The Westcott FJ400 flash IS ACTUALLY A 600
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- čas přidán 27. 07. 2024
- The Westcott FJ400 photography flash strobe should NOT be compared with a Godox AD400 because it is actually a Godox AD600 clone. It's the exact same size, shape and power output as it's 600 competitor- when using the same Godox Bowens mount reflector, not the reflector the FJ400 comes with. This may surprise many, but it shouldn't because it looks just like the Godox AD600 strobe! If you do portrait and wedding photography, here is a comparison of two totally similar professional flash strobes. Warning- do not use HSS with e front curtain shutter. This is explained in the video.
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Thankyou for being that photographer. I love that you explain your bias and give real side by side comparisons with real world scenarios in mind.
One of the more transparent channels on YT.
I'm researching portable strobes for outdoor use, as I no longer have studio space. I'm looking at the Westcott, and this video was very informative for me. Thanks!
2 things that have me thinking about switching to Wescott fj400…
1: For sports action portraits the Wescott recycles way faster. So you can do 10 photo bursts. It’s better than godox and even profoto. (Watch John Quartz comparison)
2: You can plug it into the wall and use it on AC. No adapter needed.
Thank you for this comment! Your comment about the recycle time is the deciding point for me. I do a lot of dance photography. I'll look up John Quartz video next!
For sports action, it's depend of the sport you want to shoot. If you need to freeze action, the Godox is really better (take a better look at their flash durations).
If you only need to shoot faster, it also depend of the recycle time that you need (it's decrease with the output you're using). But it's true that at full power, 0.9s by far better than 2.3s. The Godox AD400Pro is also a very fast strobe, but with shorter flash durations.
As someone just learning to use flash (for my company's product shoots), I very much appreciate your content. Thanks!
Thanks for the review, Markus! Good thing you're out there checking things out!
Lights bore the heck out of me but Markus' enthusiasm is contagious.
You hate lights so much you named your channel after it 😜
@@MarkusPix Only darkness on my channel... ;) No exposure thanks to the dark slide...
Thanks for educating about e-front curtain shutter, saved me so much hassle. Keep up the awesome videos!
Happy to help!
Another great video to keep us on our toes about marketing. Reminds me of the video lights video you did a while back. Keep creating and sharing your knowledge brother!
Thanks for the excellent comparison and info!!
Markus, the background is amazing!!
It's amazing how a simple thing like a reflector can make a world of difference. Thanks for another great vid and good luck to whomever wins the flashes.
It never ceases to amaze me how many items, whether studio strobes of cordless power drills are made by the same over seas manufacturer with just a few tweaks to color and secondary components.
Won't be entering, but very generous of you again, Markus!!!
THose plastic diffuser tabs break often, so I switched to sock style, would love to see such a test!! Always enjoy your videos!! Read outs on back I like but use those Godox 600s and 200s
Your videos make it clear that you understand lighting and it’s interesting that these two lights are basically the same. In a world where rebranding happens a lot it’s good to know where alternatives exist. I use Godox flashes (V860ii) and honestly I love them. I’ve used camera brand flashes in the past and these days there’s no need to pay marque premium prices. I have more of a mish-mash of video lights however, but the Godox again are strong contenders. Now all I need to do is up my composition game to match the camera gear I have 😊
That’s not a bad problem to have! Happy shooting!!😊
Ha, this was brilliant. I love that no one else has pointed this out. I always figured the Wescott 400 was smaller never seeing one in person. Don’t know why but this was super entertaining for me.
Markus thanks for this video. You always provide such good insight and experience in all things. Love "the man in gold".
Hi Marcus! I have the Westcott FJ-400 with the universal trigger because hubby uses Canon and I'm Nikon but that's not the point. I watched this video AND your video on reflectors. THANK YOU! The Leftfoto plus the Gogox defuser does increase the output by about 2 stops and I'm thrilled. Thank you for all your hard work and excellent information.
That's what I'm here for 😊
YES! I totally agree about the triggers! I also want the Godox triggers to stand up on the cameras to make it easier to read.
Agreed 👍🏻
Good comparison, thanks! You may have saved me with that high-speed sync info, since that's entirely what I need it for. Fuji GFX sync speed is only 1/125th sec, so for outdoor beauty dish use with apertures that product bokeh, I'm going to need HSS.
Excellent video. I accidentally ran across the reflector being a huge equalizer on one of my cheap monolights👍🏾.
Would love to see you compare the Godox AD400Pro vs AD600, focusing on the importance of the differences in their light output, color stability feature, and refresh time in real world photography scenarios like weddings and portraits.
Always so thorough.
Thanks Markus.
Keeping it real as always, great job Markus! 🔥
As always your videos are engaging but more importantly helpful. Thanks for your channel it has been very helpful.
Thank you Robert
Toyota Supra reference ln a Markus video - perfect.
I use to wonder and languish over the problems with "Cookie-Cutter" products. SO I really enjoyed your thoughts on these two flash strobe's Mr Markus, thanks!
I'm so glad!
Great comparison vid. Dig your channel!
thank you. Excellent video. I was just looking for a battery light to take with me. Packing a generator and cords and setting up lighting really limits where i can shoot.
Generator? For photography? Are you making a Hollywood movie?
@@MarkusPix I bought some cheap Godox 400w mono lights and some places I don't have electricity. So, I would bring the generator and rare occasions. Like when I had a friend's son getting married out in the sticks where they first met. I needed the generator then. I live in Washington state. Sometimes i can be pretty dark out from overcast.
Always cool, always enjoyable. Thanks!
Always enjoy your videos. Cheers
Thank you for sharing this!!
I just tried Wescott FJ400 in HSS with Canon EOS R3 / Electronic 1st Curtain shutter & it is unusable as you demonstrated, with Mechanical shutter mode is ok. Oddly enough FJ 200 is better in HSS mode with Electronic 1st curtain...
Thanks, Markus. BTW I don't think I've ever seen a home with roped off areas.
I noticed that, too!!! Lol
Set and costume design is on-point today.
In the market for a large flash. Deciding between 400, 600bm, and 600pro. I knew you had a vid on these flashes. Gonna get me a AD600BM now after watching your video.
Yeah dont bother with the 400. Its almost same size and weight as 600
If you put the FJ400 reflector on the AD600, do you lose the equivalent number of stops as you gain using the AD600 reflector on the FJ400?
How much more battery life do you practically find for each? Does the Godox last almost 2x longer?
Firstly - you realise that Westcott don’t manufacture this product - it’s a rebadged Jinbei HD400. The big advantage of the Jinbei/Westcott is that the battery can also be used with mains too.
How are they without mechanical shutter like with the Z8?
That is really interesting. Thanks for always just being brutally honest with the reviews. I am looking to put lights in my new studio set up. Fingers crossed for the giveaway!!!! 🤞🤞😀 Thanks again!!!! #respect!!!👊
Can you turn off e front curtain shutter on A7SII and A7SIII?
Markus, can you trigger the wiscot with godox trigger? The nice thing about godox is the ecosystem.
You have a wonderful week as well.
Hi Markus, Have you tried the EOS-M with the new Magic Lantern "Crop Mood" yet? It is pretty awesome. I think it has the C100 and C300 look to it. I can record in 4k and export it to 1080p and it looks perfect. Better than recording in 1080p mode.
have one question. If you use electronic shutter (like a1 or a9), does the westcott also have horizontal line in high speed sync?
Use a stacked sensor and don't worry about horizontal lines using HSS
I'm choosing the Westcott hopefully soon, I have the Sony a iv and have turned off e-rear shutter thank you for pointing out a big problem I would of encountered.
Hi Markus ! I happened to have bought Your much behated Godox 600 pro 🙂 I have read some place on the internet, that its not as bright as Your 600 model, and it was speculated if it had something to do with the reflector. Seeing Your video that seems to point in that direction. Do You have any idea how much improvement i can get, putting on that new reflector You showed ? Greetings from a small town right north of the German border 🙂
Yes the new style reflector is stupid, that's the main reason. Get one of the old style reflectors and you'll double the output. They use those stupid new style reflectors on everything now- the AD300, 400, FJ400 etc which makes no sense. I guess they figured compact size was more important than light output.
Thank you so much new flash of root all member
God, you have a kickass home!
You do fantastic videos
Am I too late for the giveaway? 😂 Thanks for the review I’m researching them both now!
Dude.... My Westcott FJ400 is the Bomb!!! Great Light and very flexible. 👍📸👍
"Bringing the Truth to LIGHT" I like it !
That Westcott light is actually make by a Chinese company called Jinbei
Thank you
Thank you for your video, Markus! We sold all our Profoto B1 strobes and A1, but we retained our light modifiers. I would like to adapt our Profoto soft boxes (with Profoto Speed-rings), Beauty Dish, Barn Doors, and Snoot with a FJ400 or, possibly the Godox unit. Unfortunately, all I can find are adapters to add other modifiers to Profoto strobes but nothing to add Profoto modifiers to Westcott. Today, I called Adorama and Westcott. I got the same answers - nothing to adapt Profoto to Westcott. Do you know of any adapter(s) available or would I be better off selling the Profoto modifiers and buying new?
I really liked that the FJ-X3 trigger can be used across different camera manufacturers.
Will horizontal lines appear for those using Nikon Z7 II or Z9?
Thank you!
You want a profoto to Bowens mount... Westcott among others use the standard Bowens mounts....
I do believe some of the profoto accessories are not compatible.
I only use the RFI line of soft boxes so I am not sure about the other accessories...
I used a Profoto Rfi to Bowens speed ring not cheap but it works great....
@@alonfn2 - thank you!
and all this time I thought they were the same. Glad I wasn't the only one.
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Thank You !!
How does one sign up for the Westcott lights? Or am I too late?
It's Flashed on the screen in the video
Just bought 3 Westcott a few days ago.. need a link to that reflector
in description box below video
Cool stuff, thanks for the info on the Strobe Toys... this will be great for some lucly 😂 giveaway entrant!
Well said. I think there is a flash connector adapter ? 😂 don’t know the name but, it would eliminate the not being able to see the trigger ✊🏼
That's for the older universal trigger. Sony people hated it, so Westcott made a Sony-specific trigger.
Westcott did not design the FJ 400. It’s a rebranded Jinbei400 also called the Orlitt 400. Westcott just paid to licensee someone else’s design.
Please tell me you're shooting in front of a green screen! That background is evil dictator level. haha
Marcus you do realize Westcott is just a rebranded Jinbei right?
Another great video!!! 🔥
You are right, no other CZcamsr is talking about the size of the fj400. I would definitely buy the Godox 600bm instead and because of the 265g difference. That's crazy!
Don't care for the side screen on either strobe. Once I have set the channel and HSS I never look at it on my ad200.
But bare bulbs are they the same light in a softbox?
No I mentioned that- the Godox is better because its a true bare bulb, the frosted front of the FJ changes the light pattern
@@MarkusPix sorry missed that Ty!
Is the westcott the same as the Jinbei? They look identical. Would be nice to test and compare it if it is 100% the same.
You're right! It looks totally the same!
It is the same
@@MarkusPix you think westcott has it modified inside? Cant find it anywhere.
@@cafellemusic3295 They have supposedly “tweaked” the software, but other than the visuals they are essentially the same. What Westcott do provide however from what I understand is excellent customer service.
Make a video on how you lit THIS video or videos like this!
Have you checked out Celestial from Paul C Buff. it's an American made product. back when I had a studio before my xwife took it all. I hade two of there White Lightning lights and there external power pack Vagabond and it was great. the now have there Celestial light and Link are there battery / AC powered units.
Interesting, Looks like it doesn't take Bowens mount stuff though
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How were the misfires on both?
Wescott is the best its doesn't misfire at all and produces cleaner images more than godox. I have both strobe. Wescott is better
Our local camera store sells both Westcott and Godox. The Westcott rep has been to the store several times for shows and classes. He says that the Westcott flash output is cleaner in terms of color cast, and that the Godox has a color cast. I've heard customers say this also but I have not seen it in my shoots, which is all Godox. The manager of the store puts it this way - Godox is good but Westcott is a step up. With Godox you will likely have to do more processing to take away a color cast. Any comment on this? Have you compared the color output of these two flashes? Many thanks, Joe.
Markus, thanks for the info...much appreciated.
I like Godox, they have a good system of lghts. I don't know if other cameras have this, but with my Canon R5 and the Godox X2T trigger I can change the flash settings in the camera menu. I don't need to touch the trigger. To make it quick to access I set my DOF button to the flash menu. I just press the DOF button and my flash menu is on the screen and I can change the flash settings. Your Westcott give away sounds tempting but I'll wait for your Godox give away. Thanks again for your videos.
This reminds me 😏 when in the 1970’s every car looked exactly the same . Datson and Toyota especially so, the only difference was the emblem 😅!
I find it funny that everyone gets so caught up in the watt power in the name. 400 watts has nothing to do with the output, that's just telling us how much power it takes to charge a full power flash. I've seen 250 watt strobes give off the same amount of light as a 400 watt strobe.
Yes! 👏👏👏👏👏
A great and worthy "Royal" comparison! You've answered my internal burning questions of each. Seems Godox is the way. Not going to turn down a chance to win some Westcott lights though!
Would be interested to see the internals of those 2 units. See what is the same and what is not.
I think God slapped his forehead after creating humans and said Oh what have I done
@@MarkusPix ?
Oops, replied to the wrong comment, how totally embarassing. Damn cellphone
@@MarkusPix 🤣
Yahoo I don’t know if you even know how good a salesman you are. You have sold me almost everything you show us for the last 2 years and your not trying to sell, your only trying to help us, and I am 10 times the photographer I was before I found your channel,
Just tried to enter. It said I already entered & kicked me out. I did not enter for this giveaway, any suggestions?
Maybe someone else at the same address already did?
I’m the only one in my household that shoots photography.
The site after I tried to enter stated ERROR 1062: Entry already exists. At the bottom of the page under
submit has the number 2.
Did you already win anything in the last 6 months?
@@MarkusPix I have never won anything on your CZcams site.
yes nice review as always
I have 2 of the Godox 600, love them.
I owned both lights, when it comes to recycling time, wescott never disappoint and more reliable and more faster than godox. If you have camera that has very nice white balance or good color science, you will love wescott fj400 light some bcs it looks more cleaner than godox, but if you use a camera light sony with less color science, godox will be very good for you bcs it tends towards cooler color. From my own user experience, wescott kills godox in overall comparison, am not capping
Interesting!!!
nice
The Westcott light is made by Jinbei Photographic Equipment and has no relation whatsoever to Godox. The similarities are only skin deep. Otherwise a good video.
Thank you so much for great video
Godox Pro is $899 now 😢 even the old version is $549
Happens every time I put out a video
can i win the west cott i need flashes and never used them and i have a sony a73 .love your videos keep up the great work fav CZcamsr
It is so annoying that I can't buy the Bowens Reflector and plastic diffuser set from Adorama as it is so expensive to ship. Grrrrr
Would have loved to take the Westcott off your hands. Thanx for the video.
Maybe the 600 is really the 400. Test the PCB Celestial, which is 500 watt seconds true rated, it comes in brighter than the AD600 no reflector vs no reflector.
If you’re still doing the giveaway, I’m interested and still pay for shipping.
How do you have so few view!?
They don't compare the FJ400 to an AD600 because it is 400W/s while the AD600 is a 600W/s monolight; it's in the name. It is literally not the same light and the power output is also different only similarity is the size and design (which isn't even that similar)
They are almost the same size and weight. If the Westcott only had the same output as a Godox 400, then it would be too annoyingly big, bulky and heavy, but since the light output is way more than the Godox and more similar to the 600, hence this video.
I want it Markus. Please.
I've been looking at the fj400. It would be so much better than the cheap led panel for photos of the rescue dogs!
Sounds like overkill. An AD100 or AD200 would probably be more than enough.
@@MarkusPix would that be enough for outdoor? Many of the dogs are at the local shelter which is pretty full so the photos are usually done outside in front of a backdrop or in the play yard. Im fairly new to this whole photography thing and lighting is way out of my knowledge/experience base.
First from Hungary!