Why I NEVER used Godox Flash - Godox V860 IIIc
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 24 ส.ค. 2022
- In todays video I look at the Godox V860 mk3 C speedlight, alongside the history of speedlight use in my profession as a photographer.
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I'm sorry but I don't have these issues and I have the same setup pretty much. No overheating or anything. The twist screw I've never once had an issue with that either. Nothing melts and when I have that propac, I'm around 1/2 almost all the time. The "cheap" lights have great improvements and totally work flawless for me. I mean if you or anyone hates them, I'm taking donations lol. Godox for the win for me and I've used Neewer since it's inception.
I work with Godox V1, and they definitely do overheat - in Summer. That means a lower firing frequency, maybe pop out the battery during a break, but that’s about it. One replacement battery on board. I mostly don’t go beyond 1/2
I love godox speed lights. The v1 series plus the ad200s are my favorite traveling lights. In studio I love my 1200 packs and heads. Good stuff. I switched from Profoto. I really loved Profoto but during the pandemic I ended up selling mine off and slowly moving more to godox. Maybe by the end of the year I will be fully godox. My main reason is I love the quick soft box series (orange softbox) and the 1200 packs.
I have a similar experience. Godox is a game changer! Overall very pleased with the whole system. Thanks for sharing 😉
Agree, they challenge the market and the ridiculous prices that profoto and other companies could charge due to being "premium"
I’ve been using GODOX V1 flashes, GODOX QS600, ad200, ad400, ad600 pro strobes for a few years. I’ve never had failures of any kinds with them. GODOX rocks. Your videos rock too👍
I had the Quantum pack LOL 😀 I used to run 2 Nikon speedlights off of it. What a tangled mess! Fun memories though.
Im an Elinchrom Shooter since 2014... and i recently bought the AD300 PRO Dual Kit, because i needed a super light flash kit for outdoors.. the Elinchrom ONE was way to expensive for me right now... i have to say that im really impressed by godox.
Great to hear your feedback. I'm currently torn between 2nd hand Profoto/Elinchrom/Broncolor, or new Godox... quite stuck on what to do actually.
@@kenbot77
The Good:
- Price on units and accessories (obviously)
- Light Quality (In color mode, its ok for outdoor use. More cooler temperature than elinchrom do)
- Decent Flash Durations on the AD300 Pro (they all are IGBT transitor controlled flashes, spect using them in 1/4 power onwards)
- Size of the units. (you can fit 2 AD300 PRO and 1 AD200 PRO with accesories in a camera backpack, and still room for a Camera body and 3 lenses. Amazing.)
- Ease of setup. (once you learn all the walkarrounds, they are as fast and putting on a tripod and turn them on)
The Bad:
- Build Quality its kinda Flimpsy. Not everything fits tighly like the Swiss made brands.
- AD300 PRO modeling light its almost useless. To dim.
- Batteries drain even when the unit are OFF. For storage you need to remove the batteries on the flash units and the trigger.
- Menus are confusing and the printed instruction manuals are garbage. (You will end up consulting youtube review videos)
- The incluedad bracket on the AD200 PRO and the AD300 PRO barely holds anything, its garbage too. Use the S2 Bracket insted.
- Xpro Trigger has some gliches when you have TTL groups enable and there is no TTL unit on that group.
- The Xpro Trigger its really power hungry. It drains the batteries in 2 days of shooting easily. My Elincrhom Pro trigger in the other hand last more than a month of use.
The Unknow:
- Repair Services? (Elinchrom doesnt have many repair centers in the american continent, only 3 places. But at least I had options, an repairing its cheap and efective. Dont Know anyhting about Godox Services)
You get what you paid for... it has some walkarrounds.. but in good hands gets the job done. The light quaility to price ratio its hard to beat.
more question? write me on my instagram @fotografia.producto
I’m a Profoto shooter for the last 10 years, I got a godox AD200 in 2020 and now I use that constantly when I’m on location… I bring my B1s but usually end up using the AD200 more just because of the size and battery life.
@@MarkoNara my xpro trigger has the same Ikea rechargeable AA batteries for a month. I guess performance varies. Which I will admit is a fault on its own.
Godox has become the de facto standard for event photographers now. The Godox V1 is basically a Profoto A10 knock off and paired with the modifier kit even an amateur like me has produced great results. Much better than when I had my Nikon F100 and sb28 shooting bare and blind. Those photos were shocking and I stayed away from flash photography for years because of it.
Another alternative with better light is to get the Godox AD200pro along with the bulb extender. This way you can hang the battery pack on your light stand and put the very small and ultra light head on a coldshoe attached to the light stand. Gives you more options as you can now use a bare bulb.
You can use it as on camera flash and put the battery pack in your pocket. Hehe
I've got two of the v860ii and they work brilliantly.
I might get the v860iii next year.
Great review. Many thanks!😊
My V860ii set up needed one mod to make it usable for me...a sticker with an arrow reminding me which way to spin the collar to loosen the trigger. The newer Godox stuff works cross brand too, seamless across EF digital, EF film, and Fuji X which is really handy. Rechargeable battery is mega as well, paid £100 used for one V860ii with XT1 trigger, no brainer for that price.
great video man! TY!
Back in my day (1980s), it was the Vivitar 285HV or the 283, for us news shooters. Sure Nikon and Canon as well as Minolta, and Pentax had their branded speed lights, but for some reason (at least in the Photojournalism arena) seemingly we all gravitated to the aforementioned Vivitar flashes. Before moving from Canon to Fuji after almost 36 years, Canon finally began to develop several decent speed lights by the mid-90s, though Nikon still ruled the roost in the speed light department. My last Canon flash was the venerable 580EX II. Moving to Fuji, the one big negative (aside from AF) was the lack of a decent flash system. Nissin is their current supplier of flashes, many branded as Fujifilm. The lack of features and outrageous cost forced me to look elsewhere, while I was reluctant at first to give Godox a shot (no pun intended), I was impressed. The V860IIIF has won me over, an outstanding flash. Looks like Godox is becoming the Vivitar of the 21st Century.
I think the cheap 3rd party speedlights have improved quite a bit, for instance the Yongnuo 600exII has overheat protection, the same connection mechanism as the Canon as you mentioned, and is still a fraction of the price. I'm sure the Canon can shoot for longer at full power without overheating, but you get what you pay for.
I have been in this journey. I have used Godox, Elinchroms, profoto and Brons. I have heavily invested in Godox system. Unfortunately I have very bad experience with Profot and Brons and their service is the worst. I have had issues of breaking handles of Brons and also electrocuting power packs. It was very absurd to see some of these premium brands fail mid shoot. I dont think I will ever prefer going to these brands again.
On the contrary, I never expected anything from Godox but it delivered the most and very reliable and top notch in service. Elinchroms are the backups as they are slight expensive to maintain but they are reliable too.
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i have 2 v860ii and I'm about to take third. I love this brand
I haven’t pulled the trigger on lights, but I’m really thinking about going with Godox.
I use the Ilux V860 (still owning the Canon 580 and 580ll) after buying one at Photokina years ago now. The battery (Li-on) failed pretty quickly but the dealer replaced them as there was a known fault and basically they were binned. Replacement batteries were "Godox" Li-on (VB18) and they just worked, every time and lasted for an age. I now see Ilux has been replaced by Godox so that is nice to know. Had the flash for years and it has been given serious use and never an issue. MY Canon flashes are in the bag simply as a standby or as stand alone Pocket Wizard stand mounted units to cover the dance floor at weddings. That is about the only time I use them now. The Ilux, now Godox, are not "cheap" but considering the cost of the equivalent Canon units they are a bargain. Finally, I still do have that shoulder mounted power unit, lol. It hangs on lighting stand attached to a Canon 580. Cannot remember the last time I used it. If you are in need of a good flashgun then the Godox units should be on a short be considered, or just go and buy it.
I cant comment on their speed light but their mono lights are amazing. The AD600 is a beast.
I have two Yongnuo and the off camera triggers. They do work well for me. I haven’t had them overheat.
The difference between Yongnuo and Godox is the fact that Yongnuo doesn’t have studio monolights like Godox does( I haven’t seen any). . With Godox, their triggers work across their whole ecosystem .
Both brands are a fraction of the price of the main camera brands. So you can buy two or three at the sane cost of one camera brand. The quality is getting better.
To prevent breaking the hot shoe in any speedlites, I purchased the Godox S Mount bracket which has bowens mounts. They keep the speedlite central to the modifier instead of on a coldshoe mounted on a stand. More balanced and secure
And Godox strobes don't freeze totally when You have poor batteries in the trigger unit. Had massive problems with Yongnuo lights and in need to power-cycle all the lamps multiple times to get the shots and the reason appears to be AA rechargeables Changed to alkaline which gives slightly higher voltage and system becomes quite stable, but I could not trust it 100% knowing it can freeze if batteries goes a little lower. Godox system seems to be more robust and they have bigger strobes also. Prices are so close that I see no point in getting into Yongnuo flash system at this point.
thank you for your review :)
No problem 😊
I use these. I agree with your conclusion. Great bit of kit for the money 👍
Traumatic "flash"-backs. Loved it.
I appreciate your review of the V860iii and its mechanical superiority to predecessors; at least on the more conspicuous points. But the devil is in the details, and all modern photographic gear has complex electronics. I am a 70 y.o. electronics engineer, reviving my old hobby of photography. I am invested in Sony APS-C camera bodies and Godox illumination components. Recently I acquired a much-celebrated-on-TH-cam Sigma 56mm f/1.4 DC DN portrait lens that takes ultra-sharp pictures. High Speed Sync, meanwhile, remains an indispensible tool of modern creative photography. So does "reacting quickly" and that means I no longer shoot in full manual mode, as I had with film cameras and my beloved Zeiss lenses. Enough background... I found a flawed combination and it is caused by a "failure to communicate" ... electronically... between differently-branded components. When I shoot in TTL-mode, HSS images are burned by full light output by the V860iii; when my Sony a6400 camera has the V860iii speedlight in the camera's hot shoe. A Sony SEL18135 (zoomable) lens never had this problem, and still does not have this problem. At first I suspected "inadequate design" in the Sigma 56mm lens, as it was bought only a few days ago, while my speedlight is 11 months into its duty atop my camera. Then I replaced the speedlight with a wireless transmitter (Godox X2T) in the hot shoe ... so as to activate any and all illuminators wirelessly. Sigma 56mm lens in use. No more burned images. That means the X2T could, indeed, communicate with camera and lens, thereby instructing the illuminators (wirelessly) to throttle light output.
Again, the devil is in the details, and no equipment review is complete until many combinations of gear and modes of operation have been attempted. Now I will exercise my right of merchandise exchange, with Godox, which provided me with a one year manufacturer's warranty.
Not suggesting a bit of kit to be reviewed but rather a recommendation on what you think would be a good flash and flash set up for someone wanting to get into food photography. Cheers man.
I really like my Godox speedlights! I use the same set for my Sony, Olympus, and Mamiya cameras because the different brand triggers all work to communicate to the same lights!
Traumatic flashbacks 🤣🤣🤣love it
stumbled upon this video while searching for reviews. i used nikon SB800s back in the day, pretty much the competitor to canons 580s, great to hear that these are worthy replacements for the old era. one more bad thing about batteries: my SB800s would still work if i didn't forget the batteries inside, the fluid ran out and killed all of the electronics. that's something you won't see with Li-ion batteries (unless they explode, but that's far less common i guess).
just a tip for your video: please put your monitor closer to the camera, it gets so distracting if you want to talk to the camera, check yourself and look 1m above the viewer.
great video
Forget that, Godox V1 is the one to buy. Consistent light, no hot spot, absolute gem. 200 quidder.
I use a couple of Westcott FJ80 Universal Touchscreen Speedlite and I love them !!!!!
I have used pretty much all the major brands in the various studios I been at. From Speedotron, Elinchrom, Profoto & even Broncolor, hands down for the price I will take a Godox AD600Pro any day over those others! They are what I am currently using and simply love them. They work just as good if not better than the Profoto & Broncolor kits I’ve used. If your client is looking at what lighting & camera kit you are using then they are judging you on the wrong stuff. Simply put…it’s your quality of work they should be hiring you for not what gear you use.
Finally, a smart person who gets it. Obviously quality should matter and not the brand.
@Tin House Studio I started studio photography for my furniture design in Shanghai with 2 AD400pro, 1 AD600pro and a few diffusers. It made sense for me being in China to go with Godox. I was very happy with the results. I am now in France and replicated pretty much the same set-up. I'd be curious to know if this would be enough power for your type of work and see what you would do with this kind of kit. Enjoy your evening.
oh I use to live in Shanghai and I LOVED IT! Hope you are having a good time there!
@@TinHouseStudioUK That's unexpected! We might have some common friends I guess. Shanghai is an amazing city indeed.
Used Ad600's for nearly a decade now. Never let me down and help me build a successful commercial photo business and travelled in hard cases all over the globe.. No complaints like many others! One major positive of the Ad600's too is that if the bulb blows you can walk into most camera shops and replace it. Profoto (foto??? really!?) on the other hand (aside from their ridiculous price) want you send it back to their service agents to replace at a cost. Ridiculous! Godox work just fine. Saying that, when it comes to using speedlites on camera I use Canon branded flashes as they have never let me down. Would I use a cheaper Godox? Who knows as i've never had any experience with them on camera.
some companies take people for a run, they get a reputation then abuse it, push the boundaries to see what they can get out the consumer. I like the look of profoto, but would never line thier pockets.
I own the ad 200 pro. Love this flash. Godox should just sell the battery and let us decide what flash head we want to purchase with it. Unlike traditional speedlights if the stops working you’re screwed. The ad200 has a detachable head.
I don’t mind honest opinions. Go for it. I did like the practical use discussion. Godox seems to be a good supplier, but I don’t have extensive personal experience with their gear.
I’ve been using Godox speedlights for the occasional corporate party gig. If it’s off-camera, they work great. However, if one of them is on my camera (Canon), the ISO goes into auto (without me changing it), and the flash power changes settings even in manual mode. If I put a Canon brand light on the camera, the settings don’t jump around on their own. Thankfully there’s some good deals on used Canon lights.
I bought the godox v1 and it's awsome. I live godox, I wouldn't have a studio with out them......
I really liked my 860iii with the xPro C Trigger... but now they're useless... I can't update them on my mac and they've completely stopped working with my R6ii.... the updating process is beyond broken with Godox if you're a mac user with newer hard-/software... sadly...
I really hope it'll work on a friends PC this weekend
Godox makes the best flashes hands down.pricing is amazing and the eco system is on point
I looked at these, but only having an old set of wireless remotes that didnt always see eye to eye with non canon flashes, i got a ridiculously cheap 20th hand 580exii from MPB
Traumatic FLASH backs. Nice.
here to please haha
:: ba dum tsss ::
I really want to hear your thoughts on the Godox p2400 system! I want to know if its a Scoro at 1/3rd the price or totally unnecessary given the 1200ws system exists.
Still trying to get hold of one as I’d like to know the same
Watching this as a Minolta lover I just go hmmm. Still Miss that hot shoe. Great review though. Thanks.
Please review godox ad400 pro. I have it myself but some old photographers claim you must have profoto etc etc.
Used to take mains power Bowens 400’s to restaurant shoots. Binned then, bought Godox V1’s. best decision
haha I use to do that too! I had some MASSIvE battery that gave you about 200 shots
Tin's commercial work looks like it was shot with Godox on camera flash.
Best way to get those clients in 2022
@@TinHouseStudioUK LoL. Top commercial shooters don't have time for hawking junk on TH-cam. Your work looks like you inherited a warehouse full of seamless paper.
@@garystone7062 with comments that rude, I’m sure you have lots of friends 😂
don't worry, comments help boost the videos, and trolls are just folk with NPD
@@TinHouseStudioUK honestly everyone is asking for it lately I hate it. "Can you shoot me like this" I look down at their phones and It's almost always a direct flash image with no modifier. It drives me nuts!
Really interesting video on the speed light. I remember Quantum Turbo battery packs and now you mention it how much technology has moved on. They weighed a ton too.
I know you are a Canon shooter so you might not have seen that Nikon are probably going to stop producing their speed lights. Watching this review I can see why Nikon are going to stop R&D on their lights if companies like Godox are bringing out kit that is superior.
yeah godox is so good and so cheap, hard to compete.
What about testing the colour consistency over on the Godox? that could be another video.
This would be one reason for paying the high price on flash units. Most people don’t need them though.
Woul love to know you thoughts on Loupedeck
I think im on my 6th Godox V1s, for restaurant photography and event photography. Im over it but my only other real option is profoto which are so stupid expensive. So really my plan now is have 2 spares if they're on repair or out of action i can keep shooting. A real pain but still less than 1 profoto
yeah, being so cheap it just makes sense to have lots.
Compare it with a Godox V1.
I love mine & find it so versatile along with my AD200 Pro that I have, all of which use the same wireless transmitter.
@TinHouseStudioUK Would you please compare the Godox V1c vs the Neewer Z1c. They look like the same thing but the neewer is less expensive.
Important note if you have Godox: the hotshoes are not as good as it looks in terms of strength, they break quite often... And you can not buy them in europe, is like 10e but it takes a few weeks, so you better have some spareparts. Is very easy to change, but V1 (their top of the line speedlight) is sadly easy to break inside and block himself...
I second this. As an event photographer if im doing anything multi day i wouldn't expect it to last. I keep spare hotshoes in my bag now. Crazy, but cheap and not a lot of options with Sony imo.
Flash recycling and the wireless system is fantastic though
I met a wed photographer who uses Godox flash and has two spares in his car. He said he returns one a week as exactly the hotshot breaks every time.
I also met two other people with exactly the same problem…. This is not a coincidence. Oh the other week someone tried to shoot two off camera at a wedding and they just wouldn’t connect… Useless..
@@davida190 yep, for a student/hobby is okey, but is just not reliable enough for pro work... The problem is the flash with the same power and freatures is basically the profoto which cost with the wireless system like 5 times more.
I was told it is kinda by design by Sony/Godox. The hotshoe is only 4 screws to replace. The sony hotshoe is digital with delicate pins and they rather have the flash sheer off before the pins break. A lot of flashes on sony have plastic hotshoes. Only one i found so far that doesn't is profoto. Where as other systems like nikon are "dumb" hotshoes that are a big hunk of metal.
Sonys hot shoe is proprietary and delicate with imo not much extra value from the digitalness.
Now that i understand the reasons i feel a bit better but it still sucks that its so weak i can't even finish a shoot without issues.
@@snaphappy7530 well, I dont know sony hotshoe, but canon hotshoe is solid and still have this problem. The breaking poing is inside the hotshoe in the flash, where the screws should be hold. It looks like they tried to save too much plastic and it became too weak.
Godox ad200 pro with the B2 adapter. Would be awesome to get your opinion on it
I'll check it out
@@TinHouseStudioUK super cool, looking forward to that one!
2 Ad 200 in combination with the ad-b2 alone is amazing. In combination with the cable extensions it is ultra versatile.
Light is light
I love mine even bought an extra battery for weddings on my Sony...switched to Canon didn't use the Godox forever went the other day opened it up to pull the battery and charge it and the batter is swollen and stuck in the flash and I can't get it out. lol
I have so far only used a Godox V1. I really like it, but certain parts just seem rather flimsy. The jog dial for one, and the trigger… Sue, it’s light weight, but I don’t know. The connection between the two also seems to be a miracle to get to work, but maybe I’m just too lame to learn the bit unintuitive interface all the way, over and over. Colour consistency seems ok, power output too and the batteries are great and don’t break the bank. Seems like you get the entire flash for the price of a Canon battery 😅
I used to have an elinchrom set of two 500w strobes, trigger and softboxes. Also had a canon speedlite. Then I bought à Godox v860ii (the li-on battery isa great feature) coupled with an xpro trigger. The quality, ergonomics and consistency are just unmatched in this price range. Have a pair of Godox Qs400wii paired with the v860ii. Again the quality and usability are way better than Elinchrom. The unreliable Elinchrom speedring used to drive me crazy and still remains a mistery to me. The default elinchrom radio trigger was so cheap and flimsy compared to the superb robust xpro. Not to mention the Bowens mount I really like. I've just purchased another Godox speedlite v6860iii. I"d never use another brand, would never go back to elinchrom either. I tried updated versions of elinchrom 500w with their new trigger but frankly Godox is still one step beyond. Thank you Godox ! ✌✌✌
Had a spell of using yongnuo for high volume property work. Worked ok but broke after 9 months almost like clockwork. Canon 580ex2 much better built. Just keep going and able to withstand more knocks.
I love my Godox speed lights. Mine are 10 years old or better
Go Dogs in Chinese is really called God Ox - Holy Cow.
Not dirt cheap any more, reasonably consistent in colour temperature and flash duration - in today's Profoto league I'd guess.
And extremely opaque about their Joules.
Bron solved this over 40 years ago, Profoto in the past 10 years.
Another thing is that your 2,000 Watt kettle may burn through 10 kilo.Watt.hours (kWh) per month making all that English tea.
If you don't know the difference between W and kWh that's a problem.
Kilo=1,000 and hour=3,600 seconds so 1 kWh = 3,600,000 Watt.seconds=W.s=Joules=J.
They're not Watts - power.
But energy consumption.
do the Lightpix Q20ii
with the sony a7iii i have never had godox have a reliable TTL.. i gave up and bought a second hand sony flash. they are great if you only shoot manual. hopefully things will improve with time
Better to learn manual than investing in a new one. I have two godox speed lights and they work fine. Light is light as long as you know how to use it. The godox light quality is the same as others what might differ is the build quality. Why do you need ttl, i just never found a good use for it and i have kids that are hard to take pics of as you know kids are not standing still
@@user-oc6mr1jr6s I use ttl got weddings mostly as you aren't going to get a second chance and don't have much time when you move to different lighting setups.
In my experience, even with the newer models, the godox and yongnuo speedlights are not as reliable as the canon. Of course not every single unit will fail, but the ones i got surely did, where the canon aways worked.
My go to was my Sunpak 611's I avoided shoe mounted flash. Too fragile too top heavy.
My first yongnuo left me in a puff of blue smoke
What about light quality?
If you bounce it or use a modifier then there isn’t anything of note. Direct sometimes you can see a shift in colour, which would be a problem with multiple speed light set ups.
The Godox are ok and the batteries are amazing, BUT. They break way too easily I've had 5-6 of them. The Sony ones the foot of the flash is made from very cheap plastic and break very easily. You can at long last but metal feet which address this problem. With all my Sony cameras and all my Godox flashes when you turn the flash on it's rare for the camera to recognise the flash first time. So normally I would turn the flash on then off then on and the camera would then recognise the flash. Another problem I've had with them is they like to randomly fire at full power. So if you had a bride walking down the aisle one shot would be at full power meaning you had to wait 1.7 seconds to shoot again. Not ideal on a short aisle. Another problem is they are useless at off camera ETTL under f4, I know how odd. So I have gone to Sony branded flashes which are great apart from they use AA batteries. I have kept my Godox AD200 as thats a unique tool.
damn back in the days i went into canon battery pack for 580, it was so miserable and yet expensive...
Haha I had those, with the 8 as batteries inside
Two words "Ring Light". Godox Witstro Ring Flash AR400
In the last 5-10 years Godox has come a long way, and by the way they manufacturer the wireless triggers for Broncolor, the hardware is Godox and the firmware is Broncolor.
Broncolor is undoubtedly the best, not only the strobes but also the modifiers. You could say that Broncolor is 100, Profoto & Elincrome are 95 and Godox is in the low 90’s; Godox’s strength is in the price and being just shy of being on par with Elincrome & Profoto, as well as having as many third party modifiers as conceivable with the Bowen’s mount.
In the studio and no budget issues Broncolor all the way, for everting else I choose Godox, with the price of one of the others strobes I can buy at least 4 Godox, if one breaks I can easily bin it without crying. Finally I would never buy a strobe that doesn’t have a bare bulb.
You look like the Govenor the late Andrew Weatherall
What's your take on an old broncolor vs brand new godox pro?
Really depends on your situation. We rent Broncolor for all big jobs, so it helps to have all the random little bits in the studio to put on the new lights. If you arn't renting Broncolor for everyjob, Id go Godox.
@@TinHouseStudioUK Thank you.
Metz 45 Ct 5 and I still have it
Off-topic warning, this one is about strobes rather than speedlites, sorry!
After using Elinchrom for over a decade, and then being exposed to all the hype about Godox I decided I was surely missing a trick by not going to Godox myself. So I was building a collection of Godox strobes and speedlites. The appeal was that I could easily control their power with the remote triggers (and I was also saving a packet), however, after using Elinchrom I was surprised with the poor build quality of Godox strobes... it really felt like a backward step but I ignored my hunch as surely this was the future! My last strobe was at the time relatively new DP600III, being the latest model this felt more decent, but I accidentally broke the flash tube and I found no-one could supply me a replacement, not Godox (ridiculously their support was literally non-existent) or Essential Photo and literally nothing online (I did order a part for that model from China but it was incompatible). So in disgust I ended up selling my Godox strobes and reverted back to my Elinchrom strobes, I decided it was preferable to buy used Elinchrom than new Godox. Where possible I also prefer not to buy Chinese products due to China's stance on human rights, so although yes Godox's product quality may be improving (if not totally up to scratch), and yes they are cheaper... I am happily staying with Elinchrom strobes for the foreseeable future - even if I have to pay more.
actually the Godox af assist is still crap so I would still not use it as an on camera flash. That being set I own a few godox flashes that I love using off camera
Your audience is in the camera bro, not on top of it….
Am going backwards. Am done with lithium batteries speedlights. They dont last long. Dumped my V850 and V860, they're useless
I left profoto for flashpoint. No client cares what equipment you use! Why spend for such high cost equipment unless you have too.
Had two godox v860 iii die on me after just a handfull of uses.. so unreliable
Definitely not sponsored 🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️
Nope, not sponsored. I always make sure to clearly state when I am sponsored for a video or by a brand.
All truth about GODOX the only problem is recycling flash time and I haven’t seen a power pack that can solve the problem