Godox TUTORIAL: AD600B, AD600BM & AD600Pro strobes, X1T & XPro flash triggers
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- čas přidán 28. 07. 2024
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Godox AD600B & AD600BM Wistro: sdp.io/ad600
Godox AD600Pro Wistro: sdp.io/ad600pro
Godox X1T and XPro Flash Triggers: sdp.io/godoxtrigger
(get the model for your camera)
These studio lights and flash triggers are also known by these names. This tutorial applies to these products, also:
* Godox X1T-C, X1T-N, X1T-F, X1T-O, X1T-N, X1T-S
* Godox XPro-C, XPro-N, XPro-F, XPro-S, XPro-O
* Adorama Flashpoint XPLOR 600 HSS TTL
* Flashpoint XPLOR 600Pro
* Flashpoint R2Pro, R2Pro-C, R2Pro-N, R2Pro-F, R2Pro-S, R2Pro-O
* Quadralite Atlas 600, Atlas 600 TTL & Atlas 600 Pro TTL
* Quadralite Navigator X & Quadralite Navigator X2
* Strobepro X600 II & X600 Pro TTL
* Strobepro XTN, XTC, XTS, XTF, & XT-OP
* StrobePro XT Pro C, XT Pro N, XT Pro F, XT Pro S & XT Pro OP
TABLE OF CONTENTS
00:00 Introduction
00:38 Turning on the strobes
00:43 Setting the groups & channel (flashes & triggers)
02:14 Strobe custom menu items (beep, sleep, light)
04:38 Modeling lamps / Model lights
05:42 Test firing the strobes
06:30 General strobe tips
07:00 Turning on the X1T & XPro flash triggers
07:08 Using 1/256 power
07:41 Camera setting for using strobes
08:10 Using HSS / High Speed Sync
08:30 Setting Flash FP for Nikon cameras
09:38 Controlling the X1T & XPro flash triggers
11:10 Using TTL (through-the-lens)
14:05 Controlling all the lights at once
14:32 Switching the X1T trigger to 3-light mode (recommended)
15:00 Single contact mode (trigger works with any camera)
16:03 Troubleshooting
18:50 Firmware Updates
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RECOMMENDED PHOTOGRAPHY GEAR:
STARTER CAMERAS:
Basic Starter Camera ($280 used at Amazon): Canon T3 help.tc/t3
Better Starter Camera ($500 at Amazon): Nikon D5300 help.tc/d5300
Better Travel Camera ($500 at Amazon): Olympus OM-D E-M10 Mark II help.tc/em10ii
LANDSCAPE CAMERAS:
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Better ($1,400) at Amazon: Nikon D5500 help.tc/D5500 & Sigma 18-35mm f/1.8 help.tc/s35
Best ($3,150) at Amazon: Pentax K-1 help.tc/K1 & Pentax 24-70 f/2.8 help.tc/p24
PORTRAIT CAMERAS:
Beginner ($950 at Amazon): Canon T6i help.tc/t6i & Canon 50mm f/1.8 help.tc/c50
Better ($3,000 at Amazon): Nikon D610 help.tc/d610 & Tamron 70-200 f/2.8 help.tc/t200
Best ($5,300) at Amazon: Nikon D810 help.tc/d810 & Nikon 70-200 f/2.8E help.tc/n200e
WILDLIFE CAMERAS:
Starter ($1,100 at Amazon): Canon 7D help.tc/7D & Canon 400mm f/5.6 help.tc/c400
Great ($3,200 at Amazon): Nikon D500 help.tc/d500 & Nikon 200-500 f/5.6 help.tc/n500
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Best ($4,300 at Amazon): Panasonic GH5 help.tc/gh5 & Metabones Speed Booster XL help.tc/mbxl & Sigma 18-35 f/1.8 help.tc/s35 & Sigma 50-100 f/1.8 help.tc/s100
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Thanks Tony for putting out a tutorial on updating the firmware. This is by far the most comprehensive guide on this subject in English.
Wow Tony, this tutorial is so comprehensive and yet so concise and well-edited! You've helped me MASTER the complicated settings of my Godox gear in such a short time. Thank you!
Wow Tony, this is one of the most clear instructional videos I've seen for the Godox 600 and the transmitter! Thank you so much for this video! Thanks to you, I've learned how to use it! Keep up the good work. Will have to look into purchasing your book!
I purchased your book just because I need to pay you something for the great information and training you provide. Obviously you effort is worth a whole lot more than the price of your book. Thank you
did the exact same thing
WOW! You need an award for this. My mind was ready to explode. Thank you!
Wow. Soooo much work went in to this video! So well done, thank you!
Thank you so much for this video Tony. Just bought this flash and the xpro trigger. Way way easier to watch this video than read the hopeless printed instructions. You've saved me a lot of time, thank you!
Incredible and comprehensive information yet again. Thank you so much for how much effort and experience you put into your videos Tony, you and Chelsea really are great teachers.:)
wow you did a lot of research for this tutorial I really appreciate it thank you so much... I can see the sincerity, passion and concern for your viewers, again thank you so much. God bless you
I have 2 Godox Flash unit and Xt-1 trigger but I never knew about these details you have provided in this video. So helpful, big thanks to you Tony!
Excellent overview! I’m new to strobes and just received my XPro trigger and frankly, it was a little daunting. Watched your video and now have it working perfectly with my AD400.
Nice job! This tutorial came just in time for me to learn more about my 600pro. My wife and I have been practicing on the weekends using this strobe.
Many thanks for all your time and effort . Everything has become logical and clear and now i am calm and not at risk of throwing expensive kit at the wall ! Keep up the good work it is much appreciated.
Haven't used my flash for so long, and couldn't get it to work. I thought it was me, but thankfully you pointed out it just need a firmware update. Wow, didn't know. Been a long time fan of yours and you really saved me.
You guys are amazing and have turned my pictures from cringe worthy to hang worthy. I am back now to take more photos afters years break. Thank you
Great work as always Tony! I always appreciate your attention to detail and practical use knowledge. This tutorial is insanely timely as I just purchased an XT PRO and speedlights for my beginning real estate setup.
Also, your fashion game continues to come up...... That sweatshirt though??? Dope. Just dope.
ANTON you're my man! You helped me get my PAR107 now your teaching me how to be a better photographer. I am so happy you made a video for this flash.
Props to you. That firmware update process support was simply incredible.
I very much appreciate the work you put into this tutorial. You've helped me immensely. Love the AD600B and Canon X1T units - hate the idea of having to upgrade the firmware though. There's a good chance I would have bought a different system (than Godox) if I knew ahead of time about the difficulty with the firmware updates. But, it's too late now. Thanks again for the tutorial.
Thanks for the walk thou... So far your the only one i have seen to take the time to show the right way to do the firmware update. Thank You Tony. I have you older book and will be updating them soon.
Thanks for sharing I have 2 ad600,2ad200,3ad360c, ad860 flashes ,in spite of using them daily in my studio I found this video usefull, my struggle with the ad600 was the color gels bcos of that I purchased ad200 which is easily attached
Terrific tutorial on some amazing value products. Thank you! There is another little quirk that may prevent triggering between the transmitters and receivers. If the transmitter is too close to the receiver, they won't work. So, keep them at least 2 feet apart. BTW, this little nugget of information is actually buried in the instruction sheet.
This is very well done. Thank you. Using the modeling light during a blackout--that's priceless!
Thanks for taking the time to make this video. Much appreciated!
Nice tutorial! Always to the point ! Keep going , great job. I appreciate your work. Best advices on CZcams and so proffessional!
Thanks, Tony for providing the support for using and upgrading these devices. I just installed the Godox E1 updater and drivers on windows 10 -64bit operating system and did the upgrade of my X1T without having to edit the system Bios, and using the command prompt steps. Note I did get the warning message from within Windows, but I told it to install anyway.
Thank you so much for comprehensive tutorial about these products
Great job Tony! Useful, informative and right to the point.
Excellent and thorough review of Godox triggers and firmware updating procedures. Very much appreciate the level an scope of the Godox trigger navigation.
Great video Tony. Ty so much for taking all this time to help others in the community.
off course I appreciate your hard work!!! can't imagine how many hours you put on the research OMG! this time I'm one of the first 100 viewers!
I got the AD600 / AD200 and also v860II last year and never made a FW update so far, thank you so much!!!
Thanks, and yeah, the research on this was WAY more than I expected. The documentation is prety awful and the quirks are many!
One of the best reviews, Thank you,! Great hard work in this video.
Comprehensive tutorial, excellent! Thanks Tony.
Great video! I was thinking about buying couple of the new ones and had a few questions, which this video answered. Thanks.
Thank you, Tony! Very much appreciated!
i dont have an ad 600b strobe yet but am looking at purchasing on next month. thanks so much for this information it was really very very helpful
As always Tony this was awesome, Thank You!
Thanks for all the info, Tony. It really makes working with this light much easier.
I have a pair of the Flashpoint 600's I bought from Adorama in the mid 90's. They still work great. Not as fancy as the newest ones, but typical of the time. I think they are a great value.
OMG. I never skip your videos but I got 2 minutes into the firmware update and OMG!
Thank you, Tony. This is a really cool tutorial...very much appreciated!
Tony, thanks for the hard work in putting together this excellent explanation. I noticed in your reply to Rob Sigler Photography below, you mentioned that "...the triggers were working great with my Fuji in the studio, but I brought them on location and needed HSS and they completely failed". This is another one of those Fuji gotcha things. I found that in order to set HSS in the Godox/Adorama system, the setting MUST be made in the CAMERA MENU (and not on the flash or trigger). For example, on an X-T2, go to Flash Function Setting > Sync. and select FP (same as HSS). With the R2ProF trigger, when you make the FP selection in the camera menu you will see the H symbol (for HSS) appear next to the battery symbol on the top line of the trigger's screen.
Note this oddity: the HSS function will time out (on the trigger) after several minutes. If this should happen to you, go back to the camera menu's Flash Function Setting > Sync where the the FP is still shown as selected, and move that setting to any other setting (Front, Rear) and then back to FP. Doing this will re-establish the FP setting on the camera and also restore the H symbol on the attached trigger. I do not know whether this procedure applies to Canon, Nikon, etc. Hope this helps some.
Oh Tony, your description is always so awesome. I have the Neewer trigger and they offer no support, but you can actually install the Godox firmware.
I'm just waiting for my godox strobe and trigger... I'm glad I've watched this before it come in. It definitely saved me a lot of trouble with firmware update. I've gave it a thumbs up and I'm rarely doing it ;)
thank you Mr. Northrup for all of that excellent info!
Thank you so much for making this video. You deserve 1million subs straight away!!
Extremely helpful! Thank you for this!
Jus bought my strobe & remote thanx for the info, great vid
Yesssss! Just picked some of these up!
Thanks Tony, it's crazy in this day and age one has to do of that work to update something😮. Not even in the 90s was it that bad.😀
Wow! Thanks again for a great video, Tony!
Thanks Tony for all the details!
6-16-2020: Tony, I recently bought a used store mannequin and it has been GREAT....especially during these crazy covid times....because the "light tests" have continued w/ no problems. No social distance issues, and she always knows her Left from her Right. However, she's not much for on-location stuff (doesn't wanna get wet)....but for studio based work, it's been an invaluable tool. And I don't have to tidy up BEFORE a shoot anymore....
This morning i received my GS300II and the Godox PRO-X and hell was i confused. I figured out a few things by myself but not enough to be sure what i was doing. Really appreciate this tutorial it helped a whole lot more than i wished it had to :) You have my thumbs!
Glad I could help!
Love these lights so much! 😁
Which is better for you?
Thank you, Tony! well appreciated it
Tony. You are a Gentleman. Great work. Indeed !
Thanks for this video and your job! It will help a lot of people!👌🏽
Helpful and informative! Thank you Tony!
Great to see you working for a manufacturer.
This is the best and most useful video I have watched in a while, thank you thank you thank youuu
Really apreciated! thanks Tony
Thank you so much, clarified a lot of things..
EXCELLENT TUTORIAL , THANKS TONY.
Very useful tutorial, Tony is right the instructions are lacking some detail, most of the controls are very intuitive but I found this tutorial very useful in turning off the modeling light and a few other tips. I have two Paul Buff's einstein e640's but I don't always want to overpower the sun at f16 to f22. So I purchased the Godox 600 mainly for the highspeed sync. A lot of times I might want to use a soft box to light the subject and still have a nice blurred background using around f5.
Nice video Tony - Very helpful!
Very helpful tutorial. Thanks for the effort you must have put in to get the details right for the firmware updates. Y
Thank you very much for sharing this!
Very well explained. Thank you very much ... and merry christmas! ;-)
Thanks so much for this Tony! I bought a TT-685S speedlight with an X1T transmitter over the summer. I fired the flash with the transmitter once, and then it completely stopped working so I've just been using on camera flash ever since. The troubleshooting portion of this video was very helpful in confirming that the problem is with the transmitter. I'll try doing a firmware update (it's on V14) to see if that fixes it. Thanks for the step by step walkthrough!
Hmmm, updated the firmware on both the flash and the transmitter and the test button still doesn't fire the flash. I made sure they're both set to the same channel and that the speedlight is on the wireless mode. Looks like I'll be filing a return tonight...
Jeeeeez dude. This video is excellent. SUPER detailed. Thank you!
Thorough video. Thanks.
One thing I think you might have gotten wrong is the reasoning for turning off the wireless flash control on the strobe. Maybe it will also work if you are using another brand controller like you said, but I think for many that won't be the main reason. The main reason for many is that is what you need to do it you are using the old Godox triggers (FT-16). These are the ones where the receiver is a small USB plug that you insert into the flash. I am guessing that the new Pro model doesn't have the USB input, so that is why you don't have the option to turn the controller off. This is actually something that I, as a Pentax user, takes advantage of, because using the old transmitter and receiver on top of a Cactus V6ii transmitter is the only way for me to get HSS or of my AD600 and AD200.
Not super important for most of your viewers, but it is for Pentax users.
Also, and I'm not sure why this was the case, but I didn't have to jump through all the hope to do firmware upgrades on my Windows 10/64 bit computer. For me, it was unzip install and run. No more difficult that work any other firmware upgrade. Not sure why I was so lucky.
It would be nice though if I didn't need to install the G1 and the G2 programs rather than a single updater.
Another awesome informative show. Thanks a lot!
It's funny you mentioned using this for a power outage because I did that exact thing and it lit the entire living room.
Thanks Tony! It's obvious you're a former MS tech writer, and you did an amazing job of documenting this process. I wish their software creators had as much skill as you.
nice....im planning of getting one of their flashes and x pro trigger next month
For the firmware update, Adorama is coming out with a new version for them of the xpro. Adorama uses the godox equivalent called Flashpoint xplor. The new Adorama Flashpoint version xpro 2 is supposedly Apple compatible too {this transmitter has extra buttons on the right hand side}.
Really awesome video! Thanks for your help!!
you are just great ! thanx for all your efforts
You’re my hero for this video
Thank you so much, Tony :)
Great job, THANK you!
Thank you. Very helpful tutorial.
I appreciate the efforts.. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.👍
Hey Tony, Love your videos...keep up the great work! Quick question, what light stand were you using in this video and do you have any recommendations for light stands that work well in outdoor/environmental portraiture? I use an AD200 in a bowens mount for that mostly because it's more portable.
I bought flash point on Black Friday sale and it was very good deal
Hey Tony... i tried lot but couldn't. did you figure out a way to use canon speed light with same trigger as Radio Slave? (not optical) this can be done using two triggers (then all light same power) OR using slave unit of canon radio receiver connect to sync port of strobe. but curious is there any way trigger both from same trigger as radio slave. (Canon speedlite which has inbuild radio (RT))
OMG, I think I am perfectly happy with my firmware version forever! But thanks so much for the terrifying upgrade explanation!!!🤪
LOL I hear ya!
Thank you so much Tony!
Windows 7 rocks for updates, thanks Tony for awesome tutorial.!!!
fantastic i'll let you know, :) i have not watch much of this yet, my grandson is down for the weekend so when i get chance i'll pull my cases out and watch the rest of this and give you some feedback :)
Great video Tony, I’ve been thinking about moving from speedlights to studio strobes so this was very useful. Damn the firmware upgrade process is archaic! It’s one step away from having to do it in MS DOS.
I like Godox products but they should up their game on this, I mean how much software effort would it take really?
Like your video. :Love Godox. Hate the firmware update procedure and support overall. But I never had a flash that stopped working. I own 4 studiostrobes QS400, 4 V850's, 2 V860, 2 AD200, 2 AD360. Never had any issues with them.
watched this video while i was on a flight to NY. now i feel like i know everything about the strobe
thank you very much Tony...its really helpful
Glad to help, Rehim.
Great tutorial explained very well. I appreciate all the hard work that went into making it. Keep up the good work
Yes, fantastic job at explaining everything. Although, following the firmware explanation, I am strongly considering selling my Godox 600BM', X1Tc and going back to Pocketwizards. The software runs on Windows 7! This is 2019. I have to go into DOS, REALLY!
Invaluable. Thanks so much.
Excellent info as usual.
Never thought I'd have to do a firmware update on a strobe... but then again this is 2018.
One thing to point out about the X1T-F trigger for Fuji: if for some reason you're not getting TTL or HSS with this trigger make sure to push the trigger all the way into the shoe. I've noticed at times I'd think it was connected and it would fire fine up to my sync speed but would fail after that. I think it's something about the plastic they use on the bottom of the trigger that's a bit too thick and you have to give it a bit more 'oomph' to make sure all the pins connect.
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