Godox AD100Pro II flashes released
Wednesday 7 January 2026, 15:51 by Elja Trum | 1,540 views | 5 commentsThis article was translated from Dutch with the help of AI. Read the original.
Godox has announced the second version of the Godox AD100Pro. The updates compared to the old model are small, but useful. The most noticeable change is the new colour display on the flash.
The useful thing is that the battery is now more powerful and can be charged directly via USB-C. So you can connect it to the mains, for example, or make it last extra long with a power bank.
I have two Godox AD100Pro flashes myself for my location shoots, and I have never managed to completely drain the battery of either flash. So you really have to photograph a lot or for a long time to manage this.
According to the official specifications, you can take 490 full-power shots on a single battery charge, compared to 360 with the old model.
Another nice addition is the LED indicator on the side, where the colour shows which group the flash is in. I have stuck a label with A, B or C on mine by hand so I can see this quickly. The LED indicator is of course a more flexible solution.
I am very enthusiastic about the old Godox AD100Pro flash. This new version makes it a little better, but it is not immediately worth buying to replace the original version.
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Elja Trum is the founder of Photofacts and online photography course website Photofacts Academy. He has been writing about photography since 2006. Elja is also the author of (Dutch) books on composition, black-and-white photography, flash photography and portrait photography.
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5 comments
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info@wimwilmers.nl wrote on Tuesday 13 January 2026 at 10:37 | reply100 watt sec. and then they show examples with a large softbox in front of it, all kinds of accessories that reduce the power even further, and then with models outside in the sun. Such a thing can of course do quite a lot and is really handy, but it can't perform miracles and outside you often really do lack power.
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info@wimwilmers.nl wrote on Tuesday 13 January 2026 at 11:06 | reply
exactly but almost all promo videos and or flash artists use such a tiny little flash, in their instructional videos you always see these little flashes placed very far away even in full sunlight and then they show a so-called before and after photo
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. they would be better off telling or showing that the flash needs to be placed very close and that it later needs to be edited out of the photo because nowadays that is no problem at all anymore. -
Jim robot wrote on Tuesday 13 January 2026 at 15:26 | reply@wimwillmers Hey, someone who may have a very down-to-earth understanding of the commercial world! Has anyone from the Photofacts crew ever been present when setting up a lighting setup for, for example, an Erwin Olaf or someone with virtually the same (flash) lighting inspirations? I doubt it, because that is often the most critical part in the creation of a photo. During a photography course/training you do learn how to use flash lighting, but you mainly learn the finer points by doing it often!
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info@wimwilmers.nl wrote on Tuesday 13 January 2026 at 15:46 | reply
I think I can see through the commercial aspect reasonably soberly. Videos are (almost) always made in such a way that even with the smallest little flash you can get the most spectacular results easy peasy. Why would 500 watts or even larger ones still be made??
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