Godox S60 Focusing LED Light

This powerful Godox LED constant lighting kit is ultra-bright and comes complete with a zoom facility

Godox S60 Focusing LED Light
(Image: © Matthew Richards/Digital Camera World)

Digital Camera World Verdict

If you thought that LED constant lighting kits were, well, a bit on the dark side, the brilliantly intense Godox S60 will make you think again. Based on a compact and lightweight head unit and separate control box, it adds a zoom facility that enables you to sweep from flood to spot lighting, while an included set of barndoors further enhance the control of light coverage. All in all, it’s a powerful lighting kit that’s great for video and also works well for stills photography.

Pros

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    Powerful maximum output with a good brightness range

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    Useful zoom facility for focusing the beam

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    Video-friendly special effects modes

Cons

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    Chunky, heavyweight cable for connecting the separates

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    Requires a supplied wrench for tilt adjustments

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    The fixed, nominal daylight color temperature isn’t adjustable

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LED lighting panels aren’t exactly ten a penny but they’ve become very affordable of late, with plentiful Chinese options flooding the market, manufactured by the likes of Neewer and GVM, to name but a couple. They’re mainly geared to video capture but can also be useful for shooting stills. Either way, the maximum output often leaves more than a little to be desired. The Godox S60 Focusing LED Light (also sold as the CLAR S60 in North America) aims to settle that score, with an ultra-bright maximum intensity and the addition of a zoom facility, along with a useful range of video-friendly special effects.

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Matthew Richards

Matthew Richards is a photographer and journalist who has spent years using and reviewing all manner of photo gear. He is Digital Camera World's principal lens reviewer – and has tested more primes and zooms than most people have had hot dinners! 

His expertise with equipment doesn’t end there, though. He is also an encyclopedia  when it comes to all manner of cameras, camera holsters and bags, flashguns, tripods and heads, printers, papers and inks, and just about anything imaging-related. 

In an earlier life he was a broadcast engineer at the BBC, as well as a former editor of PC Guide.