Godox AD100 vs. V1, Part 2 - Two amazing little lights. 

Great review and thanks for sharing your thoughts regarding this two similar products 🙏🙏

I love the V1. I've just ordered the AD100. looking forward to working with it. I also think the accessory kit for these lights are excellent, the barn door in particular, giving you great control. love the video, very informative. thanks....

Well done!

Thank you for comparing these two lights

great video!

Congrats on 2k. great contents and thanks for sharing.However I have a diiferent question but not about the flash rather about how do you use the 100v . How do you use it at weddings and especially at reception? I own a 100v myself and I'm also a wedding photographer and I also shoot with Nikon. I would like to use the 100V also may be a film simulation like B&W or something different for a different look. Like how would I set it for getting ready shots a bit, a little bit everywhere during the course of the day. Thanks in anticipation. Keep up the good work!

Great video Todd. Congratulation on 2K. Gotta question for you... how would you shoot a concert where flash is not allowed by the artist?

Todd, for mounting the V1, use a Magmod Magshoe. That’s the best way to mount the V1 on a light stand.

The v1 and ad100pro are the best combo. Interchangeable batteries and round heads. I have both. You can use one for key light and the other for back light.

Hello, I love your explanation! Could you do some tests of the Ad100 with various modifiers? Greetings from Ecuador!

Thans for your review Iwould add if I'not mistaking that the v1 can be used à a contrôler, while the ad100 not. But is it really usefull as combination to have one flash on the camera body and one outside...

This is cool

If you were going to setup your camera for an event would it be a good idea to have the v1 on the hotshoe and a couple ad100's off in the corner on a stand for fill? I'm trying to find a good setup for weddings and corporate events. I want something i can carry around and also something that will light up the main room/event.

Thanks for running these tests. The big difference for me is the V1 user interface which I find highly complex and difficult to use. The AD100 has much the same UI as the AD300 so if you have one of these, save yourself a lot of heartache and get the AD100. I have ended up with four very different Godox UIs (Ad300, V1, TT600 and TT350)and the V1 is a nightmare. Just my 2 cents!..

Vey Nice review! And is good to find another X-shooter 🙂 About the V1 and AD100Pro Bateries, can you use the V1 battery on the AD100Pro? The godox official video say yes, so I'm think about getting a second batery for the AD100Pro, but buying the V1 battery to get the USB-C Direct charging... Another thing to keep in mind is the ability of the AD100 to keep the circuitry cooler as it have a integrated fan. Using the TT685F outdoors during photoshoots, I have to wait it to cooldown sometimes, and I heard the same about the AD200 as it doesn't have any cooling solution. How the V1 fare about this?

Question: Hi! I am new to Godox flashes ... have been using Godox continuous LED light a long time... You said that the AD100 uses the same battery as the V1??? If you buy them in Sweden you get a battery VB100 for the AD100 and VB26 for the V1??? I bought a V1 PRO yesterday as my first strobe from Godox ... and this makes me even more confused the battery is VB30??? I am trying to find information about this using google but have not succeeded. Is it the same battery? Or is it different batteries that can be exchanged?

Would you do a 1 on 1 compare outdoors with the sun? Shooting any flash indoors is straight forward. You can always over power the indoor lights with any flash. However, the sun....oh my goodness, it's tough to fight the sun with any flash. Would love to see a side by side compare of these flashes outdoors.

I usually shoot indoor events at f/5.6 ISO200 1/200 for sharp images. I think V1 will be enough, currently SB700 is struggling a little, increasing the ISO allow ambient colorful lighting at stage to mess up white balance. whereas lowering SS to 1/125 sometimes causes motion blur. Will try V1 1st then will get two AD100 pro on stand with white umbrella for reception or rituals. Its expensive but better than upgrading complete camera kit. Currently using Nikon D3300+18-135, 35 f/1.8 & backup lenses (18-55 & 55-200). I wanted to get Fuji X-S10 but its discontinued

Can the ad100 pro be set on the top of the camera as a speed light?

I wouldn't use the 'foot stand', it's a cheap piece of plastic. Use a decent speedlight mount (has a cold-shoe adapter). Also, best use a light meter to get accurate comparisons.

link to a stand for AD100?

Could not agree more about lighting. I've been shooting Ince 1983, and these "available light" only photographers.... well.. I won't say it!

I own a 685f (with the screw-on hot shoe) and the V1. I love them both. But there is no question the V1's hotshoe feels weak and flimsy in comparison, even if it is a little more convenient to mount. I'm sure I'll break it someday when and if I drop it. Plus, it sometimes gets a tad loose so I need to re-attach. The 685 by comparison feels more solid (not the new one, the original one). Something no one talks about is that when you slap a Propac on the 685 (for $100) the recycle time and endurance is awesome-faster than the V1 and you just can't wear out the battery. That said, when I recently used both flashes to do a shoot, both seemed to fail to fire here and there and I wasn't using a ton of power, just doing some short bursts. NBD but something I'd point out. If I was shooting a larger group outdoors, I'm not sure the V1 would be my first choice - I'd probably opt for the Fresnel head of the 685, which has more reach and wider spread which is what you might want. The V1 does not seem to have as much reach, but I haven't tested it much to be honest. With the accessory kit, I've had good luck getting nice exposures doing direct flash with the V1 using both diffusers (wide+dome), with or without the flag - no redeye, no obvious hot spots. When bouncing, I think I've been getting slightly better images out of the V1 overall with the dome diffuser on, and the recycle time is definitely very good. The accessory kit is IMO mostly useful and a big reason to get a V1. In terms of menus, I find the V1 pretty straightforward since I had already mastered the 685 and they are similar. Neither are IMO user friendly - it is more that I remember which button to press to switch modes or do what I want. The V1 annoys me with its 1/10th stops in manual mode, and 1/3rd stops in TTL. I'd prefer to select 1/3rd to speed me up when doing manual flash. But it wins me over with the ability to channel scan - that is super helpful when setting up off camera work. It was relatively easy to setup the flash as master and slave the 685, and control them both. The modeling light is relatively low power, but indeed it did help recently when I decided to do some night shooting and probably wouldn't have been able to grab focus otherwise. I imagine it may be useful in similar scenarios where doing a video or just wanting to add some fill light/catch light without flashing someone.

How about a cold shoe mount with the ability to angle the light on the x2 trigger?!

Im sold on the godox brand i bought a used ad200 that works flawlessly but have considered getting a ad100.

Don’t you have a flash meter ?

v1's hot shoe is not solid. It breaks easily.

The power different itself is no suficient to be relevant definitly less than 1/2 stop. faster recycle time is probable the only reason to buy AD100 pro. I would never advise AD100 pro as outdoor flash. AD 300 and 200 are small enough for any reasoble human being.

Great video. Many thanks. I wonder why Godox made the decision to have different white balances on these two lights? Seems very unprofessional to me. Surely, they should have specified the same white balance on their full range. Just a thought.