In this video, we'll be unboxing and taking a closer look
at the brand-new Godox AD600 Pro.
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So, I've got the brand-new Godox AD600 Pro flash studio strobe.
The portable flash studio strobe with me here today.
As you can see here, let's give this a quick open and unboxing.
Just opening up the box there.
The first bits and pieces that we see are the Godox catalogue
that shows some of the key products from Godox.
We've got the Godox warranty card and also the AD600 Pro instruction guide.
Let's open up the box.
Okay. So, first thing we see is the battery pack for the AD600 Pro,
the AC adapter, the AC cable
and the brand new Godox AD600 Pro flash tube
and the Godox flash itself.
So I've got the Godox AD600 Pro set up here on the stand,
as well as the original AD600.
Let's run through some of the major differences between the two.
Firstly, the physical changes.
As you can see here, they do look quite similar
in terms of shape and size.
The AD600 Pro is slightly heavier in terms of weight.
However, some of the great changes that they've made to the new AD600 Pro
is the upgrade of the materials on the actual stand mount here.
The stand mount is now made from a cast aluminium
compared to the previous model that's made from a plastic.
So all the components at the bottom here including the umbrella mount
and also the handle designs, slightly changed.
The actual aluminium mount here is much sturdier
when mounting onto a stand and with the umbrella mount
on the side here, it now is a screw-less design.
On the previous model,
there was a screw to tighten your umbrella modifiers.
However, now, there's a small friction clip.
So, in theory, if there were to be a substantial wind that will come through,
if you're on location, the umbrella will just slip through
rather than knocking over your entire light.
That's the small design change to the umbrella mount.
On the side here, in terms of the actual handle design,
the handle design previously used to hit the edge of the casing
of the AD600, the original one.
However, now, the handle actually comes out a little bit further
so it's not actually touching the edge there.
That's good in terms of tightening and tilting your flash head.
Now, looking at the front of the actual strobe here,
it's slightly different to the original model.
Let's get this one open.
On the previous model here, in the original AD600,
what you can see is the bulb is slightly recessed
and the mount itself is recessed into the casing.
Some people said that with the actual previous model,
the lighting was inconsistent when using different modifiers
including reflector umbrellas and soft boxes,
whereas now, on the AD600 Pro that comes out slightly further
so it will feel your entire modifier with the light.
Now, a couple of other changes include the reflector
and Bowens cap design for the AD600 Pro.
With the Bowens cap protector, that's included,
as you can see here, it's slightly different.
This will function as a simple Bowens cap protector
on the original AD600, whereas now, on the AD600 Pro,
it doubles up as a reflector as well as a Bowens cap protector.
On the inside there, it's a more streamlined reflector,
it's slightly different to standard Bowens 7-inch reflector
that you can see there and it's different for a reason.
Firstly, when you're using the actual Bowens 7-inch reflector
on the original AD600, you need to typically match up
the hole in the reflector to the umbrella mount of the flash.
That was a bit of an issue because you needed to make sure that
that hole lined up to the umbrella mount, whereas now, it's a lot more streamlined.
You can see the reflector there is slightly narrower
and that allows you to mount an umbrella
without the need of having to line up any holes with the reflector.
That’s an added bonus.
Another change on the Godox AD600 Pro is the bulb design.
The bulb design on the previous model is a spiral bulb design.
That was different to the traditional flash strobe tubes
that you find on studio flash strobes and with the new AD600 Pro,
you've gone back to the traditional circular tube here.
It is slightly bigger in terms of the bulb size
so the glass protector there covering the flash tube.
However, the new design improvements include a frosted cap on the top here.
That helps reduce hot spots and it also helps feel the modifier
a little bit better in terms of going back to the traditional circular design.
When you mount that on there,
you can see that it is a much wider actual flash tube there.
Apart from the physical changes, some of the other features included
in the Godox AD600 Pro include the improved modelling lamp.
So, the modelling lamp is now much stronger at 38 watts,
whereas previously, it was only 10 watts.
In effect, that makes it a more effective modelling lamp indoors and in studio.
On top of that, the recycled time has vastly improved.
Previously, it was 0.01 seconds up to 2.5 seconds at full strength.
Now, at 0.01 seconds up to 0.9 seconds at full strength.
So, more than double the actual speed
in terms of recycle time, so it's a great improvement.
Lastly, is the improved colour accuracy.
There is now a new colour stable shooting mode on the AD600 Pro
and that means, you have a range of +/- 75 Kelvin
in terms of its colour accuracy.
Previous to that, you have your Profoto's
and your Broncolor's which are higher in strobes
and people would typically go towards those strobes
for the colour consistency features, whereas, now, the AD600 Pro
is competing with the likes of those strobes.
Some strobe examples include the Profoto B1X
which ranges between +/- 150 Kelvin
and the Broncolor Siros L which is +/- 50 K,
so as you can see, the AD600 Pro is really competing
with the likes of higher-end strobes.
Lastly are the changes to the battery. On the AD600 Pro, you can achieve,
at full power 360 full power shots, whereas, on the previous original model,
you can achieve 500 full power shots and that's because of the changes
to the battery where the capacity is slightly less on the AD600 Pro
in terms of the battery, however, the voltage is actually more
and that allows you to achieve a faster recycle time
and also it powers the stronger modelling lamp in the flash.
So, you do have a bit of a trade-off there.
Now, some of the things that have remained the same
between the two models include the guide number
which remains at 87 and the flash duration
which is 1/220 up to 1/10,100 and on colour stable mode
on the new AD600 Pro that decreases slightly.
We'll put that up on the screen now on a table for you to see.
The variability also remains the same.
The power variability between 1/256 strength
up to 1/1 strength at full output, that remains the same,
the modes that you can cycle through including TTL, manual
and the multi-stroboscopic mode remains the same,
as well as, the high-speed sync which is 1/8000 to the second.
Running through some of the ports and buttons on the AD600 Pro,
all of the top panel here hasn't changed much.
You've got the optical sensor here which is that red strip there
and that's for use when you're turning off
the X wireless system if you're wanting to fire it off with a master flash.
On the left side here, we've got a 3.5 mm sync port
as well as a USB C input.
That USB C input is used for firmware updates when Godox release them online
and that 3.5 mm sync ports used for other triggers.
You can still definitely use other triggers,
if you've got Pocket Wizards or something like that,
you can use them in conjunction with the AD600 Pro.
On the right side here, we have a USB port.
This USB ports used for the Godox legacy triggers
including the FT16 and the XT16.
And, on the back of the battery here we've got the charge port.
So, that's the charge port with the included charger that you can use
and also just an LED indicator button there.
That shows you your battery capacity and how much battery you have left.
Now, going to the bottom of the flash.
The on/off button has relocated to the bottom of the flash
here on the AD600 Pro. Previously, on the original model,
it was on the side control panel here.
However, now it's located at the bottom and it's a nice big button
so that's useful for when you're actually using on location
and you have it propped up high on a stand,
it's much easier to access now when turning on and off your flash.
Quickly running through some of the buttons and menu here.
Let's turn on the flash.
First thing you notice is a larger LCD display here.
This LCD display is a higher resolution and it's much brighter
from the previous model. You also notice the group symbol
which is much larger in terms of being able to identify
the actual group at a distance if you're on location or in a studio.
Now, running through some of these buttons,
we've got the test button which has a simple function
of being able to test the flash there.
You've got the beep button.
The beep button here turns on or off the beep
which you can hear there or you can simply turn that off
for it not to beep when you're actually setting off the flash.
You've also got the modelling light button.
The modelling light button has a few modes.
Firstly, off, it's got on and then also proportional.
Firstly, the off mode simply turns the modelling light off.
The on mode has a percentage, it's automatically set at 10% there.
You can hold down on that button there to highlight the actual intensity
of the modelling lamp and you can increase that by 1% increments.
What you'll notice is that the fan symbol turns on there
as you increase the intensity of the modelling lamp.
The fan turns on the cooling fan, turns on just to cool the unit
as the actual modelling lamp increases in brightness.
And then, once you've set your modelling lamp intensity,
you can press the set button to lock that in.
Lastly, you've got proportional.
Proportional means that the modelling lamp will increase
in proportion to the actual output of the flash.
See, if you're changing, we’ll put this onto manual,
if you're changing the output of the flash,
the modelling lamp will increase in intensity,
as you go up in intensity with the flash as well.
The next button here is high-speed sync.
Enabling high speed sync there,
you see the high-speed sync symbol shows on the LCD display.
Skipping over the menu button first and going into the mode.
Mode allows you to cycle through the different modes.
So, firstly, TTL, we've got manual
and you've also got the multi-stroboscopic mode.
Most people would be using the TTL or the manual
and then you've got your wireless channel bottom here.
So, you can see the wireless channels currently on and set the channel 1.
You can you can turn that off.
When turning that off, that'll use your optical censoring.
That's a located at the top of the actual flash
or you can actually leave that on so that enables you to shoot
with the X triggering system including the X1 and the X Pro.
Lastly, is a group channel button.
The group button allows you,
when you're just pressing down on a single press,
allows you to cycle through the different groups
from A through to E.
When holding down the button is its second function.
It highlights the channel.
So, the channel button, when holding it down,
you can change the channel there.
Cycling between channel 1 to 32 there
and pressing down and set, just to lock that in.
Now, let's run through the menu.
So, quickly on the menu,
the first menu option that you see here is the colour stable mode.
So, there's two options of off and on.
So, at default, it's set to off.
You can turn the colour stable mode on, if you choose to.
Next is slave mode.
There's three options, off, S1 and S2.
You can set to off or S1, slave 1 and slave 2.
Modelling lamp.
Modelling lamp has a continuous modelling lamp
or an intermittent modelling lamp.
So, a continuous modelling lamp means it's always on
even when the flash goes off
the modelling lamp remains constant and continuous.
Whereas, an intermittent,
that means that every time the flash goes off,
the modelling lamp also turns off and then once that recycles,
the modelling lamp turns back on.
Now, standby mode.
Standby mode is a power-conserving feature.
Right now, it's set to 30 minutes,
you can cycle through off, 30, 60, 90 or 120 minutes.
That simply allows the flash to set whatever standby you're wanting
for the actual camera to conserve power on your battery.
Next, is the light.
The light is actually the LCD backlit display.
Currently, it's set to 15 seconds.
So, if you don't touch any of the buttons
during that 15 seconds, the LCD light this play will turn off.
However, you can set that off permanently or on permanently as well.
The next option here is delay.
You can delay the flash and when it triggers at 0.01 second increments.
From 0.01 all the way up to 30 seconds.
The next two options work together.
Units and Alt, it's not entirely clear as to how to use these settings just yet.
However, the AD600 Pro does have a masking function inbuilt
similar to the QT series.
I'll read from the manual as to what these two settings do.
Firstly, you're supposed to use the units in combination with the alt setting.
Unit sets the total number of flashes.
You can see here, masks or 3 alt or 4 alt.
I imagine would actually set the total amount of flashes
being to two, three or four flashes.
And then, alt sets the triggering times before the flash fires.
Currently, it’s set to off.
You can set it to trigger once or twice.
The triggering times before the flash fires,
you can set that to 1 or 2.
So, that's what those two modes do.
Now, on LCD, you can set the contrast of the LCD display.
You can set them between -3 all the way up to +3.
At default, it's set to 0.
Now, ID, this is a new function.
In terms of setting an ID from 1 to 99
for the wireless triggering of your Godox AD600 Pro.
You use this in conjunction with the X wireless triggering system
setting the chanelling group will allow you to communicate
directly with the flash. But now, if you do have
other photographers or other wireless triggers around
in the proximity of your gear, you can actually set the ID of the flash
to match that all of the trigger so that helps with interference
and making sure that you have a consistent connection there
between the flash and the trigger.
Lastly, is just a reset. The reset has no and yes.
If you wanted to reset all your settings
back to factory default you can do that by just selecting yes.
Just like the original, the Godox AD600 Pro is compatible
with all of the Godox X triggers including the X1T as well as the X Pro
and that's compatible with most major brands
including Canon, Nikon, Sony, Fuji and Olympus and Panasonic.
Apart from that, in short, the AD600 Pro is a really great upgrade.
However, the AD600 original definitely suits most photographers needs
so if you're not needing the improved colour stability
with the colour stable mode on the AD600 Pro
as well as an improved recycle time or a modelling lamp,
the AD600 original definitely should suit most photographers.
That was a quick unboxing and overview of the brand-new Godox AD600 Pro.
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