![]() ![]() Shooting at 1/400 and f/5.6 we used HSS again. Tom was after a specific exaggerated look and went for a 16mm lens but got really close and below the model. If you are the mayor of a city, you need a pretty big pair to place an 18 meters tall statue of a crashed flying saucer in the middle of the city. While we did not time it, cycle time was good enough that it was no concern and did not impact the flow of the shoot. The other thing we noted in this part of the shoot, that the AD600 recycles extremely fast. The AD600 was still in that octa on the left-hand side. Balancing the light, it brought the shutter speed all the way to 1/5000. He opted for a wide aperture (F/2.2) for a softer look. For a softer portrait, Tom chose a 35mm prime. The sun did not come out for this shot and even though it was hidden, the light was pretty strong. It’s not as intuative as the YN as far as remotes go, but it’s not bad either. It took me some time to get acquainted with the controls on the X1 (I was used to the YN style remote), and it’s ok. It means that you only need to change one small but of gear when moving from one body to another. Gridded beauty dish plus#This is a big plus if you are using multiple systems. The rest of the system remained untouched. The only thing we needed to change was the Godox X1 remote. Here is the nice thing, I use a Sony, Tom uses a Canon. (The remote has three groups, we only used two of them, one for the AD600 with the octa, and one for the AD360 with the beauty dish). We controlled the entire setup with a Godox X1 remote. You can see the setup and ugly skies in this comparison (slide left and right) We pulled out a second flash, the Godox AD360, mounted it with a gridded beauty dish and TADA! backlight sun. As you can see below, the sun was hiding behind a blanket of ugly gray clouds. The original plan was to have the sun at the back of the model. Sure, the strobe loses power when HSSing, but it also gives more than enough light for a nice fill. The 5D mk4 only syncs up to 1/160, so Tom placed the strobe on HSS. for some fill, we used the Godox AD600 on the right-hand side, set on HSS, and placed in a huge 140cm octa (at the end of the page). We wanted a relatively wide shot (16mm), a wide depth of field (f/8) and a relatively fast shutter speed to freeze the run mid-air (1/500). The skies were definitely not with us that day. The same humm is there in the 860ii LI-ION battery charger so it may be something that all Godox chargers have, but as long as the charger is a bit further away and you are not doing any audio work, it’s not a biggie. But if you are a heavy flasher (yes, I said heavy flasher), you can get a second battery. The only issue I had with the battery is that charging it makes a weird humm. Gridded beauty dish full#Godox says its good for 500 full power pops, which is a lot. As most batteries, it’s a big black box, nothing special. (the non-TTL flavor will save you a few $$). Gridded beauty dish manual#We opted for Bowens mount (which fits lots of my pre-existing modifiers) and a non-TTL version, since I usually shoot on manual anyways. Especially if you are shooting in the sun. You pay with light, so HSSing takes light away from the strobe, but having the ability to shoot at speeds like 1/8000 and still have strobe light is a big deal. Basically, HSS means that you can shoot at a speed faster than your camera sync speed. The feature that was most intriguing for me was HSS. 600Ws was enough for anything we wanted to shoot even in the harsh sunlight and even when behind a massive 140cm octa. ![]() While 600Ws does not indicate the amount of light that is coming out of the flash (it only says how much power the flash draws), it packs quite a punch. ![]() Going on location? No problem, just pop a battery in. Working in the studio? plug it into the wall. The Godox AD600 (also known as Cheeta, Flashpoint and Pixapro), is a batteru powered strobe which can also work of the mains. The final verdict is quite good and you can scroll to the end for a boring list of pros and cons, or, you can follow along and read what we found out. I kinda lied, I said review, but this would be more of a life experience of using the Godox* AD600 in a real shooting scenario. ![]()
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