I would LOVE for Profoto to add channel scan ability on their A10's & Transmitters. As in give us the ability to see what the cleanest channels in the area are. I mean Godox, Westcott, & Canon do it... Guessing the best out of your 99 channels is not fun when we get misfires!!
There is no reason the firmware update on the A10 couldn't allow the on-camera flash to adjust and control all of the groups ABCDEF not just ABCD. And while you are at it, there is no reason that groups D E or F need to ONLY be Manual. That is an artificial limitation that hinders our ability to create and shape light in an ever-fluctuating environment. These tools (small flashes) are made for event and documentary photographers. So stop putting limitations on them, arbitrarily.
Every Group should be available for Use as TTL or Manual and you should be able to turn any of them to TTL or to Manual at any time. The TTL/Manual hard switch on the side of the A10 should be a full TTL or Full Manual, but in the display and buttons of the A10 and the Connect Pro, you should be able to add the option to change each group to TTL or Manual on its own. Photographers who use TTL with 3 flashes, usually need TTL with 4 flashes, but just can't because Profoto decided that 3 was enough. It's not!!!
Right now, if you bump or deliberately adjust the zoom ring on the a10 Speedlight it goes to the manual setting. There doesn't seem to be a quick way to get it back other than opening the settings menu. I'd suggest that if the flash was on ttl mode it would revert to auto-zoom each power on or even possibly after a timeout.
A clic stripbox would be great for A flashes.
As a professionnel portrait photographer, I often work on location and try to have the lightest gear as possible.
For this reason I use a A flash as a backlight on the hair of my models and a B10 as my main light for their face.
And what is the most useful modifier for a backlight like this ? A stripbox ! So when I saw your clic system I immediatly felt that a stripbox would be the ferfect match for my kind of set up.
The control dial on the A10 can be unintentionally moved too easily when mounted to a camera hots hoe. Especially when wearing a hat. A rim of plastic encircling the dial moulded on the body of the flash unit would obviate this.
The diffuser on my A1s are constantly falling off at events. Since they stick out further and are more easily bumped, particularly when my camera is hanging from my strap, they really need more/better magnets.
Just like the Profoto Connect Pro, where you can see how much stops/output other flashes use, this should be also visible on an A10, via firmware or via a new version of the flash. This new A10 should also work with older A10's, so you can see how many stops the A10/B10 etc use, instead of guessing the output. This gives better control and learns you how much you push your off camera flash where you can't see it's lcd because it's hanging somewhere.
