I’m a big Godox flash fan. They’ve been my go-to flashguns for the last couple of years and I’ve loved the power, versatility, and reliability both for camera-mounted and off-camera use, the latter with a Godox wireless RF trigger. The only thing I’ve criticized the flashguns for is their old-fashioned control panels which look and feel a decade or two out of date. The V100 puts that right with a new color touchscreen interface and a raft of other upgrades.
The original Godox V1 was very much a round-headed version of the VING V860III. There’s certainly nothing wrong with that, as they had super stamina and very fast recycling speeds, based on a Li-ion battery. The main difference was that the V1’s round instead of rectangular tube delivered a softer and smoother light, featuring a front lens that aimed to give a more gradual falloff towards the circumference and eliminate a central hot spot.
