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So, I've got the Godox S30 LED light with me here today.
We have the retail packaging here which you can see
is in this matte black box. I've got the S30 light here
mounted on a short desktop stand.
And let's get into what's included inside this box.
So, what you'll notice firstly is the box is nice and sleek.
What I've noticed is a lot of tech companies
and electronic products are really adopting this style
of packaging similar to the Apple iPhone packaging.
So, you can slide that up there.
And you've got the Godox branding at the front there.
On the side you've got the S30.
And it's this nice matte black sort of packaging.
And here inside, you can see what's included.
Firstly you've got the Godox warranty card.
You've got Godox key products
which is just a small catalogue of some of the Godox products.
And you've got the A30 instruction manual.
It has two different languages in here in Chinese
as well as English.
And inside here, it's neatly packaged,
you've got the light itself.
So, you've got the single light which you can see there.
And the packaging here has a few compartments which you'll see.
Firstly, you've got the small cardboard compartment
here that has barn door set type one.
You see that there.
So this is that barn door that's compatible with the S30.
It's made out of aluminium. So, it's a nice sturdy build
and it slides on to the mounting points
there at the front of the light.
It also has the fanned out barn doors there.
So, you can increase the actual light cutting capabilities.
You've got some cut out sides here.
So, what you need to do is actually remove these.
And you have three other small boxes inside here.
So, firstly is it says here one times portable bag as well
as one times lithium battery box.
So, let's open that up.
And you've got a felt pouch here.
So, this is a black felt pouch.
And inside, you have the Sony NPF battery plate
that has a D-Tap connection there as well
as a quarter inch thread mounting point.
So, that quarter inch thread mounting point
is for the side of the yoke bar here on the Godox S30.
You can screw that attached on there along
with a powering cable to power the light
as a portable power option.
And on the next box here, you've got one times adapter.
And it's the AC adapter there.
So, you can see it's an AC/DC adapter.
It has the connection point there
which is like a mini XLR to the back of the S30.
And you've got a figure eight pin here
that you'll be able to power it directly into an AC outlet.
And lastly is this longer box here.
So, this longer box here has a few things.
It's got one times power cord, one times USB cable,
one times 180 centimeter cable,
and then one times 50 centimeter cable,
and one times wrench.
So, let's open up and see what's included.
Okay. So, we've got some cables here.
Firstly, is that figure 8 cable there.
So, this figure 8 cable,
it's got quite a bit of length to it I believe.
It's about 3 meters long
and that plugs in with your AC/DC adapter
to give you one powering option for the light.
Now, your second powering option is that D-Tap cable here.
It's a shorter cable. I think it's set on the side here.
It was50 centimeters.
So, it's a D-Tap cable to mini XLR
which plugs into the back there.
And the D-Tap side plugs into the MPF battery plate here
that you can mount to the side of the light.
And you've also got a longer cable here
which is exactly the same thing, D-Tap to mini XLR
and that's 180 centimeters in length.
And you've also got a USB cable here.
So, this is a USB cable to mini XLR.
Now this USB cable, you can actually use this
with a portable battery or an AC plug that a USB plug
that you can adapt straight into a wall.
And this will give you an alternative powering option
to the others that are provided here.
And lastly is a wrench.
So, this is like a socket wrench to use
to adjust the yoke bar tension.
So, right now you can see it's quite tight there
and you'd actually need to reduce
that if you want to sort of have
a little bit more maneuverability in the light.
So, if I reduce that, the light swivels a lot easier.
What you'll notice actually with this light
is that it has almost a 360 degree rotation.
So, you'll see it actually hits the little locking knob here
for the battery plate but it's pointing downwards
and almost pointing downwards,
almost done that full rotation on that yoke bar there.
And you just use this once again to tighten
and add a bit more tension there
so the light doesn't move around.
Especially when you're mounting
all the different attachments onto the front here,
you're wanting to make sure that that's nice and tight.
So, now you've got all these different
powering options with the light.
The main thing to note is that this Godox S30 light is 30 watts
and you're actually getting full output
when using the AC adapter.
So, when you're plugging it straight into a wall,
you'll be able to receive its full output for the light
and it's LUX rating straight from the light
that's the full capacity of the light.
So, when you're actually using the D-Tap adapter here,
so the D-Tap to mini XLR,
you can actually plug this directly into a v-lock battery
and use that as a powering option.
Okay, so not just the NPF battery
but also a V-lock battery and you'll still be receiving
almost the same sort of output as you would with the AC cable.
But when you're using it with an NPF series battery
with this battery plate here, what you're actually receiving
is a lot less output in terms of power.
So, you're actually only utilizing 10 watts
of that 30 watts when using an NPF series battery here.
And lastly is that USB option. So, this USB option here,
you receive a further reduction than that 10 watts.
You've actually gone down to five watts
when using this with a battery pack
as well as an AC adapter straight into a wall,
something similar to what you'd be using with a phone
or a tablet. So, that's something to note.
But it's great to see that Godox have provided
so many different options on how to power this light included
with the fact that it's really portable just like that.
So, you can see I can hold that in my hand there.
It's just a little bit larger than my hand.
It's great to use almost as a handheld light
or you can mount it on a small stand
like this little desktop stand. It's not too heavy
and you have so many different powering options
really making it a portable lighting solution.
Now, taking a look at some of the physical features here
of the Godox S30 LED light,
firstly is this single-sided yoke bar.
So, it's an L-type bracket
and you don't have one on the other side here similar
to what you'd be having in other LED lights which makes it great.
Sort of it shows the nice portability of the entire light
where you don't need to have it mounted
on two different mounting points to secure it.
You've got the locking knob here that mounts
the NPF series plate.
And you've also got the light stand bracket here
which goes onto any 5-8 inch spigot.
So, that mounts directly this way.
And also there is a second mounting point here
which is from the front there
if you're wanting to mount it downwards as well.
So, if you're wanting to mount it top down,
perhaps you're using it as a lighting option,
you can do that with this particular light.
Placing it back in its normal position here.
You've got the mounting bracket here.
So, other lights, especially other COB LED lights
have a bowens mount
for all the different lighting modifiers,
but Godox have their own mounting system here
which is one that's used with all the different accessories
that can be purchased optionally for the Godox S30.
It's a sort of bracket point here
that slides in all the different accessories.
So, to do that, all you need to do
is actually release this top latch heat
so you can hold on to that handle and slide it off
to either the left side or the right side.
It doesn't matter which way.
And then you can slide in all your different accessories
including the projection attachment, screams,
color, gels, gobo sets,
all sorts of different attachments that are included
or that are available for this light.
Now on the side here,
you can see the Godox S30 branding
and the Godox branding at the top here.
And it's a really simple light to operate.
So, you've got an OLED screen here as well as a dial here
that allows you to control the intensity of the light.
And on the other side here you've just got some branding.
And on the back here, you've got a power button.
You've got the mini XLR input there.
And you've also got the beam adjustment here.
So, this beam adjustment
allows you to control the spot of the beam
and how wide or narrow you want this beam.
So, that goes from 6 degrees up to 55 degrees.
So, what I'll do is I'll just quickly power this on.
I'm using the D-Tap cable to mini XLR here
and plug that in. And we can power that on there.
So, to power it on, you actually have to hold it down
for about two seconds or so. And the light is now on.
So, you can actually control the light in 1% increments
all the way down to 10%,
all the way up to 100% in 1% increments,
and then also the 5600 kelvin is listed there in the OLED.
So, you can see the 5600 kelvin, this light is not bi-color.
It's only a single daylight,
natural daylight color temperature rating.
So, you can see there it's only 5600 kelvin.
I'm sure that Godox will release a bi-color version shortly.
So, that's probably the area that you'd be able to see
the color temperature adjusting there.
But besides that, that's all there is to it.
So, you've just got the beam adjustment dial here.
So, you can actually control.
And if you actually look from the top here,
what you can see is something moving.
So, it's obviously got some sort of lens
there that changes position
along the inside of the casing here to control
that beam angle from that 60 degrees to 55 degrees.
And now, another great thing that I like about this light
is that when you're turning it on and off,
it has a sort of gradual fade
to turn off there as well as when you're turning on.
So, that's great when you're having this up
against a subject,
perhaps you have it shining on a person and when it turns on.
Especially if it's at 100%,
it's not just going to hit them with that large shot of light.
It actually just comes on gradually.
So, it gives people enough time
to sort of adjust to the lighting there.
So, that was just a quick unboxing
and review of the Godox S30 LED light.
This light is really great for use
as an additional light in your lighting arsenal.
So, if you're using a large key light
such as one of Godox's other COB LED lights,
it's great to use as a creative light,
something you can use as a hair light,
a fill light or a background light.
Using all those different lighting modifiers
that you can use
that are optional and available for the S30 are great
to really change up all your different lighting scenes.
It's really nice and portable. It can be battery operated.
So, it's one of those really useful lights
to have in your lighting arsenal.
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