Godox iM10 Mini Flash

The Godox iM10 Mini Flash is a hot-shoe flash built to live in a pocket: it weighs 23 grams and measures 40 by 40 by 30mm, so it drops into a jacket or a side pocket without taking space. Slide it onto the shoe, switch it on and it is ready, with no menus or prior setup, a logic that suits compact and mirrorless cameras used every day.

It offers four manual power levels —1/1, 1/2, 1/4 and 1/8— selected with one button and read through LED indicators, and its universal single-contact shoe makes it compatible with Nikon, Canon, Sony, Fujifilm, Panasonic and OM System bodies. The built-in 125 mAh lithium battery delivers around 350 full-power flashes, recharges over USB-C in roughly one hour and ten minutes, and full-power recycling sits near three seconds.

For night street photography, informal portraits and outings with a compact that has no built-in flash, the Godox iM10 Mini Flash adds direct light without adding weight to the kit. Its limits are worth knowing: there is no TTL or HSS, the head is fixed and cannot bounce, so exposure is set by hand and light always arrives from the front. It works between -10 and 49 degrees, which covers most real outings and avoids surprises on cold nights.