Godox V850: Lithium-powered speedlight with remote control and HSS

Well crap.

New Harbor have sold thousands of YongNuo flashes alone and I've never heard a complaint, and that's even going back to when YN flashes had a terrible failure rate.

I haven't heard any complaint with the V850 or Godox flashes either.

I would personally prefer to pay more for better service, but not everybody can afford this. New Harbor, and companies like YongNuo themselves, have never been the absolute ideal, but they offer a lot for a price. And Amazon has helped a lot to avoid there being winners and losers.

More than likely what has happened with the softbox and S-bracket is that New Harbor expected an order promised from Godox, which has then been delayed for whatever reason. NH would be waiting on them as well but have to cancel the orders at some point if the stock doesn't arrive.
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Still doesn't bode well when they make up a story about products being damaged in shipment due to USPS multiple times, and to multiple people. And the fact that they still posts the product as "in stock" at Amazon.

My two V850s arrived yesterday from New Harbor (two-day shipping with Amazon Prime) so now I'm just waiting for the triggers...

The triggers are back in stock at the ebay vendor mentioned for 23.98 and here in the U.S.

Got mine ordered.

Link??

Scoobert wrote in post #16877037
The triggers are back in stock at the ebay vendor mentioned for 23.98 and here in the U.S.

Got mine ordered.

Scoobert wrote in post #16877037
The triggers are back in stock at the ebay vendor mentioned for 23.98 and here in the U.S.

Got mine ordered.

They're still over $100 from what I see. Can't imagine they sold out that quickly. I check multiple times a day, including a couple times earlier this morning. Did I miss it? Link?

BamPhoto wrote in post #16877056
Link??

http://www.ebay.com …ain_0&hash=item​485e2b90a5

Nice! Thanks! Wonder why that didn't show up for me???

Just received my CL-850! What a beast! I may have to order another to compliment my 180's and 360's. The recycle times are incredible.

Anyone else experiencing terrible range with these and the FT-16s? I have the neewer version and I just am not getting reliable triggering and further distances. They state a range of 50 meters, but at 35 meters I get 100% firing rate, at 40 meters I get 90%, at 45 I get 67%, at 50 meters I get 50%...which honestly sucks imo. That was with playing with there different channels as well.

I just picked up a Cell II in hopes of extending the range (it states a range of 50m), but quick observations show that is actually worse than the FT-16's.

No problems here, what you shooting at 35 meters? I have the Cheetah version!

Robsphoto wrote in post #16891423
No problems here, what you shooting at 35 meters? I have the Cheetah version!

Actions spots stuff (mainly skiing). In fact, I honestly find 50 meters really on the weak side for my needs.

Just finished up some more testing - tl;dt - the the Cells II did not add any range and in fact felt a bit worse in terms of range. the conclusion here is that unless you need HSS, don't bother with the Cells II...I am going to see if I can return mine.

Now here is a bit more detailed analysis. I won't claim that my number are super accurate and I am using the distance scale on google maps, which might not be dead on, but it give you an idea of how the FT-16s work (or at least how they work in my neighborhood).

I am not sure if they are using wireless signal,
something like 2,4Ghz maybe ?

well, if that's the case,
wifi around the perimeter and some device on locations might be the cause for that problems

2,4Ghz wireless is widely used for lots of applications

433MHz.