Hey guys, it's Rob from Hypop and welcome
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In this one, we're going to be unboxing and reviewing
the brand new Godox DP 400 III.
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So, I've got with me the brand new DP400III,
the studio flash heat.
We've actually received a request to unbox
and review this. So, here it is.
We've also done full review
and comparison with all of Godox's flash strobes,
all their current models. So, I'll link that up above
and also in the description down below.
We go through all the different models available
and also compare them which one's sort of the better option
depending on your budget.
Also features and things like that.
Feel free to actually look at that video.
So, we've got the DP400III here.
And what you can actually see on the box here,
it's actually the DP600III that's shown on this display
that shows it on the side there for the branding.
But it is the DP400III because over here
we could actually see the barcode at the bottom here.
It has DP400III.
They're pretty much just using the same box
for all the different models.
It saves them having to make different boxes I'm assuming.
Here we go, let's open it up
and have a closer look at what's included.
Now, firstly at the top here, we've got the manual
and also just the warranty card. There's also the modeling lamp.
So, this modeling lamp here is the E27 modeling lamp.
And the flash itself.
And also just a standard IED cable or a kettle cord.
I've got the DP400III mounted onto a stand here.
So, going through some of the physical features,
firstly you've got a handle on the back here.
So, that's great for adjusting the actual flash.
At the front here, what you'll see is firstly
it's a bowens mount
and there's also the standard round flash tube.
You have a little mounting point
for the E27 modeling lamp which was included.
So, this is just a standard screw feeding bulb.
And what you can see on the front mount here
is the actual mount itself is external to the actual body.
It's a bit further out. That means that it's going
to fill your lighting modifier a lot more.
On top of that, you've got the unlock mount here.
That releases your bowens mount.
You've also got a few laser cut points here
around the actual front of the flash
and that helps with heat dissipation.
Now, in terms of the mounting bracket,
it's actually improved as well.
So, having seen a lot of Godox's previous model flashes,
this component that mounts directly to the stand
is typically made from plastic which isn't great
because with a lot of wear and tear,
especially if you're using a flash light,
that'll sort of just get damaged over time.
But this component now is made from metal.
And there's two mounting points.
You actually have a mounting point
that's the upright position
and also a mounting point at the front,
here so that means you can actually mount this onto
like a c-stand or a boom stand and use that horizontal position
and have the flash pointing down.
It's a lot easier to sort of position your flash.
Now, the actual mounting point here
has a lot of movement in it.
It can't go all the way down just like that
because it's restricted by the body.
So, you can point it downwards in that upright position.
And you can actually swivel it almost 180 degrees
pointing upwards.
But if you are utilizing that horizontal position there,
if you want it to point it down even further,
you use that mounting point at the bottom there.
So, you mount it just like that.
And then that way, you can actually position
your light pointing downward. So, if that's on a c-stand,
that's a lot more convenient to use.
On the side of the actual mount,
there's an umbrella mounting point as well.
So, that's if you're just using a standard umbrella modifier.
Now, on the back you've got the plug for the IEC cable
and you've also got
a little fuse compartment at the top there,
so that fuse compartment houses the actual fuse
that's being used as well as a spare fuse.
And on the top, you've got the IR port.
So, that IR port there is for optical triggering.
If you're going to be using another flash
and a group of flashes, you can set one to master
and that will sense that one of the flashes
has gone off and pretty much trigger
instantaneously to avoid any connectivity issues
or having to rely on the optical triggering.
You'd best use a x-trigger one of Godox's x-triggers.
We've unboxed and sort of compared
the different x-triggers available including the x1,
the x2 and the x-pro.
So, if you want to take a closer look at that,
we'll link it up above. Now, on the back,
you've got some more sort of cut outs here at the top
which helps with heat dissipation once again.
And you've got this nice big display.
You've got a LCD screen there and then a few buttons.
Having these buttons here.
A lot of them have single features.
So, this one here is wireless. There's group channel.
There's modeling lamp. There's custom function.
And there's also s1, s2 for slave mode.
And also audio or the beep.
And you've got the test button as well as the on/off switch.
And also a USB port there.
So, that usb ports, if you're using legacy
triggers such as the FT16 set or the XT16 sets.
Some people have those triggers and receiver sets
from previous models
including the the first DP model and also the DP mark II.
So, it's good to see that you can still use those triggers,
the older triggers with this.
Now, you've got that big dial at the bottom there
and that dial also presses down,
so that's when you're selecting options too.
We'll go through the menu shortly.
Now, apart from that, this particular flash
has four different models available.
You've got the 400 watt model.
You've got the 600 watt, 800 and also the1000 watt.
There's a big range there to choose
from depending on the type of studio space you'll be filling.
Now, this particular flash is AC mains powered only.
It doesn't have any battery pack or anything like that
that comes with it or is available.
You can most definitely get like some sort of power pack,
an external one that from a different brand.
I know Godox have made one previously
which is called the L-800X.
And that will help battery operate some of these mains
powered flashes. But essentially, it's made
and built to be a mains pal flash.
It's actually a really sort of reasonably priced flash
compared to the rest of the range.
And it sits at that middle point for Godox's range of flashes.
It does have a lot of nice features
including the recycle time.
The recycle times one second which is really fast.
Some of the top end with strobe flashes,
the battery operated flashes such as the AD400 Pro
and the 600 Pro, 1200 Pro,
they have really fast recycle times just like that.
So, if you're wanting to freeze motion, freeze movement,
that's a great feature.
On top of that, it has power output range of 1/1 to 1/64.
So, that means you have a lot of stops of intensity there
so you can fine tune that.
And it has the built-in receiver.
So, that means if you're wanting to connect
to the X wireless system,
you don't actually need to have a separate receiver.
It's already builti nto the flash.
The X1, X2 and the X Pro.
All you need to do is set the group in channel
and that connects immediately with this particular flash
as well as all of Godox's new range of flashes.
Rob from the future here.
So, we've been receiving quite a few requests to comment
on the DP400III and if it has high speed sync.
And there's nothing on the Godox website,
there's nothing in the tech specs
or in the manual that specified
that it supports high speed sync up to 1/8000 of a second.
So, what we've done is gone ahead
and actually done the test ourselves.
We've got a Sony camera here as well as an X Pro S for Sony.
And we're enabling high speed sync.
So, you need to make sure all your devices are high speed
sync compatible that includes the camera,
the trigger itself and also the flash.
Now, there's no modes to enable high speed sync
on the actual flash itself.
All you need to do is actually jump into the X pro trigger here
and turn on high speed sync. So, you need to press
the sync button here on the X pro trigger,
that's the second button here at the top.
And then the high speed
sync icon turns on the actual trigger.
It actually enables you to jump into these shutter speeds now.
So, you can see I can go all the way
as far as 1/4000 of a second on this camera.
If sync was disabled on the trigger,
it actually prevents you
from going on higher shutter speeds there.
So, you can see there it's only going up to 1/160.
So, enabling that sync speed there jumps up to the maximum
for the camera.
For this one here is 1/4000. Now, what we'll do is actually
just just take a couple of test shots
with a little subject over here just to show
that there's no banding with this particular mode
because other studio strobes, if they don't have high speed
sync, usually you're capped out at 1/160 or 1/250.
So, this is just an example to show you that
there's no bending on going on when we're actually shooting
at the highest shutter speeds there.
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Running through the menu really quickly,
firstly we'll turn on the flash there.
So, you can see the first thing it display sis
the wireless signal, the channel.
Channel shows the dip switches as well.
So, if you have a manual trigger,
you can actually set the dip switches based on that.
You've also got the audible beep.
You've got the group. You've got the flash output
and also the intensity of the modeling layer.
Now, well, you can see that left button here,
the wireless button turns on and off the wireless mode.
But you'd leave that on
if you're using one of the X triggers.
Now, the group channel, you can see on a single press.
It actually highlights the group there
and you can actually cycle through the groups,
through I think a nine.
So, there's actually 16 different groups I believe.
And you can actually use the dial to cycle through.
You can press down to set or you can hold down on this
and that has the second option which is channel
and then it highlights the channel.
You can go through different channels and as mentioned,
the dip switches change position there.
So, you've got the modeling lamp button there
and currently it's set to off.
So, if you wanted to change the modes, there's proportionate.
And there's also 100% mode.
Now, this little icon over here shows
that if you actually go ahead and fire the flash,
the modelling lamp will turn off. But if you want it always on,
all you need to do is just hold it down
and that way when you fire the flash,
the modeling lamp doesn't turn off at all.
Now, you've got custom function menu here
and when you press that, you've got two options.
Firstly is just ID.
And you've also got selecting between using either fractions
or decimals for your power output.
So, if you press down on that, it highlights
and that's fractions.
Now, you can go into decimals, press down.
And when you head back into the main menu, press that.
You can see it's actually changed over
to decimal point there for your power output.
So, you can go all the way from pretty much 4 to 10
in terms of intensity
and you've got all those different stops in between also.
Or when you head back, you can change that back into fractions.
Just your preference.
Now, the other option there also is just your ID mode.
So, ID or function one selects the wireless channel ID.
So, you can press down
and go through all the different channel IDs from 0 to 99.
And you'd only basically use this
if you have other flashes or interference perhaps
because this is using the 2.5 gigahertz wireless transmission.
So, there are a lot of devices including your wi-fi
in most cases that are using 2.4 gigahertz.
We'll turn that modeling lamp off.
And also, there's the audible BP.
So, if you press that button there,
the actual icon goes away.
And as you're making changes to the flash
or even when it goes off, there's no actual beep anymore.
But usually, you'd leave that on.
Especially, if you're shooting a subject
because that's a good indicator for them to change pose.
It's a good little prompt. Now, you've got S1 and S2.
So, S1, S2, you can see highlights there.
And that's if you're using it in slave mode.
And that's specifically if you're going to be using
with the optical slave.
So, if you want to set this as your master,
you either just leave that off, so that way it's not a slave,
and from there you can either set it
to slave one or slave two.
Now, just some of these ports at the bottom here.
Firstly use a 3.5mm jack to plug in manual triggers.
So, if you're not using Godox triggers,
you can most certainly use third-party triggers.
So, if you've got pocket wizards or different brands like cactus,
you can actually plug them directly in there
as long as you have a 3.5mm jack
and you've got the appropriate
input on the other end to your trigger.
And lastly, is just going through that port there
which I mentioned previously,
just compatibility with Godox's legacy triggers.
So, overall the DP400III is a great studio flash.
So, if you're after an affordable flash
that will get the job done,
be available in so many different power output options,
so you've got the 400, 600, 800, 1000
and you'll sort of want that really quick recycle time,
that sort of recycle time is seen in the top end flash
from Godox which is the QT 302 M.
And it's got the one second recycle time.
I think the QT 402 is about 0.9. So, it just edges it out.
But in terms of features, affordability at price point,
this is available at AUD$319 about AUD$320.
It's also available in kits depending on who you purchase it
from, in two light kits. That 400 watt power output there
is actually perfect for most studio spaces.
So, if you're shooting in a 3m x 3m space or 10 ft.
x 10 ft. space, 400 watts is ideal.
You can have this in a two light configuration
and then perhaps have a lower intensity light
as your backlight. Maybe a 200 or a 300 watt.
Perfect three light setup for that.
So, overall it's a great flash, good features
and much recommended in terms of a flash from Godox's range.
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