The Godox IM 30 flash is a small compact (pocket size) flashgun for digital or film cameras.
The flash is small and light and runs of 2 triple A batteries. Battery life is claimed as 230 full power shots from a new set.
The IM 30 has a guide number of 15 (metres) at 100 iso. Now a guide number of 15 is low compared to many full size flashes, but is more than the pop up flashes normally found on some cameras.
The flash is MANUAL mode only, so no auto setting or TTL flash, that said it's simple and easy to use with setting from full 1/1 power down to 1/64th power, and has half setting to enable you more exact lighting.
It's worth noting the flash has no tilt or swivel for bouncing off walls ect. The flash does have a 2.5mm plug sync lead port, so you could use it with older cameras or on a cold shoe. It doesnt however come with the lead. although they are easy to get.
In use the flash sits very low on the camera, this might cause shadows if your using a long lens or a big lens hood. The flash should work with any camera that has the hot shoe flash with a center pin contact. On my Sony it covers the 24mm wide setting.
The IM 30 also has S1 and S2 slave flash modes, this means you can fire it remotly with any other flash, this could be handy for backlighting, or a little extra lighting in a shot. S1 is for normal slave flash, S2 is if your using a preflash for redeye.
The real beauty of this flash is it's really small, I wanted a small flash for my Sony ZV1 (in picture) This camera is small and a full size flash looks silly on it. In use it's easy enough, just guess the power to start with and ajust up or down as needed. Or simply use the handy guide in the instructions.
I my living room a fair size, I found F5.6 was fine with the flash around the 1/8th power (200 iso) so plenty of power in the real world for parties or stuff..
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