Haha! thank you for the comments. I appreciate it.

Right on! Glad to hear it. I believe the same. Also, as you add other strobes like the Pro series from Godox, it all works well together. Cheers!

Glad to hear it. I know that I'm the guy that never reads the manual, so I'm usually catching up to my equipment too. :)

Thank you Kip! I appreciate you taking the time to comment. :)

Thanks Taylor! Have a great time with it and please feel free to share some pics.

Haha... awesome! Thank you!

I’m glad it helped. Thank you for taking the time to comment. And if you do get this late please let me know how it goes.

Hi Tony, great to hear. Yes, good point. Have fun with the AD200 Pro. I'd love to see any pics you get with it.

Love it! Yes, a great combo.

Haha... doing my best on this end. Thank you for the nice feedback.

Hi Buck, I'm glad it helped. Thank you for taking the time to comment. I appreciate it. Is there anything else you'd like to see about Godox or photography? By chance, did you subscribe to my channel? :) Have a great day!

Haha! Yes, I've been called that before. I love Tom Arnold. :) What kind of things do you have questions about? I was just thinking yesterday that I should make a strobe video that talks about the basics just in case... you've never used strobes before. I'd love your help with some of the things you have questions about. Thanks for taking the time to comment. I appreciate it.

358studios hey thank you for replying. I bought the ad200 about a week ago and used it on a shoot in California already. I want to learn more how to be more proficient with it. Like using the strobe.

@@marcanthonystorm Very cool... how did it go? What went well and what was challenging?

358studios here is my Instagram. MarcVisuales. The photos that are most recent of the girls Alivia and Sophia and Angelia. The ones in front of the car came out best. The ones in the alleyway with the lights that are boca in the background were the first shots which came out ok.

@@marcanthonystorm dude I love your composition. I would say that the lighting is just a bit harsh meaning that your highlights transition to shadows super quick. Like a line directly from dark to light. Each to their own style, what I would try is to soften things just a bit with a modifier or a diffuser in front of the light. Love the look, just looking to bring the highlights down a bit on the skin. Just my thoughts, does that help?

Hi Brittany, I'm glad it helped. Thank you for taking the time to comment. I appreciate it. By chance, did you subscribe to my channel? :) Have a great day!

Thank you Mark. What part did you find most useful? I appreciate you taking the time to comment.

358studios - great to see how all the Godox elements come together and various usage options.

@@markexploringnewstuff Great to know. Thank you for your feedback.

Hi @Twobarpsi, I'm glad it helped. Thank you for taking the time to comment. I appreciate it. By chance, did you subscribe to my channel? :) Have a great day!

Right! If you're getting started it's a great way to go. If you already have a system, it does a great job complimenting larger lights. You can't go wrong. :) Says the guy with two of them. :) Please let me know if you have any questions and thank you for taking your time to comment. I appreciate it!

I purchased 2 of these ,,ad pro 200 love them..

@@mikei1880 That's great! I'm going to do a HSS video soon. Check it out and please let me know how it goes. thanks for commenting.

Hi NC, I'm glad it helped. Thank you for taking the time to comment. I appreciate it. We will see about the Kings. :) Hopefully. I'm not sure what kind of shooting you're doing, but I think I would go with the 2 AD200 Pros if just doing portraits and using them for fill. Anything more and I'd go 600. By chance, did you subscribe to my channel? :) Have a great day!

@@358studios I'm trying to learn proper lighting on portrait photography, it's more as a hobby since I've been taking photos for friends and family. I'd love to make a small side business of it though with effort. I take more landscape/travel photos. I live in Hawaii, considering the ad600 it's on sale right now still at adorama -- hope it still is for cybermonday 2022 -- Also "YES" subscribed 👍 :)

Hi Awthentik, that’s an awesome channel name! 😊 I'm glad it helped. Thank you for taking the time to comment. I appreciate it. By chance, did you subscribe to my channel? :) Have a great day!

Hey there, thanks again for asking. I love it when people are curious and want more details. My challenge with lower watt units, in and out of the studio, is usually modifiers. Yes, the AD600 Pro will shoot a bit farther, but sooner or later the inverse square law of light kicks in and you end up with super harsh shadows and wild highlights. Distance, and breadth… Let’s say I have a group of 10 people, and I need to keep the harshness of the lighting to a minimum, I would have to have an AD200 Pro every 24” along that 12’-14’, and within 36” of the subject (with diffusion) to smooth out the shadows. The power after going through the modifier is minimal, so everything has to be dialed. That keeps your creativity, settings, and your subjects (they can’t move) to a narrow channel of good to great lighting. Bring in the AD600 Pro and now you can open up the size of modifier, the flexibility of settings, and your subjects ability to move around. Modifiers tend to be the restrictive part of lighting. If we could just point and blast, you could use anything to light the subject, and as we all eventually get to…that works at the beginning of your career and quickly fades to a need to shape light for every shoot. I hope that helps. Please let me know if you have any other questions. Cheers!

@@358studios Thank you for your awesomeness (and I'm not just brown nosing, okay, just a little, promise). That is very helpful (even for me, the beginner). I'm starting to mount questions for the eventual "purchase", but having little experience - or people I can ask - makes this very helpful. I know you had another response, so I'm going to go read that. Just for fun, one of the individuals I follow from time to time is a photographer/KZfaqr HK Visuals - because he shoots what I would like to shoot (other than wildlife) - dancers/architecture - etc. He was using Broncolor - and recently switched to Godox. He now is using their Parabola 128. I've seen Karl Taylor use these, but his work clearly either pays the bills or he has deep pockets (Phase One, Hass, Broncolor, etc). Product photography is not in my future! Just wondering if you ever tried the Parabolic reflector from Godox, or would see the need for it if it would pay for itself. As in many lighting tools, just words and theoretical diagrams right now. I just need to start and begin to experience how to find soft/hard light when I want it and use the inverse square law to my advantage. Last time I was in Sacramento, it was for my own dance contest (Capital Swing) years ago. One of these days, if I make it back, I'll drop by the studio. Until then, thanks again for being a helpful guidance. I know the answers are in personal practice and experience, but your encouragement makes me even more excited about getting there - and working harder at it. Gracias.

You're very welcome. Unfortunately, I closed the studio in Sacramento and moved to LA. I hated to see it go, but Covid killed it. I still shoot and have been looking to do the same in LA, but progress is slow. Yes, Karl has extremely deep pockets. Don't try to follow his equipment purchases or you'll go broke. :) Parabolics can be tricky. Wading through the marketing hype vs reality is tough. Check out my beauty dish video or Karl Taylor's parabolic video for more. Personally, I'd suggest the soup bowl or rice bowl from Cheetah (QSB-26). Yes, that's what they're called. :) Great collapsible octos that are awesome and super friendly with the Godox system. I may do a video on them soon. Cheers.

@@358studios Thanks for the heads up (Cheetah - QSB-26). Yes, have no intention of following KT's equipment purchases for many reasons - protect myself from injury, ruin, owning modifiers that are bigger than my knowledge base - just to name a few. I'll certainly drop you a note when you post your next video. Good Luck in LA (danced there as well - well in Woodland Hills to be more accurate). Today, (rainy here) I dug out my SB-700 speedlite and performed my first bracketed 2EV, 3 frame, manual mode camera, manual mode flash (1/64th power), AE Only (Aut-ISO engaged, and set to 280 since -2EV gets me to ISO 64 - which is my base ISO), Self-Timer 2 second delay - for refresh and camera settlement) portrait of my cat. I was shocked when my camera actually only varied the ISO as desired. The resulting 32-bit file made me smile until I found my computer doesn't have the power to edit it in PS in 32 bit ;-) For my first week using "flash/strobes" - was a fun experiment. Now ready to conquer the world...well, at least my living room.

That sounds like fun. I don't know if you have a holder for your SB 700 speed light, but check out this adapter for Bowen mounts. It's compatible with Godox for future AD200 pro use and all Bowen mount modifiers like the cheetah. I have two for my AD200 pros. They would very well. amzn.to/3jp2qew The living room is where we all start. :)

Hey there, this may not be the solution if you're trying to shoot only video. Yes, it has a modeling lamp, but the real power behind this little thing is the strobe feature and being able to fit any modifier you want. If you're wanting a small (like the size of your phone) video light, here's the one that I'll be buying next: amzn.to/2OM2O3v and if you want an actual small studio light, check out the Godox series starting with the SL60W amzn.to/2E5wHKe. Please let me know what you figure out.

@@358studios thank you so much, for the pointers, really appreciate it!

@@358studios thank you so much, for the pointers, really appreciate it!

Thanks again Brian! Let me know if you'd like to see other content and I'll see what I can do.

358studios o would love to see more on the Ad 200 pro accessories and such.

@@BrianMackey2010 Very cool... I'll see what I can do.

They work great! Just used one last night on an outdoor family portrait. You can't go wrong if photography is your gig. :) Thanks for taking the time to comment. I appreciate it.

@@358studios no problem anything to help yeah I am a 16 year old just starting up photography so I will keep the flash in mind

@@jacks.photography2542 Awesome! My number one tip, keep shooting... 1000's of images. Review and improve. Good for you!

Hi @rujamvungi8221, I'm glad it helped. Thank you for taking the time to comment. I appreciate it. By chance, did you subscribe to my channel? :) Have a great day!

@358studios Yes, I have already subscribed to your channel

Hi Katia, I think you're asking why you can't touch the flash tube/bulb of other units. If so, it's the oil in our skin that coats the glass of the bulb. This causes a temperature variation on the surface of the glass, which as the bulb heats up causes the bulb to crack and break. For unprotected bulbs we still have to use a cloth or tissue paper to replace a blown bulb with a new one. This is also a good practice since cracked bulbs tend to be super sharp and a cut hazard. I hope that helps. Please let me know if you have any other questions. Cheers.

Hey Cody, I missed this comment. I think you're asking about the difference between the modeling lamp and the flash bulb (tube). One provides a very small amount of light to focus and see your shot, and the other (flash tube) provides the power to expose your shot.

Please see my previous comment answering your question.

Hey sorry for the delay. I'm in the middle of moving. So much fun! :) Nope, nothing for sale. Get one though, you'll love it. The difference that I've found between the bulb and Speedlight head, outside of the obvious size, is the focus of the throw. The speedlight head throws a ton forward and off to the sides... wish they'd fix that and the bulb is great for even spread inside of a modifier. I have some videos coming that will show some of that difference. Thanks for commenting and I hope this helps.

Ah okay. I also heard that the speed light might be better for shooting in direct sunlight as well? Will definitely be tuning into your next video as I plan to order an ad200 pro asap!

Hi Carlos. Thank you for asking. I'm using the XPro-C trigger and I'm not totally up to date on the X1t, but I did find the manual. I see things like rear curtain sync and other delay settings, but nothing covering stroboscopic. I know I can do it with the XPro and my ADxxxPro strobes. If it helps, here's the manual link for the X1t: www.godox.com/EN/InstructionManual/Godox_X1TO_20190121.pdf Good luck and please let me know what you find out. Did you by chance subscribe to my channel? Cheers.

Hi there, my equipment is fairly quiet. There is the usual "pop" when you fire the flash, and the capacitor making some sound when recharging makes sense. There's also the flash tube heating/cooling on every shot and depending on how hot the overall unit is I would guess that there will be multiple sounds audible as you're shooting. All that said, I'm still using the original flash, batteries, and flash tube in my Godox AD200 Pro. For me, other people's opinions (some of these folks don't even own the equipment they claim to know so much about) don't hold as much weight as actual everyday, consistent, reliability. Both of my Godox AD200 Pro's are still running strong. Thank you for taking the time to comment. I appreciate it. By chance, did you subscribe to my channel? :) Have a great day!

@@358studios Thank you! Look at that video. kzfaq.infoScm3TwO9mVM . The guy from the video in the comments below wrote that the manufacturer himself says that this is normal. But I am haunted by the fact that all the same, the flash should not click like that in standby mode. I subscribed to the channel =)

Hey thank you. Sorry for the late reply. This slipped right passed me. I'm curious, what did you find out, settle on?

@@358studios sold it too , it was some time ago 😃

Thank you for taking the time to comment. I appreciate it.

Hi there. Sorry for the late response. What did you end up with? Tripods can be used with the AD200pro, but personally I use a light stand. You can find them in my description below. Thank you for taking the time to comment. I appreciate it. By chance, did you subscribe to my channel? :) Have a great day!

Hi Charmin, I'm curious why? Is it because of form factor. You wanting a smaller unit? Strength wise they are roughly the same. I'm about to do a video about why I choose the AD200Pro and the AD600Pro vs the others in between (AD300Pro and AD400Pro). Personally and in my opinion, the features of the 200 out weigh the 300 and if you need more power the 600 is the way to go. Please let me know your thoughts. I'd like to include your opinion in my video if that's cool with you. Thanks for taking the time to comment I appreciate it.

@@358studios yes, form factor. I don't think i've ever used my AD400 at full power, so I'm okay with the slightly lower output of the AD300. I just bought my first Godox mount softbox, and when collapsed and folded, it's WAY smaller than the bowens mount. I want the smaller footprint for traveling and also when I have to hike to a location. I was in the Marine Corps 12 yrs and my knees are not the greatest anymore.

@@charminbaer2323 I totally get it. Sounds like you have that figured out. Quick question. Do you use HSS (High Speed Sync) much? That could be an area where you'd notice the full power of the 400, although the difference in power between the two is minimal. Just curious. What type of images do you shoot, especially when travelling?

@@358studios i do use HSS but not necessarily where I need full power. I shoot mostly outdoors, been on a natural light wagon lately but getting back to shooting more flash photography and also night photography. instagram.com/arminhammer.arw/

I appreciate the comment. I'll take a look. Still learning color grading. :)

Thank you for your comments. I would agree that the LCD is not bright in sunlight, and the on/off switch could be more either on or off. That all said, I think the unit provides an excellent value for your money. Why these two things are not an issue for me: I use the wireless trigger, so I'm never referencing the LCD screen, especially when it's on a light stand and not visible. The on/off button is very simple for me. I turn it on and use the wireless trigger. I've never had a unit on top of a stand accidentally turn off and if it did it would be immediately noticeable from the wireless trigger. theme of the day, get the wireless trigger. :)

Thanks for helping my channel grow by commenting and driving more traffic my way. :)

Why do you think it’s terrible info? It isn’t deeply detailed on how to set it up or use it, but it is not bad info.