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So, I've got with me the brand new Godox ML60
in the retail packaging here.
So, you can see that's the carton.
Has a few features that are listed on the front here.
So, this ML60 is a 60 watt continuous LED light
but the difference between this and previous Godox models
including the SL60 is that this is a portable battery
operated continuous light which is great.
Now, some features just really quickly before jumping into it
include this particular light has special effects.
There's also a silent mode which means
that you can turn off the fan at a certain intensity level.
And it's compact and portable
because it's a really small size.
It has 2.4 gigahertz wireless remote transmission.
And it has brightness adjustment
and also lithium ion and ac power supply compatible.
So, now let's jump into the box and see what's included.
So, here we have it. That's the entire package there.
And firstly, the great thing about this
is that it actually includes a carry case
which a lot of Godox lights don't include.
Only usually their flash models,
like the higher end flash models.
So, it's great that to see that they've included that
with this particular light. Now, having a look at the bag,
you can see there's some straps here.
So, just some carry handle straps.
They also have some D-rings on the side here
for the shoulder strap which should be inside.
It has some velcro straps on the top here
and what this is for is for a stand.
So, if you have a light stand,
depending on the size of it of course,
you can feed that through here.
So, you can actually carry this entire thing in one unit
which is why the handles are a little bit longer,
that gives you enough clearance for a stand.
And on the front here, you've got two zippers
that open the main compartment
but also a single zipper here that opens a side compartment.
And you can feed some extra batteries in there
or whatever accessories.
Now, jumping in to the actual packaging here,
you've got two buckle straps here
that hold this flap into place which is great.
And there's also a zipper compartment here
that has some mesh with the shoulder strap.
So, that's that shoulder strap there.
Now, a few things, firstly we've got the manual
and the Godox warranty card.
Got a bit of foam here. And you've got the light itself.
So, there we have it. That's the ML60.
It's actually really small, tiny and compact
and it's amazing to see that they've actually managed to pack
all that power into this one little unit.
And it looks really good sort of hefty and good design.
So, that's great.
A few other accessories, we've got a battery plate here.
So, this is a battery plate
that supports the NPF series batteries by Sony.
So, the L series batteries.
And it's got a little clip here on the back.
We've got the AC adapter and the power cable.
We've also got some little straps here.
So, this strap here is a quick release.
So, it snaps into place just like that.
So, the strap's actually used to mount to a light stand
and it holds up the power adapter
so that power adapter can get fastened to that strap there,
so that there's enough slack there towards the light
depending on how how large your stand is
or if you're going to be using the handheld component.
You can use this here as a quick release
to support the power pack.
And you've got a couple of cables here.
So, these are DC cables.
You've got a shorter version in the longer version.
And the handle. This handle is great.
So, it's also the light stand mount.
You can see at the bottom here,
it supports standard five eight inch spigots.
And you've got a handle component here
as part of the entire bracket.
And you have a little mounting plate here for the power pack.
So, that one there just mounts straight on just like that.
So, you can actually use this
as a hand held light which is great.
Now, this is the new version of the handle.
There are two versions out there.
The first version which was the pre-production version
has a smaller knob at the front here.
And what they've done is they've gone ahead
and improved this knob here.
So, it's more of a handle and it's one of the pool
to adjust ones so you can tighten it.
And if it's not in a good position,
then you can pull
and then adjust the the position of the handle there.
This also has on the top here a little tilt head
that's sort of like a tripod quarter inch quick release.
So, you can use this screw here to release
and tighten to the bottom of the ML60 light.
Now, this is a pretty sturdy handle and bracket.
And it's one that's new from Godox
that never really released anything like this.
And I can imagine that you'd probably be able
to use this with other lights too.
So, some of the other Godox witstro lights,
maybe the AD range. So, like the AD300 etc.
And the last thing that's in here is a little reflector.
So, this reflector looks like it's narrower
than the standard 60 degree reflector which is great.
And it's a Godox mount.
So, this mount here is different to the other
or standard bowens mounts.
This particular light, the ML60, including the AD300 Pro,
have a Godox mount. And that means
that it only support the Godox mount accessories.
And Godox have released some of those accessories
including some soft boxes, snoots and other things too.
I've got the ML60 set up on a little desktop stand here.
We get a lot of questions about this desktop stand.
So, if you wanted to know what stand this is,
we'll leave a link down in the description below.
It's the Spectrum 43 centimeter light stand.
It's basically just a mini light stand.
So, we have larger stands also.
It's the little desktop stand for that.
Now, having a look at this setup on the table here
as well as all the accessories,
a few things that I wanted to clarify firstly
was that some of these pre-production models
of the ML60 and some reviews on YouTube
right now actually have a remote control
that they've shown or displayed in the video.
As you can see here, there's no remote control whatsoever.
So, the remote control is not included.
We've tested some of Godox's remote controls
from previous LED model.
So, we've got the RC-A5, RC-A5 II, and the new RC-A6.
So, the RC-A5 models,
they actually don't work with the ML60.
We've tested this. The RC-A6 which is the new one
will be compatible with the MR60.
And unfortunately, it's not included in the package.
You will have a look at the instruction manual.
It's not included there. It's not shown anywhere.
And also, Godox have released an unboxing video
on their own YouTube channel and it's not shown there too.
So, that means the remote's not included
and you have to buy it separately
which is a bit of a shame because that means
you still have to goto the back of the unit here
and actually dial in all your settings.
Now, having a look at the stand, it's actually quite cool
what they've done with this entire light.
So, this new bracket here
which is a handheld light stand bracket
and all these little accessories,
it's all the small things that Godox have done with this light
as well as that small design,
you can see that comparison to my hand, it's really small.
The whole thing is Godox
making one huge step in the right direction.
So, that means they're really starting to innovate,
they're really starting to change
some of the design elements,
they're listening to their customers
and they're improving the design of all their lights and units
which is really great to see. And on top of that,
they're still maintaining that really cost effective price
and it means that entry level or even just amateur photographers,
videographers really can get their gear sorted with Godox.
So, having a look at this, I've got this set up on the stand.
It's a little quarter inch screw at the bottom there
and there's matching quarter inch thread
at the bottom of the ML60.
The ML60 comes with a light protector at the front here.
So, all you need to do is just release the tab here
and you can pull off this little light reflector.
And you can actually mount on the included reflector.
There we go. So, it's a streamlined design.
You can see there there's no sort of raised parts.
It goes straight into that reflector which is really great.
And the entire light itself is really small and streamlined.
Now, they have the battery plate here.
This battery plate is cool
because there's three different ways to mount it.
Firstly, you've got a little stand
that you can slide out at the bottom of it.
It means you can stand it on a table there.
So, if you have a little desktop set up like this,
you can use the stand. You also have a little clip.
At the back here, there's a little belt clip.
So, if you have something that you can clip it onto,
you can do that.
But of course they've thought of the three mounting points
here these screws, these silver screws.
They slide straight into the battery plate just like that.
And actually locks into place.
There's a little lock here at the top.
You can actually release that lock
and slide it up to remove it. So, it's secure.
It's not just sitting there. It's actually secure.
They've also given you two cables.
One is a longer cable.
So, if you're going to be using a light stand or a C-stand,
you can use that and plug it in.
And you can have the light a bit further away
from the battery plate
because the mounting point here is the DC input
and then the dc input at the back.
But if you have it on the handheld setup like this,
you can use this shorter cable
and plug that into the back of the light
and into the battery plate there.
Now, the included straps here,
these included straps are for the power adapter.
So, if you're going to be using mains with this,
so you're not using this battery plate, we'll disconnect that,
you can use these two straps to mount it to your light stand.
So, I'm going to be mounting it on a small light stand here.
So, you just feed that through the light stand this way.
And then you just tighten that to secure.
It's probably best to have it
on the thickest segment of the stand when you mount it
because you can see there's quite
a lot of extra slack here from from the velcro strap.
And then, you slide in the power adapter into that strap there.
And it's actually a quick release here.
So, that actually just slides into place there.
You can use that cable to attach it to the light
and power it that way through mains.
And obviously use the plug on the other end
and plug it into a wall if you want to do that.
So, that's really cool.
There's actually a little quick release button here
that you slide out that power adapter too.
So, that means it's not lying on the ground getting damaged,
risk of disconnecting if someone trips over it
or anything like that.
You can have that connected to the light stand too.
So, all in all, the actual design of this light
is really great and what they've thought of
in terms of even just the cooling system.
You can see the vents at the top here.
The build quality is really good.
You've only got two buttons on the back here
that control the different options, dimming, etc.
as well as the on/off button.
So, we'll go through the menu now.
So, just turning on the light and going through the menu,
I've got this plugged into the battery plate at the moment.
So, operating by battery.
So, you can see here, this is the main screen.
It shows you the group.
It shows you the percentage of output.
And it also shows if wireless is on
and what channel it's on too.
Now, when you press down on the set button,
you can actually press down on these dials,
either of these dials,
and also spin them to run through
the different options and settings.
Now, when you press down on the set dial,
you can see that there's some options here
and you can cycle through the options
by just spinning the dial.
You've got fan, on and off, you've got wireless on or off,
you've got effects, you've got channel and group,
you've also got wireless ID.
So, jumping into the first option which is fan,
now fan you see is on at the moment
and you can actually turn this off.
So, if you want to turn off the fan
which means it will be completely silent.
When you jump back into the output here
and you're controlling the dim,
the max you can actually set is 50% there.
So, it won't let you go further than 50%.
You can see it's flashing that little indicator there
which is a fan and a little strikethrough
that shows that there's no fan operating right now.
And that's because you've set the fans off
in the settings there.
But if you turn it on and jump back in,
you can see that little indicator's gone
and you can now increase the intensity
all the way up to 100%.
And this is even via the battery here too.
So, we plug this into the battery
and you can still achieve 100% output.
Now, jumping into the next setting which is wireless,
you can turn this on or off. And that's if you're going to be
really just using this as a single light source
or if you just want wireless turned off completely.
The next is the effects.
The effects, there's a few different effects,
eight in total. Firstly, you've got lightning,
and that's lightning one, lightning two
and then lightning three. Next one here is fireworks.
You've got fireworks two and fireworks three.
You've got TV. You've got fault bob too.
So, you can see FX-8 and that's the last one.
Or you can just have the effects off completely.
And then the other three options here are just all related
to the wireless operation of this light.
So, you've got channel and group.
So, typically by default, it's set on channel one group
A and ID off. But you can change this
if you want to just change it from the default settings.
You've got all the way up to 32 channels
and you've got 16 different groups too.
So, when you go down to group, you've got group
A through to E, through to F
and then you've got zero all the way through to nine as well.
So, that means you have 16 different groups there.
And lastly is ID.
ID is only used if you're wanting to really dial
in what ID this particular unit of light is
and you can set the same IDs on other lights
or you can set different IDs on them.
And that's if you're going to be using a bunch of different
2.4 gigahertz wireless devices and you're wanting to set the ID
to ensure that there's no interference whatsoever.
Because right now, your remote would have to be dialed into 1A
and as well as a 9 ID to communicate with this light
which means that there's a lot less chance of interference
when using the ID here too.
But it's off by default. And that's pretty much it.
So, overall, it's a really easy light to use.
You can obtain these settings through the remote control too,
but I believe the RC-A6 doesn't include the FX menu
which is something that you need to jump into and physically use
the dials here at the back to jump into the effects menu
if you wanted to do that for each individual light.
Now, operating the light,
we've got two NPF batteries here.
These are the larger capacity 970s.
You can mount them onto the battery plate here.
So, these are just generic ones.
You don't need any special type of NPF batteries to use.
And when you mount them, you slide them into place
and they click into place also.
You can press this button at the center here
and actually is a little battery indicator.
There's four green LED lights there.
So, you can check the capacity of batteries
before actually operating the light which is good.
Now we've got that plugged in
and we're using that shorter cable
there mounted onto the handheld bracket
and turning that on right away there.
So, you can see it's really simple to operate
and there's only really two knobs here.
So, you've got the dimming knob which goes to a true 0%.
So, the light's on right now.
It's at 0% and the light's actually off which is good.
It goes up in 1% increments. So, that's you can really dial
in your output and your intensity.
So, I'm just blasting that to the back of the wall here.
Now, that's different to the SL60
which is the previous model
because the SL60, the lowest intensity is at 10%.
So, starting at 1% all the way up to 100%
and the light itself is actually quite bright.
So, you've got some basic effects on this light too
which is great.
So, some of the other lights, some other LED lights
including Aputure lights, they have far more effects.
However, effects are sort of something
that are a little bit of a novelty depending if you'll be using them in your video shoot.
They're primarily used for film and videos.
So, it's up to you if you're really going to be using it.
But overall this light itself is only a 5500 kelvin light.
It's got a CRI of 96 and it's got 60 watts of output.
So, that means you have quite a lot of output as well as the effects
all in the one model here in a portable streamlined design.
So, just a few more specs on the ML60,
we've got 69000 LUX at half a meter
with the included reflector.
So, that's the output.
We'll show some of those LUX readings up on screen.
We'll use our own LUX meter as well as checking the CRI ratings.
So also, it has the wireless remote controls.
And overall it comes in a neat package at AUD$405
or approximately USD$269.
So, you can see it's not too much of a jump
from the SL60 which is roughly about AUD$230.
And if you're wanting to invest in a little bit more
and grab the accessories, so you've got the bracket,
you've got the battery plate, you've got that carry bag,
all in a neat package that's compatible with batteries.
Unfortunately these batteries aren't included,
so that means you need to purchase batteries separately
if you want to use this on location
or if you want to go wireless with it.
Overall, it's still a really cost-effective solution for lighting.
It's perfect for YouTubers.
Godox have a wide range of modifiers to use with this Godox mount.
They've also got this brand new softbox
which is called the AD-S60s and the S65s.
And we've also got the S85s.
So, if you're wanting to use this as a lighting setup for YouTubing
or if you're wanting to do run and gun setup
because you can use this as a handheld,
if you've got an assistant to use it as a lighting source too,
it's perfect for that.
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