AdvertisementsĪs I debated back and forth between sticking with the X1T or getting the XT32, Godox announced the XPro and got in touch with me to see if I’d like to try one out. Although it only displayed one flash group at once. It had several buttons and a better dial. It shifts the display to the top of the unit, which now leans forward, preventing those forehead-banging issues. As I never use TTL, this wasn’t a problem. From a technical standpoint, the only difference between the two is that the X1T supports TTL while the XT32 does not. Makes me glad I’m a left eyed shooter, because I don’t know how long I could put up with that. ![]() For right eyed shooters, whenever you rotate the camera into portrait mode, the trigger would be pressing into your nose and forehead whenever you held the camera up to your eye. One problem I didn’t run into myself, being a left eyed shooter, but heard a lot of complains about was the trigger banging into your face. The three main 2.4Ghz Godox triggering options. So you might have to click it 2 or 3 times to actually go up or down a stop or menu setting. One click of the dial also doesn’t represent one click on power settings or menu options. Workflow was often quite awkward, trying to remember exactly what each button did and how long you had to hold it down for to get certain menu options to appear. The design was functional, although not pretty. True high speed sync, outdoors, with a 4ft octabox. I got rid of most of my Nikon & Yongnuo speedlights, sold my Bowens strobes and picked up a pair of Godox AD360II and a stack of TT600 speedlights along with the X1Tn trigger, and life was good. Once the second generation of Godox lights were released with built in 2.4Ghz triggers, and I was sold, completely. ![]() I didn’t want to have to go back to external receivers, so I stuck with Nikon and Yongnuo. That sounded like a pain and required I spend yet more money on Yongnuo triggers. If I wanted high speed sync, I’d have to stack Godox and Yongnuo triggers on top of each other. My big problem at that time, though, was that they all required external receivers to use them off-camera. ![]() As I started digging a little more into their whole system I noticed that they also offer speedlights. Sometimes, though, the claims are actually true and we witness the start of something quite revolutionary. They don’t live up to the hype and a short time later, the company usually disappears. And when these sorts of things appear, they often are. A 180Ws strobe in a slightly-larger-than-speedlight sized package with a small external pack. It was a new, untested company, with a very different type of light. Godox equipment instantly intrigued when I first learned of the Godox AD180 a few years ago.
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