In this video, we'll be unboxing and giving our first impressions
on the brand new AD400Pro.
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So, I've got the AD400Pro box here with me today.
First thing I noticed was that it's a little bit of a taller box,
has a little handle sticking out from it.
So, let's quickly open this and see what's inside.
Cool, so it looks like we've got a carry case
which is something that wasn't included with the AD600Pro.
There was a little carry case or a carry pouch that's included in the AD200,
so it's really good to see that they've included this with the brand new AD400Pro.
Let's put this aside.
Cool, so, let's open this up really quickly.
Great, so we've got a few bits and pieces here.
We've got the instruction manual,
we've got a Warranty Card,
we've got some Godox key products.
We've got an Allen Key and some screws here.
We've got the battery pack.
We've got the battery charger and power cable.
We've got a mount here, it looks like a Bowen’s mount.
Also the 400-watt bulb.
And the AD400Pro unit itself.
So, attached to the AD400Pro is the reflector.
This reflector is the same as the AD600.
It also acts as a reflector cap or protector,
so if you have your bulb mounted on the flash,
you can also protect that during transport and storage.
So, let's go through each of the parts that's included.
Firstly, with the battery.
The battery here is a smaller battery compared to the AD600Pro.
It's actually a 2600mah battery.
It provides 384 power shots,
so that's the same or equivalent to the AD600Pro.
That’s a great little inclusion, you've also got the bulb here.
So, this is the 400-watt flash tube, similar to the AD600Pro.
It's the traditional circular flash tube.
It's also encased in this glass casing, so that helps to protect the tube.
Also, at the front here it's frosted,
that helps with hot spots and just even lighting for the flush.
Now, mounting this to the actual flash head itself.
What you need to do is just remove the reflector head there
and when you go ahead and mount the tube,
you'll see there's three prongs here.
So, that's a little bit different to previous AD600 models.
You've only got three prongs and there's only one way
in which this can actually fit into the head itself.
On the flash head,
you'll see a little indent there, it's a little circular indent,
and that just needs to match up with the circular dimple
that's on the bottom of the other back of the flash tube here.
Just line that up and that allows you to insert it.
So, what you'll notice is you'll have the two bottom parts of the tube
and then, the circular part is at the top and that's how you mount it.
So, if you actually remove this, and try to mount it in any other way,
what you'll find is that it actually won't fit at all.
The actual prongs won't line up with the head itself.
So, at least they've thought of that
and it avoids making mistakes when mounting your flash tube.
So now, some other parts here, we've got obviously, the reflector head.
This is that same reflector head as the AD600,
however, it's just slightly smaller to suit the smaller body of the AD600Pro.
Its got that silver lining on the inside that helps reflect the light
and then, you've got the Bowens Protector Cap there, as well,
sorry it's just a Protector Cap, it's not the Bowens one
and then, here we've got the battery charger.
This battery charger is the CE400P.
It’s a smaller battery charger to the AD600Pro
and when you're actually plugging this into the battery,
whether it's mounted on to the flash or just off the flash,
you'll notice that it will start charging
and it will give you a charging indicator on the actual light here
and that shows you the amount of battery that the actual battery has.
You've got the power cable that goes to the battery charger
and then, a new inclusion to the AD400Pro is the Bowens mount.
So, this one here comes standard, the Bowens mount comes standard.
It's a new adapter ring,
so on the actual flash itself is Godox’s mount
which is really similar to the Bowens mount.
It's actually just the wider insert there compared to the Bowens mount
which has the narrow, squarish inserts that everyone's used to.
So, that allows you to mount Godox accessories,
so they'll be releasing some accessories in the future
including lighting modifiers such as softboxes,
snoots, barn doors, things like that.
But the addition of the Bowens adapter ring
which you can mount directly on to the flash itself.
They provide some tools, so they've got some tools here,
they've got the Allen Key and they've got some mounting screws.
What you need to do is simply insert that onto the flash head
like so,
and then, you screw them in with the provided screws
to mount that permanently onto the flash itself.
For a more in-depth tutorial
and how to mount the Bowens adapter ring to the new AD400Pro.
We'll have a video up at the top right here, it's a link,
and also, a link in the description below, just so you can go through
because it's a common question and people asking how to mount
these adapter rings to the new AD400Pro.
Now, looking at the actual flash unit itself,
there's one other inclusion that the early AD600Pro
the early models of AD600Pro didn't have which was the handle.
The newer versions of the AD600Pro have the handles already installed.
With the AD400Pro,
all the latest models, all the new models and the first models
that come out have the handle installed and that allows you to
control the light and position in different ways.
And lastly,
they've changed the location here of the on/off button,
so that used to be at the bottom of the actual flash.
Now, they have that positioned to the side panel
which allows for easier access
just have all the controls on the side panel here.
Now, let's go through some of the buttons
and the layout of the panels here on the side of the Godox AD400Pro.
Firstly, what we'll notice is the Power Buttons relocated.
So, on the AD600Pro is on the bottom here.
Now, they've put it over to the side panel
so that's the first part to turn on the flash.
On the LCD screen, they've actually got a lock feature.
So, to unlock the actual flash, you turn that on,
you just need to spin the dial and that unlocks it.
So, it's a great little locking mechanism to ensure that no buttons are pressed,
say, if it's in storage or while you're transporting your flash.
Now, you've got a few buttons here.
This layout will look really familiar to the AD600Pro and quite similar,
so you've got your Test Button which are obviously test the flash.
You've got the On/Off Button which we've just discussed.
You've got the Modeling Lamp Button
that controls the different modeling lamp settings, off or on,
and you've also got prop mode, so if you got it on,
if you hold down on the Modeling Lamp Button,
it'll actually highlight the percentage of the output
and you can reduce the intensity of modeling lamp if you want to,
or you can simply just turn that off.
You've got your High-Speed and Sync Button,
so you can enable that
and disable it by just pressing this button.
You've also got your Mode Button.
So, your Mode Button cycles through TTL, Manual, and Multi.
For our purpose, we'll just chuck it on manual.
You got your Menu Button.
So, the menu goes through all the different menu settings
similar to the AD600Pro.
These will pretty much all be the same.
You've also got the Wireless Button.
So, the Wireless Button here allows you to turn the wireless off or on
and if you hold that down--
the next button here to the to the right is the Group and Channel Button,
so if you hold this down, that'll actually highlight your channel
so you can change the channel to suit your trigger settings
whether you're using the X1 or the X-Pro
and then, you press down Set to select your channel
or you just press the Group Button.
Just a single press rather than a hold,
allows you to cycle through the different groups,
like so.
On top of that, you've got the Optical Sensor at the top here
so that's if you're using the flash as an optical slave.
You also have a few inputs at the top,
you've got a 3.5mm jack if you’re using some triggers
that aren't from Godox,
and then, you've also got another port here at the top
which is a USB C input
that looks like for the USB firmware updates.
If you need to, lastly,
you've got the handle at the bottom here, allows you to tilt the flash quite easily
when you're wanting to change the position of the head.
And you've got your battery pack on the back there which is removable.
You've got your little Battery Charging Port on the bottom here
to plug in straight for charging your battery.
So, just some quick features on the AD400Pro.
A lot of the features are the same as the bigger brother, the AD600Pro.
So, you've got your high-speed sync up to 1/8000 for the second.
You've also got TTL.
You've got 380 full power flashes with the battery pack.
So, what is only 400 watts but you do get 20 more full power flashes
out of the battery pack compared to the AD600Pro which was only 360.
You've also got a recycled time of 0.01 seconds
all the way up to 1 seconds at full output
and that's actually just the tad slower than the AD600Pro,
so the AD600Pro's 0.9 seconds at full output.
You've got that really strong 30-watt modeling lamp,
that's an LED modeling lamp there, so that's the same as the AD600Pro.
You've also got, compatibility with the Godox X-Trigger System,
the X-Pro and the X1,
but the main difference comes down to that adapter ring once again.
The AD600Pro only had the Bowens adapter ring.
With the AD400Pro, you've got the included Bowens adapter ring
but you could also change them around as the optional accessories
which you can install onto the 400Pro if you've got different lighting systems
or lighting modify systems that you've already invested in.
We took the light out for a quick test run in our studio today.
Just a quick shoot, single light setup with an 80-centimetre octagon Softbox
and with our first impressions were that it's a really great light.
We weren't actually shooting at full output
and we'll chuck some of those test shots up on screen right now,
so you can have a look.
I'm having this in a two or three light, multi-light configuration.
I can definitely see it as being a really versatile key light
or one of your main lights in your lighting kit.
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