Uploaded June 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Is the Neewer Z2 Pro S any good? And just how close can you get with a macro bellows?? LET"S FIND OUT!
Get your Neewer Z2Pro-S here: neewer.com/?ref=the120ist
Join me on Patreon for free stuff and fun: patreon.com/c/The120ist
Where to begin... the awesome Neewer (and I mean awesome, because they pretty much single-handedly revolutionised the photography industry by creating low cost versions of literally everything to do with photography) got in touch and asked me to test a flat unit. I agreed, I use flash all the time and I love it, so they sent me this Z2Pro-S.
First impressions - it's a flash. How different can it really be? It creates a short pop of light in time with the shutter. They've kinda been the same for about 50 years. But let's give it a chance!
So it has this oh so fashionable round head, they all seem to be doing that now. Does it make all the difference? Does it change the whole flash experience? No. But it probably helps a bit, otherwise why would they do it?
Some truly awesome things about this flash - rechargeable battery. I love this. I absolutely don't want to think about all the alkaline cells I've chomped through over the years in my other flashes. It's a lot. Maybe into the thousands. So this is awesome.
Power - it's pretty good. I think in the vid I rounded it up to 80w/s, whereas it's actually stated in the literature as 76w/s... still pretty good for a camera top flash. Not the most powerful, but it's a good punchy pop.
Battery life is impressive - more than 500 full power pops on a single charge! How about that? Amazing.
User interface is pretty good actually. Really easy to use, easy to find everything.
All in all, it's great. And of course, because it's Neewer, it's a fraction of the cost of similar branded products. What's not to like???
Drop me a comment, let me know what you think!
And just to follow up on the problems I had at the beginning - definitely not an issue with the flash, entirely a problem with the x sync port on the macro bellows. I tested it with lots of other stuff and had no issues.
Is the Neewer Z2 Pro S any good? And just how close can you get with a macro bellows?? LET"S FIND OUT!
Get your Neewer Z2Pro-S here: neewer.com/?ref=the120ist
Join me on Patreon for free stuff and fun: patreon.com/c/The120ist
Where to begin... the awesome Neewer (and I mean awesome, because they pretty much single-handedly revolutionised the photography industry by creating low cost versions of literally everything to do with photography) got in touch and asked me to test a flat unit. I agreed, I use flash all the time and I love it, so they sent me this Z2Pro-S.
First impressions - it's a flash. How different can it really be? It creates a short pop of light in time with the shutter. They've kinda been the same for about 50 years. But let's give it a chance!
So it has this oh so fashionable round head, they all seem to be doing that now. Does it make all the difference? Does it change the whole flash experience? No. But it probably helps a bit, otherwise why would they do it?
Some truly awesome things about this flash - rechargeable battery. I love this. I absolutely don't want to think about all the alkaline cells I've chomped through over the years in my other flashes. It's a lot. Maybe into the thousands. So this is awesome.
Power - it's pretty good. I think in the vid I rounded it up to 80w/s, whereas it's actually stated in the literature as 76w/s... still pretty good for a camera top flash. Not the most powerful, but it's a good punchy pop.
Battery life is impressive - more than 500 full power pops on a single charge! How about that? Amazing.
User interface is pretty good actually. Really easy to use, easy to find everything.
All in all, it's great. And of course, because it's Neewer, it's a fraction of the cost of similar branded products. What's not to like???
Drop me a comment, let me know what you think!
And just to follow up on the problems I had at the beginning - definitely not an issue with the flash, entirely a problem with the x sync port on the macro bellows. I tested it with lots of other stuff and had no issues.
