Hey guys, my name is Francisco Hernandez and today I wanna talk about one of my favorite
off camera flash setups to date which is the dual Godox AD200 setup using the Godox AD-B2
attachment.
Now this video is not necessarily going to be a review of the Godox AD200 itself because
I've already done a review on that which you can check out on my channel, but moreso about
the AD-B2 attachment itself because it does offer a couple capabilities that I felt needed
to be talked about which is why I'm making this video.
So the best and most obvious benefit of the Godox AD-B2 attachment is the fact that you
can combine two Godox AD200s together to create one singular 400W source of light, which is
gonna be very beneficial on a very bright day.
When the Godox AD200 came out a lot of people including myself were very excited about this
light because it offers so much power, 200W of power which is more than 3 times the power
of a single speedlite, inside of a speedlite shaped body.
And more often than not 200W of power is gonna be more than enough, but sometimes 200W of
power is not gonna be enough power, especially here in South Texas, and having an additional
AD200 as well as the AD-B2 attachment is gonna be very beneficial to have.
If you ever find yourself doing a photo shoot where you first needed 400W of power because
of a bright sunny day, but the shoot kinda drags on and you no longer need 400W of power,
but you do need a 2 light setup for a kicker or a hair light or something like that well
that's where this AD-B2 attachment is gonna be really awesome to have because you have
that flexibility of having a single strong source of light when you need it or a 2 light
setup when you don't.
Another benefit of the AD-B2 attachment is that it offers 2 20W LED modeling lamps which
basically becomes a 40W LED light when you combine 2 Godox AD200s to it.
And because each of the LEDs have three different levels of brightness when you combine 2 of
the AD200s to it you basically have a 40W LED modeling lamp that can be adjusted at
6 different levels.
If guys ever used the Godox AD600, also known as the Flashpoint XPLOR 600 by Adorama, you'd
know that the modeling lamp on that light is not so bright at all being only around
8W of power.
And if you ever experienced that and felt like you wanted a stronger modeling lamp getting
the AD-B2 attachment with even just 1 Godox AD200 is gonna give you that stronger modeling
lamp.
The third thing I wanted to mention is actually the opposite of the first thing that I mentioned,
in that you have the ability to combine the lights to make a strong 400W of power, but
you can also divide the lights into several parts which is gonna be very beneficial in
case you travel.
So what I mean by that is basically if you brought something like the Godox AD600, which
is a strong source of light, you'd have to worry about all of that light together- maybe
separating the battery- but you do have to worry about a big source of light with you
and if you have a small bag that might not be something that's gonna be something that
you can pack away really nicely, but if you have the Godox AD200 dual light setup you
can basically put two of the Godox AD200s in your pockets and just have to worry about
that AD-B2 attachment and you can easily put that in a small bag.
I'll be honest and let you guys know that I've never done that before, but theoretically
I could do that if I wanted to.
Another great thing about the AD-B2 attachment that I don't necessarily implement myself,
but still wanted to mention anyways is in case you guys shoot events like weddings for
example both you and your secondary shooter can use the exact same light setup, um, just
so long as you and the secondary shooter have each light on separate channels.
This is gonna be beneficial for two reasons with the first being, let's say for example
you're the main shooter and you have a secondary shooter and you as the main shooter you don't
want a lot of ambient in your shot so you're using one of the lights at full power to get
that low ambient level but let's say for example photographer B, your second shooter, does
want a lot of ambient so they have a high ISO and they're using the secondary light
at a very low output.
Well by doing this you're basically giving your client two different looks to choose
from so that's always gonna be a good thing.
The second reason why this is a good thing is because by having both of the lights on
different channels and having them at different outputs, photographer B having a low output
while photographer A, myself, having a higher output I basically have two different recycle
times to worry about.
So photographer B having a lower output they're gonna have much faster recycle times than
photographer A, me, having full power output which is gonna be around 2 to 2.5 seconds
of a wait time.
Another benefit of the Godox AD-B2 attachment is that it's basically an improved and overall
better version of the Godox S type bracket.
With the Godox S Type bracket being around $20 and the AD-B2 being around $60 you're
basically getting a lot of great features for just $40 more.
The very last benefit of the AD-B2 attachment is something I actually mentioned earlier
briefly and it's the fact that it can actually use just one Godox AD200 with the attachment,
which is gonna be very convenient in case you don't have another Godox AD200 right now,
but do plan to get one later on.
So that's pretty much everything about the AD-B2 and the dual light setup as well.
It's my favorite off camera flash setup which I use pretty often, especially when I travel.
I'm gonna be ending the video with a behind the scenes look into a photo walk that I did
during my time in New York recently for Adorama's Inspire event.
I wanted to give a quick thanks to everyone who attended the photo walks as well as the
model, Jenny Bee, for not only making it to the photo walks, but also for doing an amazing
job.
Hope you guys the video and the photos as well and I'll see you guys in the next video.
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