A Godox TT350 in 2025: A Great Little Flash.
As I mention in my banner above:
Previously a contributing writer for KEH Spotlight.
I had already been a KEH customer for years. To my great shock they reached out to me cold one day to write a monthly column. I did not think it was a real offer, but it was. This lasted a little over two years. The posts can be seen here.
Ended amicably. They pivoted to social media darlings. I understand. I was glad to have had the opportunity. And I am still a customer.
A recent experience brought one particular post to mind. It was about Godox lighting gear. Specifically the TT350 and then the AD200. Written in 2018, one year after the TT350 was released in 2017.
They were my first TTL lights and opened up a whole new experience courtesy of their affordability…. But I am getting ahead of myself. Below, I will cut and paste the bulk of that post with edits before adding an update.
Text from KEH post:
Before getting my Godox setup, I made peace with and quite enjoyed using a manually controlled non-TTL radio remote flash set up.
Before that, I cut my teeth on a budget 3 light set up. Due to the high cost of brand name and 3rd party TTL/HSS flash systems, I thought these features were beyond my reach. Strobes were not even considered since they seemed to be even more expensive.
What happened then? Glad you asked. It started when I purchased a Godox TT350 flash to use as a low-cost on-camera TTL flash because it:
- Was very affordable at around $80 especially considering the bullets below. That is literally a fraction of what the similarly sized factory option costs and also less than most 3rd party options.
- Has TTL which is perfect for run and gun photography.
- Has high-speed sync which was quite a surprise.
- Is small enough to fit in a camera bag easily while also feeling very balanced on a mirrorless camera.
- Came with a Sto-Fen-esque modifier, stand, and case included.
I was very happy with this as an on-camera TTL solution. But over time, I found that this flash had many tricks up its sleeve. In my haste, blinded by the low price, I had not realized that though. I would have if I opened the manual, but this flash was the epitome of plug and play:
- The TT350 was a part of a larger Godox brand agnostic (more on that below) system with 5 groups and 32 channels. They currently have Sony, Canon, Nikon, MFT, and Fuji versions as I write this.
Sorry, Pentax. Pentax has been added since this was written. - This flash itself had a radio trigger that could be used to fire any recent Godox flash or strobe.
- Since each TT350 flash is also a remote I have radio trigger back up redundancy aplenty should the X1T trigger fail.
- The Godox AD200 (aka Flashpoint eVOLV 200) exists.
I will end the cut and paste here.
I went on to praise the Godox AD200 and I stand by everything said. Follow the link above to the original KEH post for more on the AD200. Since then I first pivoted to a couple Godox V1s…
…and added an AD300…
…and then to a Neewer Z flash and two Q4 strobes.
Now back to the subject of this post.
Godox TT350.
Though I have upgraded flashes and then changed systems, I still keep a TT350 for any system I have. The reason why is simple. As much as I like the larger Godox V1 and Neewer Z flashes… they do not have integrated bounce cards and are brick bats. And while not as powerful, the TT350 has served me well. Some examples.
So to summarize.
- Has a built in bounce card and an in case stofen-esque modifier.
- The larger flashes both require magnetic add on dome and bounce card.
- Small enough to easily fit into a cargo pants pocket.
- Also serves as a Godox trigger.
- Will also serve as an off cameras light for another camera.
- For this reason, I keep an inexpensive old Godox trigger.
- Off camera the Godox system is brand agnostic so I can trigger TT350 flashes for other camera systems.
- Wonderfully accurare TTL.
- Still available new for $85 and used for even less.
For this reason, it is the flash I recommend first when asked. Just recently, two friends purchased TT350 flashes on this advice and reported back that they were pleased. Even sending sample images.
Great.
Now, onto the moment that inspired me to write this post. It is related to a recent Scenes Seen post.
In that post, I mentioned meeting a music producer. Being so small I brought the TT350 with in case some unplanned portrait opportunities broke out. So while my son and I were talking to Saky I broke out the TT350. Here are those pics.
Bonus round.
Also took a film pic of Saky.
Ok, back to digital.
A great portable solution.
Take this along with a compact camera and lens setup and you are good to go.
One last piece of housekeeping. Saky is an interesting fellow and very talented. I posted his Instagram link above, but check out his website and Soundcloud page.
Happy capturing.
-ELW
Eric L. Woods 