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!!
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!!!
I am constantly adjusting my exposure compensation please do some firmware update that will work properly with canon, sometimes its spot on and other times its blown out or underexposed... and that is both with the connect pro and the on camera A10x..
I would like the next generation of the Connect Pro to have a rechargeable battery, like the Connect. A big reason I moved to the A system was the rechargeable battery in the A's vs. dealing with a supply of half used AA batteries in my gear bag. Now with the Connect Pro, I'm back to carrying AAA's in my bag and wondering when the unit will lose power.
Introduce an update to the connect pro so that you can allow users with older flash units and new blue tooth units to work within the same mode. We should be able to monitor the power output of the new blue tooth units regardless of what mode you are in. If I am using an A1 Flash Unit with an A10 under the same mode, then I should be able to see the power output of the A10 while at the same time seeing the A1's power change. I suggest making a mode 3 via firmware updates to have best of both world when it comes to mixing older units with the new blue tooth units.
For studio sessions that don't allow a great amount of time with a subject, the ability to group a handful of lights in different configurations can save lots of time and allow for flexibility of looks. For example, the Buff Cybersync allows you to have 16 lights on a singular frequency, and group them into 8 different configurations that allow individual lights to be in multiple groups. And, to extend the idea, the ability to cycle through a specified set of groups rapidly (speedcycler) would allow a fast way to get multiple looks from a single pose by your subject (for the shoots when you only have a few minutes, and you need to get everything you can).
The Connect pro is to big for someone like me who only has one A10 and isn't planning to get any other, maybe A2 in the long future. Something between the Connect and Connect Pro is my dream air remote.
I would love a way to lock the screens once the power levels/settings have been set. When working an event with multiple camera’s it’s very easy for one of our four cameras (each with their own Connect Pro) to bump the power level settings. Perhaps assign a button to a two or three second hold that in return locks the screen. “You can do it!” -Rob Schneider, The Waterboy
It would be great if the Connect Pro would show only lights have been switched on. Currently it could look like you have 6 lights on when only one is actually powered. This leads to having to toggle model lights on/off or ask assistants, "hey which head is that?" The iPhone app works better in this regard.
