Westcott FJ80-SE M Multi-Brand 80Ws Speedlight (2024)

The Westcott FJ80-SE M Multi-Brand 80Ws Speedlight (2024) is a powerful, round-head portable flash designed for photographers who need versatile, on-camera or off-camera lighting across multiple camera systems. It’s built to complement both portrait and event photography, offering multi-brand compatibility with Canon, Nikon, Fuji, Panasonic Lumix, and Olympus cameras, as well as Sony in manual mode.

At 80Ws of power, the round flash head delivers even, natural-looking light coverage whether mounted directly on-camera or used off-camera in a wireless setup. Output is adjustable across a 9 F-stop range in both 0.1 and 1.0 increments, with accurate color temperature stability rated at 6500K (±200K) maintained consistently across the entire output range.

An integrated 2.4GHz wireless transceiver lets the FJ80-SE function as both a standalone flash and a transmitter, allowing it to trigger and control FJ400 and FJ200 strobes, FJ-XR receivers, and other off-camera FJ80 speedlights directly from the camera’s hot shoe, with dependable wireless communication up to 328 feet across 31 channels and 16 groups, even in high-interference environments like weddings and events. The flash supports Manual and TTL flash modes, High-Speed Sync (HSS) up to 1/8000s, Freeze Sync up to 1/50000s, and Front and Rear Curtain Sync, giving photographers flexibility across a wide range of shooting scenarios.

Handling is managed through an intuitive 2.4-inch LCD, offering control over automatic memory recall, group and channel assignment, group exposure compensation, continuous capture up to 20fps, TTL-to-Manual equivalent conversion (as a client), and modeling lamp settings. The speedlight tilts and rotates for flexible positioning, with a 360-degree horizontal and 90-degree vertical pivot range, and mounts securely via an all-metal hot shoe.

Power comes from a removable 2500mAh lithium-ion battery, rated for 550+ full-power flashes per charge with a fast recycle time of 0.05 to 1.8 seconds, recharging fully in under three hours. Firmware updates are supported via the onboard USB-C data port to help keep the flash current with new camera compatibility over time.

Key Features
– 80Ws round-head speedlight with multi-brand camera compatibility (Canon, Nikon, Fuji, Panasonic Lumix, Olympus; Sony in manual mode)
– 9 F-stop output range (0.1 and 1.0 increment adjustment)
– Color temperature stability of 6500K (±200K) across output range
– Built-in 2.4GHz wireless transceiver (flash and transmitter functionality)
– Wireless range up to 328′; 31 channels, 16 groups
– Manual and TTL flash modes
– High-Speed Sync (HSS) up to 1/8000s; Freeze Sync up to 1/50000s
– Front and Rear Curtain Sync
– 2.4″ LCD control screen
– Continuous capture up to 20fps
– TTL-to-Manual Equivalent conversion
– Adjustable LED modeling lamp
– 360° horizontal / 90° vertical tilt and rotation
– All-metal hot shoe
– Removable 2500mAh lithium-ion battery (550+ full-power flashes; 0.05-1.8 sec recycle time)
– USB-C port for firmware updates