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Godox wants a piece of the LED market, shows an Aputure 120D-like light

Sep 13, 2019 by Udi Tirosh 3 Comments

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When it comes to lights, we used to have a pretty good distinction. Godox did Strobes, and Aputure did LEDs. Of course, we had the occasional SL 60 or SL 200, but generally, it was quite a split world.

Now Godox are expanding into the LED market with a Bowens type light, and it looks like it is aimed to directly compete with Aputure’s line of 120D and 300D.

Still not formally announced, Godox is showing two new Bowens mount LEDs at IBC 2019. The VL150/VL300 and the FV150. Both lights have a separate power/controller unit, similar to the common Bowens mount LEDs. The LEDs are still not 100% ready to market, so all specs below are subject to change, but this is what we got from Godox so far:

VL150 and VL300

These two lights are your common COB (Chip on Board) LED lights.

  • The VL150 is 150 watts and the VL300 is 300 watts.
  • Daylight calibrated to daylight at 5600K.
  • Bowens type mount similar to the AD600 strobe. That means that you will have plenty of lighting modifiers readily available as soon as the light is available.
  • Dimming from 0-10 at steps of 0.1
  • Power brick with a control dial and vmount option
  • Controllable via a Bluetooth app
  • 10 effects light strobe, lightning storm and similar
  • Cooling via silent fan

FV150

The other, maybe more interesting light, is the Godox FV150. It is again a 150W light, but it has a built-in LED-flash function. Now, this is not the first LED strobe that is coming out, Rotolight had a go at a hybrid light with their Neo 2 light and got mixed reactions. Maybe it was the light, maybe the market was not aligned on expectation.

Either way, Godox are now having a go with a similar monoblock-type LED/strobe hybrid. Here are the features we got:

  • 150 watts of power on LED mode
  • the rest of the features are similar to the VL150

Price is not set yet for any of the lights, but the VL150 is (very roughly) estimated under $750, and both lights should be officially announced next month. We’ll let you know as we hear more.

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DIYP’s coverage of IBC2019 is sponsored by Syrp, Manfrotto, Zhiyun, and Spiffy Gear.

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Filed Under: Gear Tagged With: Aputure 120D, Aputure 300D, godox, GODOX FV150, Godox VL150, Godox VL300, IBC 2019

Udi Tirosh: from diyphotography.net

About Udi Tirosh

Udi Tirosh is an entrepreneur, photography inventor, journalist, educator, and writer based in Israel. With over 25 years of experience in the photo-video industry, Udi has built and sold several photography-related brands. Udi has a double degree in mass media communications and computer science.

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