Godox C100 Review: This Weird See-Through Camera Actually Works… Sort Of
Geoffrey Morrison/CNET
6.0
Pros & Cons
- Unique design
- Certainly keeps your eyes on your subject
- Doubles as a light meter
- Image quality is terrible
- Difficult to frame correctly
When I first saw pictures of the C100, I knew I had to get one. It’s such a bizarre, unique design that it piqued my curiosity. There’s no screen. Well, not a traditional one, anyway. It has a mostly transparent rectangle with an LCD layer that overlays info. It’s more like a heads-up display than a regular screen or electronic viewfinder. Other than that, it works just like any other ultracheap camera, though it can also act as a light meter, which is… something.
As interested as I was in playing with it, I wasn’t expecting much in terms of performance. This is a $45 camera after all. Those low expectations were absolutely met. It captures 2.1-megapixel photos and 1080p video. The...
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