Godox X1 system integration thread

Thanks Rand! I'll give it a shot tomorrow. I had it plugged in yesterday during the middle of a shoot and kept hitting test but it wouldn't fire. If I hit test on the 360 it did fire. Since it was the middle of a shoot and I was under the gun I went to plan B but my ideal set up would be to be able to use both of my godox units using a single x1 transmitter controlling the output of both.

I appreciate the quick answer and I'll report back once I have the time to test it.

jbm7777 wrote in post #17992394
Thanks Rand! I'll give it a shot tomorrow. I had it plugged in yesterday during the middle of a shoot and kept hitting test but it wouldn't fire. If I hit test on the 360 it did fire. Since it was the middle of a shoot and I was under the gun I went to plan B but my ideal set up would be to be able to use both of my godox units using a single x1 transmitter controlling the output of both.

I appreciate the quick answer and I'll report back once I have the time to test it.

I noticed, when I was testing the XTR-16 and XTR-16s that the pointer does not perfectly align with the letters on the dial. It took me a couple of tries to get it right. I presume that you are setting the receiver to A through E to match the Groups on the X1T.

dmward wrote in post #17992428
I noticed, when I was testing the XTR-16 and XTR-16s that the pointer does not perfectly align with the letters on the dial. It took me a couple of tries to get it right. I presume that you are setting the receiver to A through E to match the Groups on the X1T.

That's actually been an issue I had with the first-gen FTR16 and FTR16S receivers.

In fact, when I ordered and took delivery of a couple of the new XTR16 and XTR16S receivers, I was actually surprised to see that a couple of them aligned perfectly! I excited tore open the packaging for the others, only to find that they were misaligned just like the old originals had been. LOL! Photographer problems.

Hi.

Good news for anyone interested in the prospect of a Godox X1 / Canon-variant speedlight with ability to act as a 5-group ("Gr" mode) master:

In March I got email from Godox saying that new Gr-mode firmware was coming for both the V860IIC and TT685. In April I spoke with an Adorama rep who said he was then testing this firmware (for V860IIC). When I reported these communications here, the info was met with skepticism by some. Last night I called Edward about an unrelated matter, and later asked him about the firmware on the V860X (V860II) units he's selling. We had a short chat about Group mode etc. and I read him the email I had received from Godox. This morning he posted on the Cheetahstand facebook group "Canon 5 group firmware for 360x and V860x coming soon....."

He also mentioned that he's expecting a sample of the new XT32 controller June 18, as well as arrival of the Sony-variant V860X and X1.

So, yay.

Owen.

Does anyone ever use AD360s etc. ON-camera?

I shot a dinner event Thursday night. For the first portion (schmoozing / cocktails) I used an assistant / pole / AD360 w. 24" softbox to do 2-3-person shots. During the dinner I had the AD360 on a stand going off the ceiling for speeches / telephoto-enabled candids.

Toward the end of the night I was officially "off-duty" (yeah, right) and had packed up the softbox and pole when I saw folks saying goodbye to each other that really needed capturing, so instead of getting out a speedlight I just slapped the AD360 I had in my hand on the camera. I shot with a 70-200 from an adjoining room that opened onto the dining area through multiple large archways that let a fair bit of light through.

I blasted the flash back and off to the side at about 1/2 power (ISO 1600 / ~f5.6) and was really happy with the resulting light - still directional, but quite diffuse (the light was filtering in from another room after all!) There is no way a 600EX would have had the oomph for this shot.

This got me thinking. I certainly don't want to spend more than about 60 seconds shooting with a gripped 5D3 / shoe-mounted AD360 / 70-200 for more than about a minute, lest my hands snap off at the wrist. But I have an AD600 and remote head on their way, and I'm wondering whether it would be insane to contemplate mounting that remote head on a flash bracket.

Has anyone here ever used on-camera Godoxery of any sort?

Owen.

i use the 360 all the time as fill on a camera bracket using a mod remote head

owenegan wrote in post #18000086
... Has anyone here ever used on-camera Godoxery of any sort?

Owen.

I shot a couple of weddings with a guy that used Quantum bare bulb on a bracket. Not my idea of small and portable.

I have a bracket around somewhere and a remote head.
I'll have to set it up and see what its like.

My camera now days it a Sony a7RII so that makes the whole thing even more weird.


I remember seeing a picture on a forum once where a guy had a paint pole attached to a back pack with a head and smallish softbox mounted and the pack in the back pack. Looks weird but might make for some interesting pictures.

Ulysses01 wrote in post #17995249
Some have reported a length of 9 ft, while others have been surprised to find it only 8 ft long.

That looks interesting. The remote head looks like it might have been made from another cannibalized 360?

dmward wrote in post #18000216
I remember seeing a picture on a forum once where a guy had a paint pole attached to a back pack with a head and smallish softbox mounted and the pack in the back pack. Looks weird but might make for some interesting pictures.

That sounds like a great idea if you don't have an assistant. I hike a lot so could use one of my backpacks where there is an attachment for walking poles. It would look totally weird but hey, it could get the shot!

Just make sure there's enough ventilation for the pack in the backpack.

abbadon31 wrote in post #18000213
i use the 360 all the time as fill on a camera bracket using a mod remote head

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Does anybody make these remote heads anymore?

Ryan7 wrote in post #18003744
Does anybody make these remote heads anymore?

They are still produced by Godox and are called AD360. You need to buy two and make from two, one and a halve. The plug is the tricky part and they went out of sale a long time ago.

Ryan7 wrote in post #18003744
Does anybody make these remote heads anymore?

I bought broken ones off ebay and craig's list to make mine

It seems that with the new AD360II Godox is obviously committing to this platform for another few years at least. I wonder if there's any chance they won't come out with some more accessories. I would be really interested in remote heads / bulb-holders, and also in some gel filter "caps" for the bulb to be able to gel them neatly when used in, e.g., a softbox. (I saw photos of prototypes of these but I think I read they weren't ever sold retail...)

This thread has grown quite thick with great information!

(I have a CL360 with FT16)
After going through so many pages, and almost going cross-eyed, I'm trying to find out:

1: Will the X1cT allow control of flash power on a CL360 with an X1cR receiver or with an FT16 receiver attached to the CL360?

2: Will the X1cT allow HSS with the above combination?

3: Will the X1cT with X1cR receiver allow HSS with a regular monolight (like a Mettle600)?