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Why Godox Spotlight is in my top 5 best lighting modifiers of all time

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Salacious article title aside, this lighting modifier from Godox is amazing and yes, it really is in my top 5 (maybe top 3) best lighting modifiers of all time… but why?

I’ve been shooting in the studio for over 20 years and during that time, I’d like to think I’ve worked with a huge range of modifiers. No, my opinions on certain modifiers don’t always align with everybody else’s, but I do like to give strong reasoning as to why I love or hate certain light shapers and as I discuss the Godox Spotlight here, I aim to do just that, as although this is arguably one of the best modifiers I’ve ever used, that does come with some very strong caveats.

Godox redefines flash with a new 200Ws tube addon for the AD200/AD200Pro

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Godox has announced their newest Godox AD-S200 head for the Godox AD200 (buy here) and AD200Pro (buy here) strobes. Unlike just about every other flash or strobe you may have seen in the past, though, this one’s a tube.

Flashes and strobes have historically been available in two basic designs. Either a small bulb sitting behind a Fresnel lens (speedlights) or they’re of the “bare bulb” variety (studio strobes). This adds new creative options.

Godox announces projection attachments for Godox mount LED lights

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Godox has announced its new Godox mount projection attachments. There are three in total, the MLP19K (buy here), the MLP26K (buy here) and the ML36K (buy here), which are designed to be used on smaller LED lights, like the Godox ML60 (buy here).

The company says the new units offer edge-to-edge sharpness on their projections with no colour shift. You’re able to use gobos in them as well as gels, with full rotational freedom to get the picture or pattern exactly how you want it.

Godox goes practical with its new C7R and C10R LED bulbs

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Godox has joined Aputure and Nanlite in producing screw-in LED bulbs for practical use on set. The new lights are the Godox C7R (buy here) and C10R (buy here) KNOWLED RGBWW Creative Bulb Lights. The number in the name is the output wattage, and they both offer full RGBWW colour. Both lights are powered by screwing them into a standard E26/27 socket or externally via USB-C.

The Godox C7R also features a built-in battery, allowing you to use it with disconnected prop light fixtures. It has full brightness control and hue & saturation adjustments to let you seamlessly blend its colour into your set. It also features remote Bluetooth control, allowing you to control multiple lights simultaneously.

Godox announces the Virso and Virso S cableless wireless microphones

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It seems redundant to call a wireless microphone “cableless”. But if there’s one consistency with the plethora of wireless microphones on the market, it’s that they need a cable to send audio from the receiver to the camera. The new Godox Virso still requires that cable, but for Sony shooters, the Godox Virso S doesn’t. Instead, it communicates with the camera directly using the multi-function hotshoe.

With that one exception for Sony shooters, these microphone systems are similar to other devices of this type. There’s a receiver that goes on the camera along with one or a pair of transmitters. Each transmitter features a built-in microphone and the ability to plug in a wired lavalier mic. The transmitters can also record internally to microSD cards for up to 400 hours of recording.

First look at the Godox Knowled P600Bi LED panel

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Godox has announced a few new products at NAB 2023, including their new range of Knowled flexible panels. But they’ve also released a new hard panel, too. It’s called the Knowled P600Bi Hard, and it packs the power of the Knowled M600Bi (buy here) into panel form. We stopped by the Godox booth to have a chat with Godox Marketing Supervisor, Kylie Wang, to learn more about it.

Despite the name, the Godox Knowled P600Bi puts out 650 Watts of light in a compact 1×1 foot panel form factor. But unlike many LED panels, this isn’t just bare LED beads sitting on a flat plane. The LEDs here go through a mirror array and focusing lenses to project a very long throw with a fairly tight 40-degree beam to help intensify it and maximise that power output.

First look at the Godox Knowled F flexible, folding LED mats

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At NAB 2023, Godox launched its new range of flexible, folding LED mats. The range is kicking off with three panels: the F22Bi, F24Bi, and F44Bi. As their names would suggest, these are bicolour LED panels with a colour temperature range of 2700K to 8500K and a CRI of 96+. Designed primarily to mimic large soft overhead light sources, the panels can also be used on regular light stands or even bent around surfaces.

The Godox Knowled F series LED panels don’t appear to have been officially announced yet. There are also no listings for them yet on the Godox website. So, there are no published specs yet. This may mean their specs are subject to change. However, we stop by the Godox booth at NAB to have a chat with them about the new lights and their capabilities.

The new Godox Dive series lets you light underwater down to 40 metres

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Godox has announced a new range of underwater LED lights. Named Godox Dive, there are two product ranges, one daylight and one RGBWW, each available in three sizes at 25cm, 40cm and 60cm in length. The WTD daylight models have a white balance of 5,600 Kelvin (+/- 300K), and the WTR RGBWW LED lights have a wide white balance range of 1,800K up to 10,000K – as well as the full complement of red, green and blue hues.

The lights are rated for underwater use up to a depth of 40 metres (131 feet), with easy-to-see fluorescent buttons to be easily seen and used in the depths when smartphone control obviously isn’t possible. They also provide a wide range of lighting effects – you know, for when you need those underwater fireworks and police chases.

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