Godox AD600 PRO Review, Part 1: First Impressions

By Markus Klinko | Published: February 13, 2018


Guest post by Markus Klinko

Godox AD600 PRO Review, Part 1: First Impressions
Today, as everything in Shenzhen is coming to a shrieking halt, for Chinese New Year’s celebration, a DHL box arrived from China at my studio, containing the first actual production model of the much anticipated AD600 PRO.

If you have read my previous article, you know by now that I have been quite enamored with the H1200, the previous Godox flagship portable flash, powered by two AD600 units.

Now, seeing the new PRO version in person, it is a stunning achievement by Godox, and perhaps another nail in the coffin of the established European flash brands and their ill-fated battery powered products.

Make no mistake, the guys in Switzerland and Sweden still make some of the best studio units and special light shaping tools.

But in terms of portable battery flash, Godox has just crowned themselves as the undisputed king of the business!

The Pro is an incredibly well designed and highly efficient light and will be for sure the market leader for some time to come. Read More »

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New Creative Opportunities: Godox H1200 And Cross-Brand Adaptations

By Markus Klinko | Published: February 13, 2018


Guest post by Markus Klinko

New creative opportunities: Godox H1200 and cross-brand adaptations
There are hundreds of modifiers out there with Bowens mounts… but which are any good? Markus Klinko describes how he adapted Broncolor accessories to fit Godox.

With the emergence of the Fujifilm GFX medium format camera in January of 2017, I became very interested in high-speed flash sync.

Until that time, for most of my work, I used medium format cameras with leaf shutters, that provided sufficiently fast flash sync, up to 1/1600 second, with certain configurations. But flash duration really was always my main concern, and I simply did not worry about needing to sync at any faster shutter speeds.


Daphne Guinness for Muse magazine, New York, 2011. (Photo by Markus Klinko)

As I started to explore how High Speed Sync (HSS) and/or Hyper or Hi Sync (HS) could open up new creative possibilities, in conjunction with a medium format mirrorless camera, I looked at all available options, offered by the established companies such as Broncolor, Profoto and Elinchrom. It is important to be very clear that there are basically only two different ways to sync at high shutter speeds: With HS, as used by Broncolor and Elinchrom, a very long flash duration is needed to provide a flash long enough, where a portion of that flash can be efficiently synced up with the shutter at high speeds. With HSS on the other hand (the brands that use this method, such as Profoto, Godox, Jinbei and many speedlites), a rapid sequence of pulsating flashes, creates a very even and reliable solution. While HSS provides a smoother and more even exposure, it can lack the power of a ‘normal’ flash. Read More »

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Picktorial Buy One Share One Sale For Valentines Day

By Louis Ferreira | Published: February 13, 2018


Picktorial has an interesting Valentines day sale that’s only going on until February 15th so take advantage if you know someone else that might appreciate a copy. Picktorial has a history offering unique support for Fujifilm shooters because they are one of the few third-party RAW editors offering Fujifilm film simulation. I also included Picktorial in my RAW editor round up if you’re interested in taking a look at how it performs.

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Lightroom Classic CC 7.2 and CameraRAW 10.2 Released: Speed Improvements, Fujifilm X-A5, and X-A20 Support

By Louis Ferreira | Published: February 13, 2018

Lightroom
The anticipated update of Lightroom Classic CC 7.2 is finally out, promising improved performance to go along with Fujifilm X-A5 and X-A20 support. So far I haven’t noticed a big improvement and I have 64 gigs of ram and 8 cores in my Mac Pro, but I don’t have a large shoot to load into my library at the moment.

Performance Improvements
In the past, many users have reported that Lightroom becomes slower after a prolonged usage. This issue should have been fixed with this version. Also, resource-intensive activities, such as export, import, preview generation, and HD/panorama merge should be faster if your machine has 12 GM or more RAM.
We, specifically, have implemented changes related to Threading Building Blocks (TBB). This should be effective on machines with 12 GB or more RAM.

Adobe Camera Raw also got a few improvements, but you can read more here if you’re interested.

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Fringer Contax 645 GFX Smart Adapter Spring Festival Special Offer!

By Louis Ferreira | Published: February 12, 2018


For a limited time, you can save $200 on the Fringer Contax 645 GFX Smart Adapter to gain access to a lot of great Contex 645 glass. The latest firmware added electronic aperture control for all Contax 645 lenses along with EXIF info being correctly recorded. While AF performance is not as good as native GF lenses it is still quite good compared to other medium format cameras and Contax did make some great glass for the 645 system. You can read the manual here and by one here if you’re interested.

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Sunday Savings Expanded

By Louis Ferreira | Published: February 11, 2018

Now it should be pretty clear to everyone why Fujifilm is doing bundled savings for the Fujifilm X-T2, with the announcement of the X-H1 right around the corner. To take advantage of the savings you have to build your bundle on the site so I’m just linking directly to the cameras. Hopefully, Fujifilm put the X-H1 in a lot of their photographers’ hands because some of the more recent launches have been lacking on content, but I will be up for 48-72 hours straight, as usual, covering everything I can find about the new Fujifilm X-H1 so Join us for our live blog on February 15th.


New Apple iMac Pro: B&H Photo / Adorama
MacBook Pro (Savings still available): B&H Photo

Fujifilm X-T2 Savings
Fujifilm X-T2 (Build Your Bundle Savings): B&H Photo / Amazon / Adorama
Fujifilm X-T2 Graphite Edition (Build Your Bundle Savings): B&H Photo / Amazon / Adorama

Fujifilm X-T20 Savings
Fujifilm X-T20 with 16-50mm (Save $100): B&H Photo / Adorama
Fujifilm X-T20 with 16-50mm and 50-230mm (Save $430): B&H Photo / Adorama

Fujifilm X-E2S Savings
Fujifilm X-E2S Body (Save $200): B&H Photo / Adorama

Fujifilm X-T1 Savings
Fujifilm X-T1 Body (Save $650): B&H Photo
Fujifilm X-T1 Body with Accessories (Save $650): B&H Photo
Fujifilm X-T1 Body Basic Kit (Save $650): B&H Photo
Fujifilm X-T1 Body Deluxe Kit (Save $650): B&H Photo
Fujifilm X-T1 Graphite Body (Save $750): B&H Photo
Fujifilm X-T1 Graphite Body Deluxe Kit (Save $750): B&H Photo
Fujifilm X-T1 Graphite + 35mm f/2 (Save $750): B&H Photo
Fujifilm X-T1 + 35mm f/2 (Save $650): B&H Photo

X-Mount Lenses
Variety of Discounted X-Mount Lenses (Save up to $172): B&H Photo

Software
Luminar 2018 & Aurora HDR 2018 (Savings code FUJIADDICT)
ON1 Photo RAW 2018
Picktorial+X-Pack Bundle

GFX Camera Savings
Fujifilm GFX 50S + 63mm (save $1000): B&H Photo / Amazon / Adorama
Fujifilm GFX 50S  + 45mm (save $1000): B&H Photo / Amazon / Adorama
Fujifilm GFX 50S  + 23mm (save $1000): B&H Photo / Amazon / Adorama
Fujifilm GFX 50S  + 110mm (save $1000): B&H Photo / Amazon / Adorama
Fujifilm GFX 50S  + 120mm (save $1000): B&H Photo / Amazon / Adorama
Fujifilm GFX 50S + 32-64mm (save $1000): B&H Photo / Amazon / Adorama

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