger. As with the Elinchrom heads, an RF receiver is built into each Honey Badger head.
Proportional and manual modelling lamp levels are available. The modelling lamp itself is based on powerful, flicker-free LEDs, and can be useful for close-range constant lighting for macro shooting or video.