Today I want to review an amazing product that I bought, the Godox AD600 flash.

It came packed into a nice looking orange – white box, premium quality, that made me buy two of them instead of one.

Inside the box I found the body of the flash with the front protection, the battery, the charging adapter and the flash tube.

I bought a Non TTL version, because I don’t use TTL and it has a Bowens Mount.

Specifications:

Powerful 600Ws

Fan Cooled

10W LED Modelling Light (Adjustable)

Optional Remote Head (600Ws & 1200Ws Options)

Godox and Bowens mount versions available.

Built in (removable) 11.1V / 8700mAh Lithium-ion Battery

Up to 500 Full Power Pops Per Battery Charge

0.01 – 2.5 Seconds Recycle Time

Flash Modes – TTL / M / Multi

HSS to 1/8000th

Second Curtain Sync

FEC / FEB – 1/3rd Increments (±3 Stops)

FEL (Flash Exposure Lock)

Manual Flash – 1/256 – 1/1 Output (1/3rd Increments)

Godox 2.4GHz X Radio System

ETTL & ITTL Radio Slave Modes (Auto Switching)

Range – 100m + with X1 as Transmitter

Groups – A / B / C

32 Channels

Supports Legacy Godox FT-16 Remote Manual Trigger System

Supports Godox XT-16 Remote Manual Trigger System

Canon & Nikon Optic Wireless Slave Modes

Groups – A / B / C

4 Channels

S1 & S2 Optic Slave Modes

Up to 500 Full Power Flashes

0.01 – 2.5 Seconds Recycle Time

Flash Duration – 1/220s－1/10000s

Large Dot Matrix LCD Display

Custom Functions

Auto Memory Function

Micro USB Port for Firmware Upgrades

USB Communication Port (For FTR-16 & XTR-16 Receivers)

3.5mm Sync Port

Unfortunatly, there is no transmitter included in the package, so you will have to buy one separately, like I did.

Why I chose Godox?

Since 2012, I have been a big fan and user of Elinchrom flashes, especially of Quadra products, because they were portable, powerful and easy to use on location. I used them a lot for my photo sessions, but I was limited by the number of flashes I could trigger, in this case, 150 pops/battery.

So I decided to try something else.

I quickly found that Godox had a new product, the AD600, that was able to shoot 500 pops in a single charge and had a power of 600Ws. It was fantastic, because that was what I needed , a powerful strobe with a huge number of full power pops per battery.

I don’t want to enter the specifications area, because you can find all the information on their site but I want to emphasize some of them.

Its construction is a solid one, it is practical, you don’t need to use cables because the battery is attached to the back, it is a little bit heavy (2.9 kg) but it is well balanced.

And the most important specification for me is the High Sync Speed. Now I can shoot in daytime lighting conditions with large aperture, because the AD600 can be synchronized at 1/8000s. And that is a Big Thing. I will show you the results of my latest photo session, where I used two Godox AD600.

Preparing to shoot with 2 x Canon 6d, 35mm f/2.0, 85mm f/1.2, 2 x Godox AD600, 1 x Godox AD360II, 1 x 135cm Softbox Elinchrom Rotalux, 1 x 70cm Softbox Elinchrom DeepOcta, Trigger Godox X1T.

My assistant and the model getting ready

And now the final images that were taken in daytime light conditions.





I am very satisfied about Godox AD600 and I will use it for my future projects.