Something very different here for this web site. However this little piece of gear is unique, fits a need, and is fairly inexpensive. As a nature photographer I rarely use a flash, but I think it’s important to have one, and not a tiny cube that some cameras come with.
I have a standard size flash that I first purchased when changing to OM Systems. It’s a flash, so nothing exciting, and of course fits on the camera hot shoe. Being a standard size flash it feels almost as big as my OM-1. Certainly ruins the camera balance.
The GODOX iT32 flash is pretty much a one size fits all unit. Half the size, powerful, full function, and… can work with any camera vendor.
The flash unit requires two pieces to work. A small hub slips into the hot shoe. The flash unit itself attaches easily to the hub. GODOX makes a hub for all manufacturers hot shoes. Ellen still has a Canon as well as OM gear. Now she uses the ‘X50’ hub for OM. She can purchase a Canon style hub and use the same flash unit on both cameras. By the way, the hub cost me US $50.00. My flash and OM hub together was about US $90.00. Less that the big flash I have with similar functionality.
Standard flash TTL is as simple as turning the unit on. Buttons are small but full manual is supported. The unit is also a trigger / flash in a GODOX multi flash setup. You can also detach the flash from the hub, place in the provided stand (or hand hold) and shoot for using different angles of light.
The small unit is charged through a standard USB C connection. No batteries. I had considered this a negative. But for most of us we don’t run out of power with any flash during a single shoot.
The iT32 was featured in a general flash test (YouTube of course) and during studio shoots the unit never did run out of power. OK, what one photographer did was buy a second hub but never uses it. Also for big studio work he uses large lights and soft boxes. This unit is not made for that.
One issue I see is the size of the unit seems too small for attaching a ‘snoot’ or other third party attachments. I have a full Rogue Bender kit that i still need to try.
We each have one now and for night / morning Moon Flowers they are perfect.
I have a Godox TT560II Thinklite and a Godox ML-150II ring flash for macro, both bought in 2023. I also picked up a Godox Lux Junior in 2024.
The funny part is that I still haven’t properly tested any of them. They have been sitting there waiting patiently while I find other photographic things to occupy my time. I really should make some time for them and do some proper testing. 🙂
I had used Canon in the past, matching with our gear, but only had GODOX once when we briefly used Sony. Sold off all the Sony kit quick, not a fan. I do have a 685 that I bought with little thought when I got my first OM-1. Old orange screen, in general not a good interface. This little iT 32 is very impressive and Ellen had used it for some nice front lighting .
Like you I should test more. Currently our dining room table is covered with ‘table top’ studio box, flash remote light stands, Rogue kits, etc. Ellen got ambitious one afternoon 🤣🤣🤣
😂
I was hoping for maybe an image or two of images using the flash. I have used flash for work for decades. Not as much these days but still used It for some portraiture or when I need a “volume” of light to add fill. When I taught classes, I suggested to students that they bribe a family member to sit for them, or go to the backyard. Put a bucket of some object on a stool or a post already in the ground to simulate a person and then take some photos to get a feel for the light and direction. House, straight, fill, etc. plenty of YouTube videos to watch, but don’t make it complicated. Find a couple of examples and replicate the results to get an idea of what the flash is capable of and how it functions.
Have fun and good luck. I also use it for fill light when photographing birds in my backyard when they sit in dense foliage or bushes I have.
Looks like something that lived in my dads camera bag! Ah, the memories of standing still for photos as a kid!