How does the New Godox FV150 LED Flash Compare to Regular Speedlights and Monolights : Photometrics

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In this video I go over the Photometrics on the Godox FV150 LED Hybrid Flash in both LED and Flash to see how it compares to other products.
The Godox FV150 Hybrid merges LED continuous luminous flow and Flash light burst insta-peak technology. The COB LEB retains the traditional intensity of the LED module for unbroken delivery of high intensity 12,000 lux at 1 meter, while still delivering bursts of action arresting High Speed Sync flash illumination. The FV150 wirelessly links to the entire X series family of transmitters, accepting commands for flash intensity, in 16 groups and 32 channels. Amazing; a source for the lumen hungry videographer and a boon to photographers, commercial and still-life, without compromising precision visualization, in one hard to match 7.3-pound / 3.3-kilogram compact package. The color accuracy at 5600øK sustains greater than a CRI at 96Ra and scores a TLCI measurement that exceeds 95.
One source for all imaging requirements is a dream come true. Three Flash Modes: Single Flash, MultiFlash and HSS bring all the benefits of brilliance as a strobe's frozen moment - up to the quickest shutter speeds a camera can fire - rivaling High Speed Sync with four times the output of the LED module. As the energy source is solid AC, the hybrid can deliver 10 consecutive flashes per second and 8 in HSS mode at 1/2 power setting. There is no difference between the perceived light of the LED and the flash image - they are one and the same! What you see is what you get! It is as though the sun has a place in your strobe.
While all of this sounds too good to be true, the flash takes predominance over the LED and imitates a legacy monolight, with complete variable modeling lamp to flash ratios and power settings from 1/8 to 1/1 - 7.0 to 10.0 - displayed as fractions or decimals. The COB LED has a brightness range of 0% to 100% as the main light and while it acts as a modeling source, 5% to 100%. The generous LCD infopanel display reports complete status of the light while staying on top of the action. Heat dissipation is so precisely designed to keep the intense beam active throughout the day without missing a beat.
All of the popular Bowens mount light shapers make the light perform to your specs and respects the investment you have made in Glow and other modifiers.
Beyond all of the typical video and still applications of the FV150 three Flash Modes comes the additional five special effect modes that will take the light to the next creative level. Imitate a lightning storm, the legacy TV flicker, or the death throes of a broken fixture, it's all here.

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@CameronAkin 4 года назад

I just got 4 - FV150’s in the mail and the LED at 100% is 2/3 of a stop brighter than my 300D mark 1!

@CameronAkin 4 года назад

This is exactly what I have been waiting for, thank you so much for this information. I have 4-150’s and 2-200’s on the way.

@vasilykomanovsky4234 4 года назад

what do you think about it?

@johnnyh64 4 года назад

Cameron Akin What do you think of the lights?

@benjaminleavitt3666 4 года назад

These are exciting times! I can’t wait for my wireless color shifting video/strobe of the future!

@XavierAncarno 4 года назад

Your beard is glorious

@PhotoArtBrussels 4 года назад

Jeeez, another new Godox product!! Quite a line-up they have now!! Just got my set of MS300's. Love them. Simple, light, fast (on 220V), cheap.

@RaikiriKyubii 4 года назад

Informative as always Robert! When I watch your videos I really get a sense you respect your viewers time and don't waste 2 minutes talking nonsense for every intro, which is very appreciated these days :). I see you picked up a Mola Setti, would you consider doing a video on it or is it too niche a product? I've been looking at getting one, but I'm not sure it's the $600+ investment my home studio needs right now.

@robhallphoto 4 года назад

Thank you very much! It's against the grain of current youtube, but I make the videos I would actually watch, and don't participate in the "I've-had-this-product-for-3-hours" review, or sensationalized content. Glad to see it resonates with some viewers! As for that beauty dish, it's actually not a Mola Setti. It was a sample, that can't be sold, because of it's similarities to Mola lol. So, I won't be doing a video on it since nobody can get it, but might pick up a Mola myself here soon.

@simonfuller76 Год назад

Hi Robert. Thanks so much for all your quality advice and highly regarding opinions. I bought this FV150 a while ago and haven't used it as much as I would like. For on location I do prefer smaller, lighter weight strobe gear, and I shoot with AD200pro, AD300pro and when needed AD600pro. Never just one light, usually 3. I have loved using this FV150 as a closeup fill light which was functional for shots of iso100, f5.6 for mid length and even full length, but it needs to be relatively close, just out of shot. The best thing is that it's so great as a real modeling light which can fill flash. This allows me to use smaller lighter strobes and not bother with their useless modeling lamps. The worst thing is the speed of the flash will give motion blur if subject moves. My next move will be to invest in a fresnel lens, either Godox FSL8 or Aputure 2x fresnel. If ever you have a chance to revisit this with these fresnel adaptors I would love to see your opinion on usability.

@AndrewCislak 4 года назад

First video of yours that I came across, and I'm glad I did! I was curious about how this stacked up power-wise. Looking forward to more of your videos

@oswaldfotodesign5271 4 года назад

Thank you Robert for this perfect review of the FV150. But for me is one question left. In the first case i would like to use the FV200 as a still photographer but want to use it for some video interview cases for my clients as well. What do you think about the fan noise for Interviews in often small rooms ?? Is it too loud ?? Which LED lamp would you prefer for a mixture of photography and video interviews ?? Or is there a special way to fix the fan noise in post ... let's say in Final Cut ?? I want to use a lavalier mic or a shotgun ?? Thanks a lot for your help :-)

@himesjon 3 года назад

Did you ever get an answer on the fan noises on this guy? I am looking to purchase an SL150 ii vs this FV150 today.

@EdwardKilner 4 года назад

Thanks, quite interesting. Things sure are changing in the lighting world.

@paulsaxby7579 4 года назад

I took delivery of mine just two days ago and I have to say I am quite impressed. As you mentioned, the fan is very quiet compared to the SL products and the colour quality is excellent. Yes, the flash could be brighter, and the unit is on the large side, but all in all I am happy with it. I did buy it principally for the LED so the extra flash feature is a useful addition. The only issue I have found so far is that I needed to completely reset my XPro trigger ID settings to get the flash to fire, in turn this meant I couldn't (initially) get the AD200s to fire at the same time. That was resolved by updating the firmware on the AD 200s but no matter what I do I cant get the 580II's to fire at the same time as the FV150. In essence, by adding the FV150 to my kit I have made three speedlights completely redundant. Not exactly what I intended. I assume that at sometime in the future Godox will sort out the firmware but at the moment I am a bit stuck. Speaking of firmware, have you any idea if Godox will ever include a Mac OS supported firmware installer? Using my wifes 10 year old pc to update firmware is extremely tiresome...

@djbrown5365 4 года назад

Paul Saxby Hey Paul, Not sure where you are located , I’m in the US and not sure if that has anything to do with it but I have a Mac book pro and I used it to update my firmware to my flashpoint Xpro mark II trigger about a month ago without any issues. I updated it to ver 1.5 so now I can used the flashpoint app to control my flash’s from my iPhone ( ad200 and ad600 and 860 )

@paulsaxby7579 4 года назад

@@djbrown5365 Hi DJ, I'm in the UK. Your comment is gratefully received, I just did a search and found there is a Mac updater after all so, hopefully, I will be able to update firmware in the future. It looks like I can't update some of my kit yet (I have the Fuji 580's as well as the AD200's) as not all models are fully supported, but lets hope that is rectified soon. Thanks for your advice, its proven useful already.

@godsakes 3 года назад

On one hand the flash feature seems underwhelming but on the other there doesn't seem to be any downsides to having the flash feature so long as you're buying primarily as a constant video light. Right now I think it's only really useful as a background/practical light but that's still saving you from buying a speedlite + bowen bracket to do the same job. I'd love to see what the refined 3rd generation version of this product would be, i.e. would they able to get the flash output up to the power of a AD200 and have extra features on the video side like the silent mode from the SL series and better remote/app integration.

@YehoshuaDerovan 4 года назад

I've been waiting!!! :-)

@fuji-fb4743 4 года назад

Hey Robert I enjoy the videos So I bought the fv150, and did some tests to calculate a Guide Number as Godox does not rate it that way I would be curious as to your calculation of Guide number. I found it to be half way between the v350 speedlight and a godox A1 smartphone flash. What’s worse is I tried HSS which works with my ad200pro/v350 but on the fv150 shows shutter curtain on only 1/1000 second I suspect the LED cannot time HSS correctly. I do like the fv150 as a video light but it seems to totally fail as a flash unit Did I get a bad copy of it ?

@jforero28 4 года назад

Not sure if this will help, but if you are shooting Sony, make sure you have the e-shutter off... I have a couple of Ad200's and I was having the same problem at times, but after researching and having someone suggest turning off the e-shutter, I have not had a problem since... also make sure there is nothing on your hot shoe, Ive heard of a pin being bent and it causing problems. Let me know if this works, because I want to purchase 2 of these for studio work :)

@fuji-fb4743 4 года назад

I highly advise not to buy fv150/fv200 if you expect hss flash I am attempting to return unit to amazon seller but site claims not eligible for return “ for safety reasons, items containing flammable liquids or gases cannot be returned to amazon” Flash won’t fire above 1/250 sec period. Calculated Guide Number is really low. No USB port for firmware updates My GodoxPhoto items for Fuji all work otherwise : GodoxPhoto A1 smartphone flash. ( about as bright as this flash ) GodoxPhoto x2t f trigger GodoxPhoto v350 F flash (about 2x guide number of fv150 ) GodoxPhoto ad200pro flash many times higher GN of fv150 Summary don’t fall for a Led unit being sold as HSS flash

@RandomStuffofMine 4 года назад

There is a RU-vid video of a guy using this light at 1/1000 second. With a a Sony camera.

@JDenim88 4 года назад

That beard is like Viking god level lol. Second best thing about this video is that headshot. Wow. Gonna go find that video now.

@robhallphoto 4 года назад

I haven't made a video on that shoot but, still have the BTS. I'll make it, some day.

@bluedragoninc559 4 года назад

Thanks again for another informative video. Much continued success and Happy New Year my friend!

@613dawn Год назад

Thank you so much for showing this. It’s Black Friday and these are on for a sale price and I was planning to get some entry level strobes. After seeing the comparison to some of the flashes and speed lights that I have, I think I’ll still get the MS300 strobes. I plan to use them in a double diffused modifier so I know I’d lose 2 stops of light so I don’t think the LED flash would be powerful enough for the added weight. Really I just want a decent modelling lights connected to my flashes. Too bad there isn't a small led that could be placed inside a soft box to be used for a modelling light so the AD200 can be used.

@ThomasGeist 4 года назад

It is really crucial to know the flash duration of this thing. For motion stopping power as well as for its capability to balance (as a flash) with continuous light. In your studio example you quoted its setting at a shutter speed of 1/250s. But this only holds true if the flash duration is shorter than that. Otherwise the FV150’s output will be cut by the shutter just like any continuous light.

@robhallphoto 4 года назад

That's why the meter was set to 1/250s to make sure it was consistent with that sample. But, I've got a future video planned on explaining the impact of the flash duration on this product and how it pertains to all shutter speeds.

@VladimirPlavac 4 года назад

I neeeeed to knowwww the flash duration :). Anyway thank you for the video :)

@Tekrel 4 года назад

Man your beard is sharp as hell

@alkachopra4000 Год назад

Godox fv150 or Ad200 pro or Godox v860iii which one would you recommend for product photography

@michaels3003 4 года назад

Google found this video (i.e., I've never seen your videos). I am really, really impressed. I also loved that annotated photo. The forthcoming SL150 II looks the same as this product, but with a new reflector (that is also used on other new Godox products). I assume the much higher lux numbers are due to the new reflector.

@timothyhughesphotographics1572 4 года назад

Just got an SL-60w yesterday. It's super freakin' quiet.

@LAGASTEST 3 года назад

Bro, the photo you shared of that shoot is beautiful. You have any video on the making of that one?

@byannamarieokc 4 года назад

I can't believe I was able to follow you...Thank you.

@bigdap100 4 года назад

Man, this was great!

@NeilSnapePhotography 4 года назад

Interesting. Since I mostly use my SL series for mixing with daylight, and for stills, these could be better for stills, and still useable for video if no sound is required. Thanks for you positive thinking on equipment reviews, no one does it like you.

@RandomStuffofMine 4 года назад

Why would this light be useable only if not sound is required?

@GilbertTV 4 года назад

I was onboard with rotolight using there Neo2 when I came out .. looks like 2 years on thing are getting "brighter"

@yakovlevpaul 4 года назад

Robert, thank you for the review. There are only two questions left: hss at 1/8000 on FV150 vs AD400, is it going to be 4 stops difference? What's the flash duration (t1)?

@TymekStolarz 4 года назад

Hi Robert, Just curious what lens you used for this video. Thanks :)

@rpgroome 4 года назад

Very detailed and helpful.

@shibin912k 2 года назад

Appreciated... And I have tested fv150 with 1/1 power, same camera settings with a tt350c 1/4 power and still fv150 could not give the satisfying result(underexposed results). May LED take many more years to overcome a flashtube's power.

@ktParadiZe 4 года назад

im mainly interested in this light as a video light do you have any thoughts on how it compares to the godox sl60 and aputure 120d for that use case? love your work btw

@mribi 4 года назад

paralift same here

@Aggyoko 4 года назад

I just received it today. I have 2 sl60s and I tested them against the fv150. The fv150 was slightly brighter than both of them combined. At least a third of a stop brighter. It was a crude test though.

@DennisMoncla 4 года назад

Had I not just purchased the Clar 150 I might be interested in this. I now wish I would have got the Clar 300 but the sale for the smaller one was just too good last month.

@ДимаДанкевич 4 года назад

interesting to see a video about Vl200 Vl300 Will be?

@GermanViking 4 года назад

Viking beard is coming... 💪🏼

@danielvilliers612 4 года назад

Can this be that bright compared to the illumi max with standard reflector. That would be crazy bright because I saw some comparison of the illumi max and it was very close to the aperture 300d. That would be a steal for video, hopefully we will get further reviews.

@VamsidharMuggulla 3 года назад

Please help. My buying depends on this : I'm a wedding photographer I want to replace both photo and video lights (I know both are from same source is a led chip) with these two lights where I can use for both photo and video. So, I wanna know if some guy is shooting video the lights will be turned on continuously and another guy who shoots photo would need to trigger flash simultaneously while the video guy is rolling his camera. In this scenario how does the lights work? Does the video lights goes off and fires flash and turns on again (although this might take atleast 1-2 sec which is critical for video) or the video lights glow continuously and fires the flash without interruption?

@WillJBailey Год назад

The SL60W is amazing for the money.

@marclabro 4 года назад

hello, nice tuto. a pity there are no examples of photography (still life,...). I am familiar wit continuous lights and led panels. But I really don't understand "led flash" concept. is it always same 150W led lighting or is there a "flash" triggering we see ? I am interested to take pictures of newborn with a d750+sigma art F/1.4 and I am worried disturbing babies with flashes. I have seen a nice tuto from godox about newborn photography with FV150 so my sudden interest for it. I also know the westcott icelight2 but FV150 seems much powerful I think ?

@nessandromendoza797 2 года назад

Question: i really want to use the new godox spotlight but i am a strobist and am using AD400pro, so my question is, considering that spotlights improve the output of lights, just like a fresnel would, will it improve the FV150's weak LED Flash? Thank you. Your content has helped me to become a better Photographer. Nisan, Philippines

@anjummohammed2498 2 года назад

Hello I'm trying to figure out the flash power of the strobe in this light, is it it 600 watt on flash mode? And 150 watts in Led constant light mode? Thanks

@TheThinFrame 3 года назад

Is it the fan noisy for video interviews?

@himesjon 3 года назад

Did you find an answer on this?

@TheThinFrame 3 года назад

@@himesjon no :(

@himesjon 3 года назад

@@TheThinFrame Thanks for the quick reply. There is a crazy deal on them right now from adorama and BH but dont want too loud of a fan. Reviews on this has been mixed.

@eliasjessop1883 4 года назад

As far as for video goes, how does it compare to the other godox lights?

@shang-hsienyang1284 4 года назад

I would be interested in a Godox FV150 vs. Jinbei EF150D comparison

@easton_ography 4 года назад

Hey Rob, since led flash doesn't suffer from the same power loss at HSS as conventional flash tubes, does that mean that potentially, at a certain shutter speed (like say 1/4000) this led flash would give you a similar exposure to a traditional monolight like an ad400 at the same shutter speed? If so, it would be interesting to find out at which point they match up. Still doesn't effect me though, because I prefer to get the most out of my ad600 by staying within sync speed and using ND filters 😎 just a thought 🤷‍♂️

@robhallphoto 4 года назад

Well, it won't suffer from the efficiency loss that flash experiences when you first switch to HSS, which would be a 1-2.5 stop gain on the LED flashes performance. However after that, they would lose light equally. Because the flash pulse and led pulse stay the same, while the curtain window gets smaller and smaller reducing the light that hits the sensor as the shutter speed shortens. So basically, it's going to experience a one time jump in output once the regular flash goes into HSS but from there everything would remain equal. So, it might catch up to a speedlight in HSS, but not an AD400. Also, this is why they (and other LED flash manufacturers) keep marketing LED as "HSS flash", because it represents a closer power comparison opportunity.

@costashaniaalejpoly 4 года назад

i compared the fv 150 at continuous led mode {not flash mode) against a godox tt600. The fv150 at 100% power bare bulb vs tt600 with no attachments or modifiers at the same distance and same camera settings. Results: To compensate the exposure from the fv 150 at 100% power i had to use 1/64 +1/3 on the godox tt600......i was hoping for something better for the fv150....whats your thoughts?

@behnambagherzadeh6773 3 года назад

I wanna buy godox sl 150 wii but apparently it's not available in my country yet (Iran) and I don't know why? But I could find sl 150 w an fv 150. Did you recommend fv 150 over sl 150 w for video graphy or I just buy sl 150w or wait for sl 150 w ii??

@m77ast 3 года назад

Bro - im pulling out my hair because you are not telling me the distance that you are measuring this light from

@bigdap100 4 года назад

Robbie with the beard son!

@jtes1442 4 года назад

What F stop are getting out of these when you meter for say 100 ISO at 4-6 ft when using LED mode ?

@hayezmohairbi 4 года назад

I agree if it would have battery it would be great. I am looking for any other hyper led that I can use for photos and video, any suggestions from your side?

@robhallphoto 4 года назад

Godox FV series and Rotolight products are only two that I'm aware of.

@jforero28 4 года назад

Hey quick question. For studio work, would you recommend to upgrade to the fv-200 for $100 or would the fv-150 be plenty?

@mikeblack_pw 4 года назад

jforero28 for $100 I would get as powerful as you can. You can always dial it down. But you can’t dial 150 up without changing ISO.

@mverick160 4 года назад

Good info as always. I wonder why would someone buy a 150 and not just get the 200's?

@robhallphoto 4 года назад

I don't know! It's also odd that the only 2 outputs they chose are so close together. A 60 and 200 would make way more sense. I just have the 150 because it was the first sample available and the 200's are not available just yet.

@omagaquefez 3 года назад

In your test how much watts equivalent a strobe? 40w? Thanks for your time

@laterthanyou 2 года назад

f/11 at 100% power I might have some interest. f/16 or f/22 equals instant buy.

@spicyyetumami 4 года назад

Should I sell my ad200 pro and get fv200? Kindly help.

@tkxplores 4 года назад

How would the brightness compare to the constant light from a 19” led ring light or the full modeling light in a Xplor 600 Pro? I’ve been making due with those 2 for little video work but am interested in improving my video lighting . I think my ring is 4800lm and the 150 is 12,000 lux. No idea about the modeling light in the 600 pro.

@robhallphoto 4 года назад

While I don't have the stops, I can confidently say much, much brighter.

@ottawamountainman 4 года назад

Rob, what about flash duration? Man, you’re slipping :-) Thanks for doing these useful great reviews.

@robhallphoto 4 года назад

I was going to include it, however it's a whole topic for discussion on it's own considering how it impacts different shutter speeds.

@mikezupancic2182 4 года назад

All the data with these numbers make my head hurt. Looks like I'll be keeping all my AD200s, AD400 Pros, and AD600 Pro.

@James_m7 4 года назад

Can you do a review of the Godox FV200?

@robhallphoto 4 года назад

I don't plan on it. It's nearly identic to the 150 and I've already shared the output which is the only significant difference.

@alkachopra4000 Год назад

@@robhallphoto fv150 or ad200 pro or v860iii

@marke3470 4 года назад

Beard game is strong

@opx4real 4 года назад

HOW YOU STILL GOT YOUR PERU COLOR?!

@robhallphoto 4 года назад

I JUST UNDEREXPOSE

@88omarz 4 года назад

whats your light for your video set up?

@robhallphoto 4 года назад

In this video : FV150 in 28" deep para softbox as key light. At 5%. Luxli Cello is boomed overhead lighting the wall with Blue. Also, while I forgot it till near the end of this video, I have a small Godox LED64 overhead as a rim light. In previous desk videos I had an Aputure MC providing a second color. But I was just trying that out from a friend and didn't think it was bright enough. So I just added a Clar Venus (same thing as a Luxli Viola, the aforementioned Cello's little brother) to be my second colored light moving forward.

@88omarz 4 года назад

Robert Hall Photography that’s awesome stuff. Thanks for replying the lighting looked really good and made you pop really nicely from the background.

@smalltalk.productions9977 4 года назад

@@robhallphoto thank you for the sharing. listing the lighting instruments and how they are used, offers an insight into your methods. i am an appreciative subscriber. thumbs up.

@RonnelCuison 4 года назад

Sorry, I noticed your beard is well combed. I wanna buy this but I need to see the flash output first.

@robhallphoto 4 года назад

It's hardly combed at all, it's just quite straight naturally.

@RonnelCuison 4 года назад

@@robhallphoto i wish i have beard.

@juanazpiri5002 3 года назад

dat beard

@Moncriefs 4 года назад

Whoa. I know that model lol. Small world😂😂😂

@robhallphoto 4 года назад

Shes amazing!

@jontedanielsson1279 4 года назад

Illumi Max 300 - 19,000 lx Aputure LS C300D II - 15300 lx Aputure LS C300D - 12300 lx Havoc did these this and you mean that this godox is stronger than apature 300dii and illumi max 300? No way I would say but...

@robhallphoto 4 года назад

Ok...I'm glad to hear someone has tested but those specs make 0 sense to me. Clar Illumi Max w/ reflector (from their specs) : 23500 @1m Aputure C300Dii w/ reflector (from their specs) : 45000 @1m I never trust manufacturer specs 100% but those are some pretty distant figures vs the results you cited. Guess I'll have to tinker more and see what's up.