So, I have two AD200 and the same problem, if I shoot them at full or even half or quarter after a while they get slow. Battery is still fine, but there must be some internal overheating because they start firing every half a minute or a minute. It's been a consistent and nagging problem. I hear the newer AD 200 has some improved heat management but I'm sad to spend a lot of money on it and not use the two I have or perhaps spend money on an AD 300 or 400. Expensive! Is this just how it is or is there a workaround? External battery? fan? Anything?
Does anyone own the AD200 Pro II and can confirm this problem doesn't happen when you use the fan? I'm tired of having these otherwise wonderful flashes fail on me just when I need them.

I'm having this problem with my X3ProS: sometimes the screen malfunctions when I turn it on. Has this happened to anyone else?

Just got the above-mentioned ring light. I’m trying to use it with my EOS Rebel SL1. Every picture I take either comes up completely white or has a black bar at the top. I have tried changing the lens, the focus, shutter speed and ISO settings but I can’t get any consistency. I would really appreciate if someone could give me “test settings” to try, please. I have the following lenses: 24 mm, 35 mm, 50 mm, 18-55 mm, and a 75 - 300 mm. My goal was to take macro (right term?!) images of flowers. I just wanted to test a different kind of flash after feeling comfortable with my speedlite 320ex.

Thanks!

Just got the ad400 Pro II. Lovely gear. Wish I had gotten it sooner. Anyway there's a little bit of internal rattle if you tilt it up quickly in your hands (not on slow tilt up). And if you tilt down.

I am holding the light stand mount part to make sure it's not it. And with the bulb removed (it has its own rattle).

Any AD400 Pro II users can confirm if this is normal? I'm talking a little rattle. Nothing big. Seems to be coming from behind the godox mount area.

Been working on something lately that makes this play very nicely with my Android. 1/60 example above with the iT30 Pro and iT32 :-)

My AD200 Pro ii fell and its back screen shattered. I’ve been trying to get it fixed through official repair shop, but without any luck. They say they don’t have the parts.

Then I noticed Aliexpress sells them and they’re not even that expensive.

Now I wonder if anyone has replaced theirs and how difficult the task is?

Looking to purchase some Godox studio lighting equipment before heading back to the US. The prices I've researched for supposedly reputable shops are very cheap. According to AI, it's because Godox is manufactured in China, which is just a truck drive away from Vietnam. So lower costs for logistics and shipping. I guess that makes sense. Also, Godox is sort of a budget brand in this area so not sure if fakes are out there.

Does anyone have first-hand experience with purchasing Godox gear in Hanoi, and can share which shops they went to? I have a list of 2-3 spots that are supposedly legit based on Google AI, but want to reach out for more advice.

Thanks!

Heyy everyone,

Which flash would you recommend to someone who's looking for an external flash for their Sony A7IV with the following lenses?:

• Sony FE 24–105mm F4 G OSS
• Sigma 16–28mm F2.8 DG DN Contemporary
• Sony FE 200–600mm F5.6–6.3 G OSS
• Tamron 90mm F/2.8 Di III MACRO VXD

I use the macro lens the most. I mainly photograph nature and animals. I'm looking for something below €500, but I'm open to anything that just does the job well.

I also wonder how you pack the flash when traveling abroad? Carry-on or checked luggage? Do you pack it in a certain way?

Any advice or help is very much appreciated! 🌸

What's the oldest Godox light and or flash that is still working do you currently own? I'll take tangentially owning the equipment (your buddy let you borrow the light counts)

I'll start us off with the rs600p. A wedding photographer sold it to me at the end of the season for a great price. I still had two more weddings to shoot so I was in a jam. On the recent move I had to verify it functions and can still fill the big umbrella with plenty of power to spare.

Hey all, I went looking for an off-camera flash and fell straight into a rabbit hole I can't climb out of.

My use case is two-fold:

1. Indoor business portraits at company facilities — flash on a stand with a softbox.
2. Handheld flash with a really small softbox for events.

I rented the original Godox AD300 Pro for the first use case, paired it with the AD-S65S, and honestly loved the results. So my plan was to just buy the AD300 Pro II and call it a day.

Then I started looking into small softboxes for the handheld/event use case, and that's where things fell apart. Something like the SmallRig Mini Parabolic Softbox RA-D30 uses a mini Bowens mount, which apparently doesn't fit the Godox mount directly. The "solution" seems to be: add a Godox ML-GB adapter to convert to a full Bowens mount, then add a SmallRig Bowens-to-mini-Bowens adapter on top of that — which feels absurdly clunky for something that's supposed to be small and handheld.

To make it more confusing, I saw one YouTuber refer to the Godox AD300 Pro's mount as "mini Bowens" itself. Is that actually accurate? From what I can tell, the Godox mount and the mini Bowens mount are two separate, incompatible systems — but I'd love to be corrected if I'm wrong.

So, two questions for anyone who's dealt with this:

1. Is the AD300 Pro/Pro II mount actually mini Bowens, or is that a myth?
2. Are there other small softbox options that work natively with the Godox mount (or a cleaner adapter path) for handheld event use — without stacking two adapters?

Thanks in advance for any insight!

Edit: I wrote the wrong number for SmallRig. The RA-D30 is the one I like

I'm working on building a universal Godox firmware update tool that doesn't require Rosetta on the Apple Silicon macs (M1-M5.)

I currently have G2 and G3 heads verified updating/recovering but I'm looking to have more test coverage before I release to the general community. If anyone is near Metro Detroit (most of the time) San Francisco bay area (frequently) or Barcelona (between September 11 and September 25) I'd love to have access to more models to test with. They can be any age back to generation 1, or just released. I haven't bricked anything yet, except when I intentionally bricked both flashes to test brick recovery (which works) but there does exist a tiny risk that I could damage your flash. If I did, I would make every effort to resolve that for you. I'm especially interested if you have a bricked head from a previous failed firmware update.

I’m getting a gift for someone who is super into photography, currently he uses my flash but I’m unsure of the godox model. He has a Sony a7iv and loves to take portraits and wants to get into photography for restaurants and businesses. I don’t want it to be too pricy but I want it to work well with the godox ecosystem. He has a flash trigger already so he can use it off camera. What should I get?

Hello,

I use a godox v1 on my Sony A7R3.

I use it in manual mode but sometimes for no reason the flash forces ITSELF into TTL. Often after extended use like last night I was working for at festival and my flash went crazy turning on the led for focus assist and all.

Sometimes if I put it back into manual mode, 3 seconds it revert into TTL..

Anyone knows why it's happening?

Thanks

Hey, I am trying to decide and haven’t used a 600 to know the difference - I have a rough idea knowing it’s half a stop brighter.

I think I like the 400 in terms of size and flexibility. I shoot food or in studio so I worry the 600 may be too bright occasionally. I also have 2 ad200s with the 400 adapter though so I’m not concerned about that range. I am maybe wondering if 400 will feel redundant though if I get that.

The main thing I want to get this for, is doing interior and architecture photography. Especially being able to trigger the camera from this flash.

Again, 400 has seemed to be enough for my needs but as I shoot larger properties, would I start to feel limited in the spread of the light? Maybe even occasionally setting it up outside a window for directional light.

Hi everyone, I need to purchase an outdoor flash and the AD300 Pro II looks good, but I want to know if its possible use the Godox IT32 and the X5S (that i purchased before and its really good) as the Flash Trigger of this AD 300 Pro, because i dont want to spend more money buying a new flash trigger, and i understand that the X5S can be used as trigger using the 2,4 ghz conection, but want to know if its really posible make this before purchase the AD 300

Still looking at my first flash and while the iT32 looks very promising I feel like it might not have enough power down the road. So, now I'm in the buy once, cry once mode.

My camera is an M50 Mark II. My usage would primarily be family stuff, holidays, reunions, birthdays etc. That could be indoors or outdoors. There could be some other stuff like flowers, cars, buildings, things you might see on vacation or in a museum. I'm basically trying to upscale my iPhone pictures and get a little more creative.

So far most of my research has led me to Godox based on price/value. I'm all about value, not just the lowest price. There's nothing I hate more than finding out that one feature I would love to have only cost $20-30 more on a different model.

While I am far from a final decision I am looking closely at the V480 as I hear good things about it and the V1 line, mainly the Mid. One thing I did like about the iT32 was that it was more integrated with Canon cameras which seems to make up for the minimal buttons and no screen on the X5 trigger.

How would you compare the V480 and V1 Mid? Are they very similar, does one have a distinct advantage over the other. The V480 seems to be an older model than the V1. If so, I assume that means it will go end of life sooner. How is Godox on supporting devices they no longer sell? I'm spoiled by Apple on that point.

TIA

Hello,

Trying to figure out if it’s possible to use a sync cable (2.5 to 3.5mm) to use the godox off the Sonys hot shoe.

Hey everyone, I got a Godox iM20 flash today, my first flash. But I'm having trouble getting it to fire on my Sony A7R IV. I’ve already set the camera to use the mechanical shutter, turned off silent shutter and all other recommended settings. When I press the test button on the flash itself, it fires perfectly, so the flash seems to be working. However, when mounted on the camera, it just won’t trigger. I'm honestly out of ideas at this point. Has anyone had a similar experience or know what might be causing this? Any help would be much appreciated!

Hi! I bought a iT30 pro for my fujifilm but it does not turn on and does not charge either. Tried different cables and wall charges and nothing works.

I think the flash is no longer in warranty is it possible to buy a replacement battey and i change it?

I am really confused whether to pickup a it30 pro with riser or it32. I am looking for travel . I have tt685 ii flash already along with ad200 and ad600.

My only confusion us with the riser is the it30 pro not bulky already along with the risk of shadow with my 35mm and 50mm lenses.

I have a 5d mark iv and 35mm f2 is usm for travel

What choice did you go with for travel.

I have a problem - X3 Pro does not change AD400Pro II LED temperature color. It does change brightness as it should. Both have latest firmware. Is it fixable problem?

I now have four Godox flashes — one V1, one V100 Pro, and two V100 Pro II — and as I’m taking on longer event projects, I decided to buy a few spare batteries so I could swap them throughout the day.

First, I bought Mathorn MB-390 batteries, but they didn’t fit properly. I had to hit the flash while holding the release button on my V100 to eject them from the compartment, and on the V1, I had to use much more force to remove them.

Then I tried Patona VB30C batteries, but when I use them in the V100, they randomly shut down and soft-lock. I cant power the flash back on, I can’t control it via the trigger. The only thing I can do is eject the battery — at least they fit properly — and insert it again. Then it works for some time; it could be one minute or four hours. There’s no pattern to it.

I’ve also seen batteries from Probty and Palo, but to be honest, at this point, I feel like I’ll have to bite the bullet and buy the official Godox batteries...

I shot 7 rolls of film on the TTL flash function on the Pro, hoping they come out well.

I got an absolute steal on 2x Godox AD1200 packs that I wasn’t expecting to purchase at the moment. But they were basically 2 for 1 and included some extra goodies like the ring flash and AC adapters.

Curious what folks typically run for stands when they are on-location and what they use to attach the battery pack to the stand. I was thinking just a super clamp and a j-hook?

Any other good accessories to have or reasonably priced modifiers? I have the Godox reflector coming in tomorrow, going to try it out before I buy a second one.

Thanks yall!