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<blockquote data-quote="Fortkentdad" data-source="post: 604543" data-attributes="member: 24285"><p>Some of the gear from my on-line shopping spree arrived. </p><p></p><p>After much consternation and back and forth on all the options out there finally pulled the trigger on Godox X1 Triggers. </p><p></p><p>Looked v. hard at going with Pocket Wizards - but the price was just too high. All of these are less than the cost of one Pocket Wizard ($180 CDN) and I have two Godox flash units which already have built in X1 receivers (and transmitters for that matter) so with these I can have four off flash units directly controlled, plus another on camera. I read many many reviews of every imaginable trigger out there and in the end went with the Godox line. It does offer ITTL - but also full manual. And one of the deciding factors is that the Godox X1 is one that turns off the preflash associated with TTL so that light meters can be used effectively. Or at least I have read that this is so, will be testing that this weekend. </p><p></p><p>Just picked these up from the post after work today and mounted them for a very quick test. Actually just tested the trigger firing the two Godox flash units I have - these worked. </p><p></p><p>Will post a more thorough threat on this later. But for now, here are some pics of my latest purchase - Godox X1 Trigger and two Receivers. </p><p></p><p>[ATTACH]243871[/ATTACH][ATTACH]243872[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p></p><p>UPDATE: Took the Trigger and Receivers, my SB 600 & 700 and Sekonic 308S light meter to see what happens.</p><p>And I am able to get meaningful results from the light meter - IF I use the test button to fire the flashes. Set up the lights - flashes are mounted on receiver units and flashes set to TTL mode. Then on the trigger menu select that group and set it to Manual. Dial in 1:1 and test fire - gives a meaningful result and I take a test shot - a properly exposed image at the settings the flash meter said I should use. Dial in 1:64 and try again. A different result on the flash meter - dial that into the camera and take the shot - very similar exposure. Again - the light metering must be done with the "Test" button on the trigger (or the receiver but the one on the camera is much easier to touch). They must have a way of the TTL pre-flashing not working in test mode. I can fire the flashes if the flash is set to M mode and the light meter works fine when the camera triggers the flash - but the handy dandy power adjusting on the trigger unit does not change the output of the flash, it is just a dumb trigger if the flash is in M, you have to adjust the power of the flash the old fashioned way on the flash unit. But yes - one way or the other, one can measure the light with a meter with the X1 Trigger system. Nice.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Fortkentdad, post: 604543, member: 24285"] Some of the gear from my on-line shopping spree arrived. After much consternation and back and forth on all the options out there finally pulled the trigger on Godox X1 Triggers. Looked v. hard at going with Pocket Wizards - but the price was just too high. All of these are less than the cost of one Pocket Wizard ($180 CDN) and I have two Godox flash units which already have built in X1 receivers (and transmitters for that matter) so with these I can have four off flash units directly controlled, plus another on camera. I read many many reviews of every imaginable trigger out there and in the end went with the Godox line. It does offer ITTL - but also full manual. And one of the deciding factors is that the Godox X1 is one that turns off the preflash associated with TTL so that light meters can be used effectively. Or at least I have read that this is so, will be testing that this weekend. Just picked these up from the post after work today and mounted them for a very quick test. Actually just tested the trigger firing the two Godox flash units I have - these worked. Will post a more thorough threat on this later. But for now, here are some pics of my latest purchase - Godox X1 Trigger and two Receivers. [ATTACH=CONFIG]243871._xfImport[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]243872._xfImport[/ATTACH] UPDATE: Took the Trigger and Receivers, my SB 600 & 700 and Sekonic 308S light meter to see what happens. And I am able to get meaningful results from the light meter - IF I use the test button to fire the flashes. Set up the lights - flashes are mounted on receiver units and flashes set to TTL mode. Then on the trigger menu select that group and set it to Manual. Dial in 1:1 and test fire - gives a meaningful result and I take a test shot - a properly exposed image at the settings the flash meter said I should use. Dial in 1:64 and try again. A different result on the flash meter - dial that into the camera and take the shot - very similar exposure. Again - the light metering must be done with the "Test" button on the trigger (or the receiver but the one on the camera is much easier to touch). They must have a way of the TTL pre-flashing not working in test mode. I can fire the flashes if the flash is set to M mode and the light meter works fine when the camera triggers the flash - but the handy dandy power adjusting on the trigger unit does not change the output of the flash, it is just a dumb trigger if the flash is in M, you have to adjust the power of the flash the old fashioned way on the flash unit. But yes - one way or the other, one can measure the light with a meter with the X1 Trigger system. Nice. [/QUOTE]
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