It's 2024 and this advice remains relevant! Thank you, Markus! I would never have attempted using an AD200 in the mid-day (Florida) sun. Adding that small 4.5" reflector made all the difference...even at less than full power.
Because of you Markus, my wife and family are getting me an ad200 pro kit for christmas. Like you, ill be taking non stop photos of my wife! Thank you for sharing all your ad200 work! You have really inspired me!
Love, love, love the AD200s. Have 18 for what we do and the following rig set up for each. We use the Flashpoint Bowens head (Flashpoint eVOLV Dual Power Twin Head with Bowens Mount AD-B2) that can also use just one bulb and one AD200 (versus two & two). Single bulb goes to the center prong set. We never take the single bulb out of the head, just dismount the single AD200, collapse the Glow Foldable Beauty Dish With Bowens Mount (Silver, 40"), slip on the covers, done. Very light, very portable, very powerful for our needs. Fantastic light fill, make inverse law adjustments as needed, go for it. Kick them all with Flashpoint R2 Pro MarkII 2.4GHz Transmitter for Fujifilm (your flavor may vary). Great review of this underestimated little light, keep up the great work.
Yep. 2 AD200s is a cheat code for photographers. No limit with the capability. If you have one, get a second. You won't regret it. That you so much for imparting this valuable information.
I often use a bracket to mount to AD200s so I can put them inside a 45" reflective umbrella. Works great for me on the go because it folds down like a briefcase without completely breaking it down
Love my AD200s, and the AD-B2. The entirety of my lighting kit is 2x AD200, 1 AD-B2, and the extension heads, 2x of the Zoom II r2 (AA type), a V350, and the R2 trigger. I've never run into a situation where I needed more. Being able to split the smaller units up, mount them anywhere, and not need super heavy equipment has been awesome. Without a studio to work from, the portability has been key.
Love the AD-B2 and the extension heads. I put the brains and battery in a tiny back pack meant for runners and it makes the flashheads suuuper lightweight.
Used to have the AD-B2 and two ad200s great setup for indoors and outdoors scenarios. I now have the ad600bm. I got it on a black Friday sale 3 years ago for $350 sick deal. Best buy ever.
My favourite thing about AD200’s and 600’s? No cables to trip over and super easy to set up and control with the X-Pro controller. I use the AD200 with bare bulb in Octoboxes and I love them for indoor shoots. I have ordered one of the AD-S2’s to try it out on one of my AD200’s at the next event I shoot. Bought one of the Fosoto light stands as well so going to try that as well for mounting the AD200. Thanks for taking the time to make these videos 👍👍💯😊
Love the 200's. Best BANG for the buck! So many photographers fall into the the "Bigger is better" theory, when that's not always the case. The word for the 200's is "versatility." The power main difference between the 200/600 is two stops of light. If youre shooting wide open, you can just adjust the ISO to compensate of just move the flash closer to the subject...
Thats not the way stops work. The power difference between a AD200 and AD600 would be 1.5 stops. The power difference between a AD200 and a AD1600 is 3 stops, not 8 stops. It is a sad state of affairs when this ended up as the top comment and everyone else who viewed or up voted it is dumb enough to not know how stops work either. Also the point of using strobes is so you dont have to shoot wide open.
We love to see you happy, and i hope you find soon what you're looking for..some new tecnologies trying to get into market, maybe.. it would also be fun to watch you, doing experiments with plasma strobes, or Diving Underwater Torch .. Stay well everybody!
I wish I would've found Marcus a lot earlier. People always think bigger is better. As a solo, amateur street photographer, I recently started to take portraits and thought I needed all this stuff to haul around. I've been holding off on doing the HSS thing and came across this series of videos and tried both HSS and using an ND filter without HSS. I think it may have been the quality of the ND filter or my lack of experience, but the HSS photos came out a little sharper. I have one AD200 with the Fresnel head, so I gave it a shot. The little ad200 was powerful enough without any modifiers and still had a little room to go. I have a little 4-5-inch reflector that came with my AD200 as a package. I'm gonna go out next weekend and give it a shot with the bulb.
Great video as always Markus!! There's one thing I LOVE about the AD200 that the new units don´t have: spare head included the box in case of accident without paying extra! Not only the Ad200 gives you the option of barebulb/mini fresnel but one head serves as an spare in case something happens with the other, I carry an extra barebulb in my back pack so I have triple redundancy! Something the AD100 and AD300 don't have.
Totally have missed this channel for some odd reason, and must just love the real enthusiasm about the content with great amount of sense and "foots on the ground". One reason although why I don't like the HSS modes, is that it can be seen as scanlines in some of the gradients, like in example the "greycard" on left of the head.
You always have cool simple ideas. That bracket, I would have never thought of that👍. I use S2 brackets to mount soft boxes on my ad200. Works for me. I'm diggin the daily videos from you as well. Keep it up.
Individual AD200s can be used with MANY softboxes and beauty dishes quite easily with the S1 or S2 flash brackets (and even though it's one extra thing to carry, it doesn't take up that much space. I do it all the time. Just did it on a beach shoot and a wedding. I love my AD200 Pro. I think I'm going to get a couple more. I also love my AD600BM (old model. Like you I have no interest in the 600Pros)I like these lighting vids, though. Keep 'em coming.
In the shade or sunset or cloudy days or indoors, yes AD200 softboxes are fine. But I shoot in full bright sunlight and need to overpower the sun and darken the sky and shoot at f1.8. A couple 200's can do that if I use the reflectors, but not with softbox
I can use the AD200's in soft boxes because there is a third party bowens mount holder for the AD200. It was made for speedlights but since the wide of the AD200 is similar to a speedlight it fits perfect. I love the modifers you are using on the AD200 I got some for mine and its very nice. I also got that reflector you had in your video with the odd pattern inside to help increase a stop of light. Works perfect.
I've made numerous videos about AD200 modifiers including the S-bracket you mentioned. My comment in this video was not that modifiers cannot be used, just that the AD200 was not designed for modifiers like the Ad300, 400 or 600.
Thank you. First time watcher. There was a lot of practical advice which as a newer photographer really helps. When budgets are tight, it’s hard to figure out where to spend money most wisely. I’ve always liked the Ad200s. I do some product photography and everything else I shoot is generally indoors. Seems like those 200s would be perfect. My only thing is I bought 3 older Nikon SB950 speed lights which actually do amazing and if I don’t get the 200s, then I’ll buy the Godox remote trigger system for them. Sorry for the long comment but i really like your channel. I’m subscribing. Peace.
I recently had a gig and used my ad200. I would say maybe 2 hour of shooting it started to not flash. The battery wasn’t dying it was fully charged. I turned it on and off as well as the transmitter. It would flash a few and start acting up again. I had it powered at 8. I was thinking it started slowing the recycling time. That’s something that I can’t have going on. My help on this issue or maybe you experienced this. Can you share anything on this. Thank you for your time.
Hi Markus! Just came across the channel and what an amazing content ! Treu straight forward and an awesome community from what I could read form comments section. Sports photographer, took my step forward in the use did flash, loving the knowledge regarding the control of light. Fascinating!!! Cheers
One mod I've seen people do is to get the frosted half-dome diffuser for the bare-bulb and remove the dome so you're just left with the back (the reflector plate) and you can use that to push more light forward). Even using the dome diffuser with the barebulb produces quite a bit of light (I'd say at leaest as much if not more than using the round head or Fresnel head with a standard reflector mounted in a Bowen's mount. And the bare-bulb dome diffuser is cheap like under $10 each (i bought two of them -- modded one and remove the dome, and kept the other one with the dome attached -- and I have a spare dome in case the one breaks). Some tests suggest that you can get 1/2 to almost a full stop of power doing this (with the diffuser dome removed and only using the reflector plate).
You’re saving us all heck of a lot of money and time having to watch other UA-cam videos. Can you do a video on how you choose your flash and camera settings?🙏🏼
Thank you for your videos Markus! I always get a lot of fun and useful info. BTW, I own three AD200 and I love them. Powerfull, portable, versatile (and expensive in my country 🙁) Cheers!
Thank you bro! Now I realized that I purchased that little reflector for AD200 Pro, and never ever used it, forgot that I have it. I found it in one of boxes, and it has also color gel filters! Ahhh stupid me, thank you for bringing my attention to it. Finally I can use AD200 Pro as I wanted before (using color gels haha) and AD400 Pro as main light (I love it over 600).
I shoot 4 x 5 which sucks up light for indoor portraits. Fast apertures starts at f5.6 or more ! You need at least 500ws. What do you recommend? (BTW leaf lenses can sync at any speed but you know that.) The challenge is I don't need all the fancy Godox/strobe/speedlight features because I am taking a simple snap, metered slowly with a Sekonic meter. I can get something used for way less. The question is: what should I get? A used Bowens? Great video, yet again!
I use my AD200 Pro's inside 42" umbrella softboxes (super cheap Neewer), using the bare bulb (one in each). This way the weight is in the middle, and if it falls over then the flash itself doesn't hit anything, as it's encased in an umbrella protective shell. Using an X-Pro transmitter means I never have to go in and touch the flash itself, as I can control it from the transmitter, and the only time I have to touch the flash is to wake it up if it's been idle too long. I also have 2 TT685S's and a v860ii, plus a bunch of other flashes, and I am looking forward to replacing them with AD200 Pro's soon!
@@MarkusPix Yeah, mostly, but I've shot them outside with sandbags, and while they have blown over (42" is a big sail!), the AD200 is always in good shape as it doesn't hit anything.
We need a way to use old film on camera flash speed lights to be usable with modern digital cameras. Still have not found any articles that show how to modify them for modern use. Those flash tubes are still good in many of the old speed lights. Why waste them. Lets use them. Any ideas?
Would love to see a comparison between 1-2 AD200 and the 2-3-4 speed light setup. That multiple speed light setup in the last vid is really interesting to me. Great content as always!
Thanks for the great content. But I noted that you said you can't use a softbox with the AD200s? Can simply attach the AD200s to the AD-B2 twin head and you're good to attach any Bowen mount softboxes.
Markus it’s been a long time friend. I’ve been busy and haven’t seen any of the content recently, so I am trying to play catch up…. But thanks for the videos my dude and keep up the good work.
Hey Markus, quick question. at 6:33 sec into your video you show 2 ad200s full power with out using HSS. Yet your shutter speed is at 400th of a second which is beyond most cameras sync speed. How is this working for you?
Have you compared the power output between bulbhead with that reflector and bare fresnel? Buy the way. You can make ad200 equall to ad600 single in HSS just moving ad200 1 feet closer!
Fun , Fun Fun... how I describe watching a Markus video. I am in Canada; can't find the 4" reflectors online (Amaz..N) nor in stores. This fall I took a magic arm, a super clamp and two 7" reflectors on a 20" bar fed through a knuckle ... mounted the rig to the luggage rack of my ATV and had a mobile studio for a shoot in the woods. The smaller reflectors would have been better.
www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1383786-REG/godox_standard_reflector_with_diffuser.html and www.amazon.com/Godox-Standard-Reflector-Speedlite-Accessories/dp/B071R1WZ1P and www.aliexpress.com/i/2251832615055582.html?gatewayAdapt=4itemAdapt
Thank you for this comparison but what is your thought about using ad200 for dance photography, freezing jumps and silks? It will work well and how many I move need?
Markus, I always enjoy your videos. Thanks for educating us in flash photography. I have a question about the AD600 in this video. Where did you purchase the diffuser for the 7 inch reflector. I have been trying to search for one without any luck. Thanks Gord
I like it , I like it a lot! Fun and highly informative. I’m currently using some very old Dynalite Baja battery powered strobes (400s) I’ve been wondering what to replace them with-your latest video helps, thank you
Hi Marcus, thanks for the tips! I always come back to these videos for advice. Curious why you would use the AD600 while traveling instead of an AD200 or two? I have 3 AD200 pros and considering another to go with my AD-B2. Thanks.
For fun trips I take the 100s or 200s, but when going to once in a lifetime places around the world like Bora Bora, I take some 600s because I never know what I'll be dealing with. I also take 600s sometimes when I take road trips because size and weight doesn't matter and if I'm shooting in Death valley in the middle of the day where the sun is blindingly bright and Im in wide open desert with a wide angle lens and want lights out of the shot...
Instead of 2 ad200s. Can 1 Ad200 with a speedlight achieve the same result ? Since Ad200 is doing hss anyway and the speedlight just lighting the object more... as I have just one ad200 and 2 speedlights
You can make anything work if you want, but remember AD200s are three times more powerful than any speedlight. Just stop eating and fast for a week and use the money to get another AD200 and you'll be healthier to boot.
Hi Marcus, love your straight forward ,'tell as you see it's videos. l wonder if Godox isn't just using different color biased tubes on their newer kit AD100/300 vs older 360/AD200? If so does it mean we eventually need to adapt? I too love my AD200s and use 3 regularly instead of a larger battery pack twin head strobe.
I love my AD200pro's, but I purchased the new Nikon z8 and I get serious horizontal banding with I shoot in HSS. ALL firmware is Current and Up -to-date. I'm at a loss. I'm shoot changing from rear curtain and front curtain and STILL I find banding when I shoot past 1/250 shutter speed. I've tried I tried to leave a comment on your other UA-cam page, but comments were not available. So I hope you see this one. I have reached out to several UA-camrs and they all feel its the ad200pros. I have tried changing the Photo Flicker Reduction in Z8 settings and the High-Frequency Flicker Reduction. Nothing changes. I hope someone reads this and has some good advice for me. Cheers! Leanna
Hi Marcus Is the AD 200 just a flash or does it stay on? When you recorded Carra food day with the panasonic camcorder and your small light, could you have used the Ad200 as your light or is it just a flash.? Learning loads from you, thanks
Honestly when I use the ad-b2 with the reflector vs the ad200 with the the small reflector I noticed the light being so much more harsher especially on darker skin tones. Ad-b2 just always been easier for me. Funny thing is while the video was going I was just about to ask you to compare the two and then that part of the video came up just in time lol. But yeah I love the AD200s am able to use them with almost anything. One even work good in a 60in umbrella. So I was able to put one in the umbrella and one in a beauty to get a punchy look. And that was enough for a inside studio shoot. All I needed is 400w split up the right way. What I might try tho is the small reflector on one ad200 inside a 60” umbrella 🤔
I love options, so.. I have 2x AD200's 1X AD360 1X AD600 2x V860III 1x V1 plus I have an ADB2 & 2-3 of those 4.5in dishes So I'm probably going to grab the bracket just so I have more options when using my lights. I can have various different set ups as is.. I may add one more AD600 to my kit so if needed I could have 2 600ws lights. And Note you can get the adapter to turn 2 AD600's into 1 1200ws light.
As a user of differently branded AD200, I love the details and information - will be there something about barn doors with color gels, that can be attached to A type head? Or C type head with constant light? Or a grid, that could be attached to this small reflector? I have found these and I wonder, how much use these addons would be. I've considered getting one of these bigger lights in the future, but with how much apparently can be squeezed out of these, I would pretty much prefer the portability, as I just carry everything.
It's 2024 and this advice remains relevant! Thank you, Markus! I would never have attempted using an AD200 in the mid-day (Florida) sun. Adding that small 4.5" reflector made all the difference...even at less than full power.
This is seriously one of the most underrated UA-cam channels, this is pure gold!!!!!! Thanks so much for mate!
I second that!
Agree with that！🎉👍
truly
Because of you Markus, my wife and family are getting me an ad200 pro kit for christmas. Like you, ill be taking non stop photos of my wife! Thank you for sharing all your ad200 work! You have really inspired me!
Love, love, love the AD200s. Have 18 for what we do and the following rig set up for each. We use the Flashpoint Bowens head (Flashpoint eVOLV Dual Power Twin Head with Bowens Mount AD-B2) that can also use just one bulb and one AD200 (versus two & two). Single bulb goes to the center prong set. We never take the single bulb out of the head, just dismount the single AD200, collapse the Glow Foldable Beauty Dish With Bowens Mount (Silver, 40"), slip on the covers, done. Very light, very portable, very powerful for our needs. Fantastic light fill, make inverse law adjustments as needed, go for it. Kick them all with Flashpoint R2 Pro MarkII 2.4GHz Transmitter for Fujifilm (your flavor may vary). Great review of this underestimated little light, keep up the great work.
So you can do single bulb on the center? Copy that chief.
This comment is gold. Some of this is over my head but I’m gonna save it for posterity. Thank you 🙏
Yep. 2 AD200s is a cheat code for photographers. No limit with the capability. If you have one, get a second. You won't regret it. That you so much for imparting this valuable information.
Even get a third and then use the adb2 for your other 2 for even more results
just was watching this vid again.... amazing that in the testing how much difference the AD-S2 reflectors made, over that of the single one on a AD-B2
I often use a bracket to mount to AD200s so I can put them inside a 45" reflective umbrella. Works great for me on the go because it folds down like a briefcase without completely breaking it down
Love my AD200s, and the AD-B2. The entirety of my lighting kit is 2x AD200, 1 AD-B2, and the extension heads, 2x of the Zoom II r2 (AA type), a V350, and the R2 trigger. I've never run into a situation where I needed more. Being able to split the smaller units up, mount them anywhere, and not need super heavy equipment has been awesome. Without a studio to work from, the portability has been key.
Love the AD-B2 and the extension heads. I put the brains and battery in a tiny back pack meant for runners and it makes the flashheads suuuper lightweight.
Used to have the AD-B2 and two ad200s great setup for indoors and outdoors scenarios. I now have the ad600bm. I got it on a black Friday sale 3 years ago for $350 sick deal. Best buy ever.
My favourite thing about AD200’s and 600’s? No cables to trip over and super easy to set up and control with the X-Pro controller. I use the AD200 with bare bulb in Octoboxes and I love them for indoor shoots.
I have ordered one of the AD-S2’s to try it out on one of my AD200’s at the next event I shoot. Bought one of the Fosoto light stands as well so going to try that as well for mounting the AD200.
Thanks for taking the time to make these videos 👍👍💯😊
You're gonna love the AD-S2. Its the most used modifier ever for me ua-cam.com/video/TS4dyp6Hm04/v-deo.html
@@MarkusPix Just ordered another set of each. Thanks for the tips Markus 👍👍
Recently picked up that reflector for my ad200pro and it's amazing. Your advice as usual, is well researched and tested.
Dude, that bracket suggestion is amazing! I've got the AD-600, but love the smaller kit of 2 AD-200. Thanks
Glad you like it!
fantastic demo vids of the ad200’s! the Hawaii vid too 🌟💪🏼💪🏼🌟 thanks so much Markus
One of the honest reviewer on UA-cam. Thanks man
Love the 200's. Best BANG for the buck! So many photographers fall into the the "Bigger is better" theory, when that's not always the case. The word for the 200's is "versatility."
The power main difference between the 200/600 is two stops of light. If youre shooting wide open, you can just adjust the ISO to compensate of just move the flash closer to the subject...
Thats not the way stops work. The power difference between a AD200 and AD600 would be 1.5 stops. The power difference between a AD200 and a AD1600 is 3 stops, not 8 stops. It is a sad state of affairs when this ended up as the top comment and everyone else who viewed or up voted it is dumb enough to not know how stops work either. Also the point of using strobes is so you dont have to shoot wide open.
@@pointeroverflow The point of using a strobe is to control the light. Not shooting wide open is not the explicit purpose of strobes.
We love to see you happy, and i hope you find soon what you're looking for..some new tecnologies trying to get into market, maybe.. it would also be fun to watch you, doing experiments with plasma strobes, or Diving Underwater Torch .. Stay well everybody!
I wish I would've found Marcus a lot earlier. People always think bigger is better. As a solo, amateur street photographer, I recently started to take portraits and thought I needed all this stuff to haul around. I've been holding off on doing the HSS thing and came across this series of videos and tried both HSS and using an ND filter without HSS. I think it may have been the quality of the ND filter or my lack of experience, but the HSS photos came out a little sharper. I have one AD200 with the Fresnel head, so I gave it a shot. The little ad200 was powerful enough without any modifiers and still had a little room to go. I have a little 4-5-inch reflector that came with my AD200 as a package. I'm gonna go out next weekend and give it a shot with the bulb.
Wow! How enlightening, even after watching the last video. Always appreciate the practical approach along with brutal honesty.
Great video as always Markus!! There's one thing I LOVE about the AD200 that the new units don´t have: spare head included the box in case of accident without paying extra! Not only the Ad200 gives you the option of barebulb/mini fresnel but one head serves as an spare in case something happens with the other, I carry an extra barebulb in my back pack so I have triple redundancy! Something the AD100 and AD300 don't have.
Totally have missed this channel for some odd reason, and must just love the real enthusiasm about the content with great amount of sense and "foots on the ground".
One reason although why I don't like the HSS modes, is that it can be seen as scanlines in some of the gradients, like in example the "greycard" on left of the head.
I love your channel so much, super informative, straight to the point, like watching a documentary. THANK YOUUUU!!!
I'm convinced. I am now looking for a good deal on a pair of AD200s. Thanks for the review
You’re AD200 vid was a game changer for me. Thanks as always for sharing your knowledge freely.
Glad to hear it!
You always have cool simple ideas. That bracket, I would have never thought of that👍. I use S2 brackets to mount soft boxes on my ad200. Works for me. I'm diggin the daily videos from you as well. Keep it up.
My typical headshot setup is using three AD200s, one on each side with another as a hair light using a remote head on a boom stand.
I use one ad 200 in a large softbox with a bowens mount holder for the ad200. It gives me plenty of light for in studio
if you ever take it outside, watch this video ua-cam.com/video/WeFt5FkWXfU/v-deo.html
Individual AD200s can be used with MANY softboxes and beauty dishes quite easily with the S1 or S2 flash brackets (and even though it's one extra thing to carry, it doesn't take up that much space. I do it all the time. Just did it on a beach shoot and a wedding. I love my AD200 Pro. I think I'm going to get a couple more. I also love my AD600BM (old model. Like you I have no interest in the 600Pros)I like these lighting vids, though. Keep 'em coming.
In the shade or sunset or cloudy days or indoors, yes AD200 softboxes are fine. But I shoot in full bright sunlight and need to overpower the sun and darken the sky and shoot at f1.8. A couple 200's can do that if I use the reflectors, but not with softbox
That`s good, and how (2 x AD200) VS (AD400Pro). Thank you.......I like your videos because you always explain with real examples.
Thanks Marcus, I have 4 ad200s and this reflector is just the ticket!!!
I can use the AD200's in soft boxes because there is a third party bowens mount holder for the AD200. It was made for speedlights but since the wide of the AD200 is similar to a speedlight it fits perfect. I love the modifers you are using on the AD200 I got some for mine and its very nice. I also got that reflector you had in your video with the odd pattern inside to help increase a stop of light. Works perfect.
I've made numerous videos about AD200 modifiers including the S-bracket you mentioned. My comment in this video was not that modifiers cannot be used, just that the AD200 was not designed for modifiers like the Ad300, 400 or 600.
@@MarkusPix Yes Sir. I understand. Always enjoy your work very much. Thank you for giving back to others the way you do.
Thank you. First time watcher. There was a lot of practical advice which as a newer photographer really helps. When budgets are tight, it’s hard to figure out where to spend money most wisely. I’ve always liked the Ad200s. I do some product photography and everything else I shoot is generally indoors. Seems like those 200s would be perfect. My only thing is I bought 3 older Nikon SB950 speed lights which actually do amazing and if I don’t get the 200s, then I’ll buy the Godox remote trigger system for them.
Sorry for the long comment but i really like your channel. I’m subscribing. Peace.
I recently had a gig and used my ad200. I would say maybe 2 hour of shooting it started to not flash. The battery wasn’t dying it was fully charged. I turned it on and off as well as the transmitter. It would flash a few and start acting up again. I had it powered at 8. I was thinking it started slowing the recycling time. That’s something that I can’t have going on. My help on this issue or maybe you experienced this. Can you share anything on this. Thank you for your time.
i got my ad200 pro used, but looks and works like new for $200. i am very happy with ad200pro i love the portability and the power
Just ordered an ad200 pro. I get into some remote areas. Easier to carry. Thank you for the video.
Seriously, thank you for sharing your great information. Godox AD200 is next on my list... some time in the future.
Hi Markus! Just came across the channel and what an amazing content ! Treu straight forward and an awesome community from what I could read form comments section.
Sports photographer, took my step forward in the use did flash, loving the knowledge regarding the control of light. Fascinating!!! Cheers
Can someone give a link to the bracket that's used in this video to support the two AD200's? Can't find it :( Thank you!!!
www.amazon.com/Neewer-20-3cm-Bracket-Stereoscopic-Photography/dp/B00PAG93ES/ref=sr_1_1?crid=6WI79V0YIOCN&keywords=Neewer+8%22%2F20.3cm+Dual+Camera+Mount+Tripod+Bracket+for+3D+Stereo+Stereoscopic+Photography&qid=1684976682&s=electronics&sprefix=neewer+8+%2F20.3cm+dual+camera+mount+tripod+bracket+for+3d+stereo+stereoscopic+photography%2Celectronics%2C194&sr=1-1
Even though your latest collection of lighting videos are extremely good ……my all time favorite was the one about “Sliders”
incredible video! Thank you. Magmod has an adaptor that allows you to mount the ad200 to a softbox. This is a great value product.
Would love to see the 2 ad 200s mounted into a parabolic reflector to see how that looks with those two
You're the ultimate experimenter! Thanks for the info... Have a great week.
You are the best! Thanks for such an informative video. My thinking about modifiers, strobes and speedlights has forever changed.
One mod I've seen people do is to get the frosted half-dome diffuser for the bare-bulb and remove the dome so you're just left with the back (the reflector plate) and you can use that to push more light forward). Even using the dome diffuser with the barebulb produces quite a bit of light (I'd say at leaest as much if not more than using the round head or Fresnel head with a standard reflector mounted in a Bowen's mount. And the bare-bulb dome diffuser is cheap like under $10 each (i bought two of them -- modded one and remove the dome, and kept the other one with the dome attached -- and I have a spare dome in case the one breaks). Some tests suggest that you can get 1/2 to almost a full stop of power doing this (with the diffuser dome removed and only using the reflector plate).
I have those small dishes for my Streaklight 360 & AD200.. they work great.
You’re saving us all heck of a lot of money and time having to watch other UA-cam videos. Can you do a video on how you choose your flash and camera settings?🙏🏼
I like it !!......This is a great way to stay in budget, and still get what you need and want !
Thank you sir for all you do. Making videos with a busy schedule is so hard!
super clamp with the ad200 screwed into the pin would be a quick and dirty way to mount 2 next to each other as well
Thanks for this video! Love your creative solutions :)
Thank you for your videos Markus! I always get a lot of fun and useful info. BTW, I own three AD200 and I love them. Powerfull, portable, versatile (and expensive in my country 🙁)
Cheers!
Thank you bro! Now I realized that I purchased that little reflector for AD200 Pro, and never ever used it, forgot that I have it. I found it in one of boxes, and it has also color gel filters! Ahhh stupid me, thank you for bringing my attention to it. Finally I can use AD200 Pro as I wanted before (using color gels haha) and AD400 Pro as main light (I love it over 600).
Hi Marcus. Love your videos. I have a MagMod Octobox which will take 2 x AD200 side by side - must get the 4.5" reflectors though! Thanks again.
You forget to mention about the battery lives?
Thanks for the video.
This video really helpped me answer a few questions I had about 600 and the 200s. Thanks Markus!!!😉
Thanks for the tip! I'm gonna look those up today!
I shoot 4 x 5 which sucks up light for indoor portraits. Fast apertures starts at f5.6 or more ! You need at least 500ws. What do you recommend? (BTW leaf lenses can sync at any speed but you know that.) The challenge is I don't need all the fancy Godox/strobe/speedlight features because I am taking a simple snap, metered slowly with a Sekonic meter. I can get something used for way less. The question is: what should I get? A used Bowens? Great video, yet again!
I use my AD200 Pro's inside 42" umbrella softboxes (super cheap Neewer), using the bare bulb (one in each). This way the weight is in the middle, and if it falls over then the flash itself doesn't hit anything, as it's encased in an umbrella protective shell. Using an X-Pro transmitter means I never have to go in and touch the flash itself, as I can control it from the transmitter, and the only time I have to touch the flash is to wake it up if it's been idle too long. I also have 2 TT685S's and a v860ii, plus a bunch of other flashes, and I am looking forward to replacing them with AD200 Pro's soon!
I ssume you shoot mainly indoors
@@MarkusPix Yeah, mostly, but I've shot them outside with sandbags, and while they have blown over (42" is a big sail!), the AD200 is always in good shape as it doesn't hit anything.
Always appreciated. Now, can we get a couple dozen of those when the Georgia grand jury....
We need a way to use old film on camera flash speed lights to be usable with modern digital cameras. Still have not found any articles that show how to modify them for modern use. Those flash tubes are still good in many of the old speed lights. Why waste them. Lets use them. Any ideas?
great review! will have to go get a few of those small reflectors
Thank you so much markus i learned a lot from you about ad200pro and success on shooting outdoor apperal shoot keep update more about ad200pro sir !
Would love to see a comparison between 1-2 AD200 and the 2-3-4 speed light setup. That multiple speed light setup in the last vid is really interesting to me. Great content as always!
1 ad200 is more powerful than 3 speedlights
Great explained and I already did something like this with Godox TT600s of 8 with 2’s in one group each
Thanks for the great content.
But I noted that you said you can't use a softbox with the AD200s?
Can simply attach the AD200s to the AD-B2 twin head and you're good to attach any Bowen mount softboxes.
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@@MarkusPix ....gotcha
Wow great work. Thanks for the links
Markus it’s been a long time friend. I’ve been busy and haven’t seen any of the content recently, so I am trying to play catch up…. But thanks for the videos my dude and keep up the good work.
Hey Markus, quick question. at 6:33 sec into your video you show 2 ad200s full power with out using HSS. Yet your shutter speed is at 400th of a second which is beyond most cameras sync speed. How is this working for you?
I was using a Sony A1
Have you compared the power output between bulbhead with that reflector and bare fresnel? Buy the way. You can make ad200 equall to ad600 single in HSS just moving ad200 1 feet closer!
Ad200 is the best thing happened for photographers
Fun , Fun Fun... how I describe watching a Markus video. I am in Canada; can't find the 4" reflectors online (Amaz..N) nor in stores. This fall I took a magic arm, a super clamp and two 7" reflectors on a 20" bar fed through a knuckle ... mounted the rig to the luggage rack of my ATV and had a mobile studio for a shoot in the woods. The smaller reflectors would have been better.
www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1383786-REG/godox_standard_reflector_with_diffuser.html
and www.amazon.com/Godox-Standard-Reflector-Speedlite-Accessories/dp/B071R1WZ1P
and www.aliexpress.com/i/2251832615055582.html?gatewayAdapt=4itemAdapt
Truly Epic!...Such An Eye Opener With Hard Lights🥰🥰👏👏
Great video! Do you happen to have a link for the "cold shoe bracket" you showed in the video?
Thank you for this comparison but what is your thought about using ad200 for dance photography, freezing jumps and silks? It will work well and how many I move need?
2:45 Hmm, not really, man. Looks like 1/3 - 1/2 stop lower still after your adjustment? Not bashing it, because I just picked one up, great lights.
Markus, I always enjoy your videos. Thanks for educating us in flash photography. I have a question about the AD600 in this video. Where did you purchase the diffuser for the 7 inch reflector. I have been trying to search for one without any luck. Thanks Gord
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Thank you@@MarkusPix
Nice video Markus!
AD200Pro has very low power as modeling light when inside a softbox. What is ypur recommendation?
great stuff Markus ...ad200's for the win
I like it , I like it a lot! Fun and highly informative. I’m currently using some very old Dynalite Baja battery powered strobes (400s) I’ve been wondering what to replace them with-your latest video helps, thank you
Hi Marcus, thanks for the tips! I always come back to these videos for advice. Curious why you would use the AD600 while traveling instead of an AD200 or two? I have 3 AD200 pros and considering another to go with my AD-B2. Thanks.
For fun trips I take the 100s or 200s, but when going to once in a lifetime places around the world like Bora Bora, I take some 600s because I never know what I'll be dealing with. I also take 600s sometimes when I take road trips because size and weight doesn't matter and if I'm shooting in Death valley in the middle of the day where the sun is blindingly bright and Im in wide open desert with a wide angle lens and want lights out of the shot...
great video and comparison-Thankyou
Instead of 2 ad200s. Can 1 Ad200 with a speedlight achieve the same result ? Since Ad200 is doing hss anyway and the speedlight just lighting the object more... as I have just one ad200 and 2 speedlights
You can make anything work if you want, but remember AD200s are three times more powerful than any speedlight. Just stop eating and fast for a week and use the money to get another AD200 and you'll be healthier to boot.
do you have a link for the bracket?
Hi Marcus, love your straight forward ,'tell as you see it's videos. l wonder if Godox isn't just using different color biased tubes on their newer kit AD100/300 vs older 360/AD200? If so does it mean we eventually need to adapt? I too love my AD200s and use 3 regularly instead of a larger battery pack twin head strobe.
I love my AD200pro's, but I purchased the new Nikon z8 and I get serious horizontal banding with I shoot in HSS. ALL firmware is Current and Up -to-date. I'm at a loss. I'm shoot changing from rear curtain and front curtain and STILL I find banding when I shoot past 1/250 shutter speed. I've tried I tried to leave a comment on your other UA-cam page, but comments were not available. So I hope you see this one. I have reached out to several UA-camrs and they all feel its the ad200pros. I have tried changing the Photo Flicker Reduction in Z8 settings and the High-Frequency Flicker Reduction. Nothing changes. I hope someone reads this and has some good advice for me. Cheers! Leanna
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Hi Marcus
Is the AD 200 just a flash or does it stay on?
When you recorded Carra food day with the panasonic camcorder and your small light, could you have used the Ad200 as your light or is it just a flash.?
Learning loads from you, thanks
The AD200 i just a flash
Спасибо. Каждый раз очень полезные уроки. Очень доступно и качественно.
💙💙💙💙💙💙💙
Thnx for the series Markus. How about a test between the older Ad360 vs Ad300 or vs Ad400?
Here's my video on the 360. It was more powerful than both of those and had better color ua-cam.com/video/8BnegMfXVuA/v-deo.html
thank you Markus for your information
where do I buy the reflector
don’t see the link..
www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1383786-REG/godox_standard_reflector_with_diffuser.html
Amen to the old vs new 600s!!! And, Markus, have you noticed the battery on the old 600 is better than the new 600? Curious.
Great comparison, I was wondering about that. What I don’t have is more than 2 ad200s or any nd filters.
Honestly when I use the ad-b2 with the reflector vs the ad200 with the the small reflector I noticed the light being so much more harsher especially on darker skin tones. Ad-b2 just always been easier for me.
Funny thing is while the video was going I was just about to ask you to compare the two and then that part of the video came up just in time lol.
But yeah I love the AD200s am able to use them with almost anything. One even work good in a 60in umbrella. So I was able to put one in the umbrella and one in a beauty to get a punchy look. And that was enough for a inside studio shoot. All I needed is 400w split up the right way. What I might try tho is the small reflector on one ad200 inside a 60” umbrella 🤔
So what about putting that reflector on it then putting that in a soft box?
Reflectors concentrate light into a beam which you don't want in a softbox- you want the light to go in all directions, hence bare bulb being best
What if the ad360 compared to the 600
The 360 is great, if you can deal with the cord and dangly battery pack ua-cam.com/video/8BnegMfXVuA/v-deo.html
Very informative. Thanks!
agree A200 best value and best power per size!
I love options, so..
I have 2x AD200's 1X AD360 1X AD600
2x V860III 1x V1
plus I have an ADB2 & 2-3 of those 4.5in dishes
So I'm probably going to grab the bracket just so I have more options when using my lights.
I can have various different set ups as is.. I may add one more AD600 to my kit so if needed I could have 2 600ws lights.
And Note you can get the adapter to turn 2 AD600's into 1 1200ws light.
As a user of differently branded AD200, I love the details and information - will be there something about barn doors with color gels, that can be attached to A type head? Or C type head with constant light? Or a grid, that could be attached to this small reflector? I have found these and I wonder, how much use these addons would be. I've considered getting one of these bigger lights in the future, but with how much apparently can be squeezed out of these, I would pretty much prefer the portability, as I just carry everything.
For a portrait wedding event photographer, is Godox better than first party like Canon EX600-RT?
An AD200 is 3-4 times more powerful