LightPix Labs FlashQ Q20III

Reviewed by a guy with a Ricoh GR III and a vendetta against boring light pumped up with caffeine IV, and with an itchy shutter finger Listen—this LightPix Labs FlashQ Q20III isn’t for the shy. It’s not for your landscape shooters quietly whispering to trees at f/11. No. This is for people who get close. Real close. Too close. Close enough to see the fear, the texture, the story in a face. I slap this thing on my GR like it owes me money. It’s light, it’s wireless, it’s got manual dials—no menus, no excuses. It’s like having a streetwise sidekick with a lightning bolt in his pocket. ISO 400, 1/250, and BAM—you’ve got a portrait of a guy who just realized you exist. The Q20III is pocketable. Not like “cargo pants” pocketable—actual jacket pocketable. Hot shoe it, or go wireless with the transmitter, blast it from an angle, off a wall, off the damn sky if you want. This thing is GN 40 at full power, which means it’ll light up your subject and their secrets. Color temp? Clean. Recycle time? Fast. Flash is consistent, unlike that guy who promised to come back with a cigarette in ’86. If you’re a Ricoh GR shooter and you don’t have this flash, I don’t know what you’re doing. Probably out there in the dark, wondering why your shots don’t pop. Get the Q20III. Get in close. And for god’s sake, stop asking for permission.

I haven’t really tried this product in depth since I got it last Sunday. I would say that works a very short range. I don’t have any pros or cons really because I’m the photographers and pick this tool because every flash does something that is helpful in certain situations so I think this flash is suitable for what I really need.

Bought this to use with my GRiii. Everything is working as expected, I really like the off camera setup for some bounce flash photography.

It's not as good as the Version II. The gel holder is so stiff I can't slot any of the gels in there and the construction of the gel holder itself on the flash is better designed on the version II because it has two spring loaded pins to hold the gels in place, on the version III its purely a friction fit and it appears they didnt make the gap large enough to actually accommodate the gels easily. Such a shame because everything else about the flash would've made a great upgrade over the version II.

This flash is perfect for a little fill, or to trigger slaves. Removes easily for off camera flash. I love it!

I have a dead 20ii Transmitter which needs connect to power source all the time. In its website's introduction material for 20iii, there is a picture looks like you can charge the transmitter with the flash body. The fact is that it can't. The body doesn't output its battery power.