I REALLY wish that Godox had implemented the same system as found on the Adorama Flashpoint R2 Pro Mk2and now the Godox XT-2 transmitter. What I have found is in the heat of battle, I am found mashing the button and accidentally going round and around. Unfortunately to turn it back on, i have to press the group twice. Typically at a wedding, I would use manual (M) power. Each time you press the group button, it moves along one. In master mode, individual groups can be turned on/off by pressing the group button repeatedly rather than having to press multiple buttons in previous flashes. The engineers have clearly put some thought into this part of the flash since it no longer possible to activate slave mode whilst the flash is mounted on the camera. The rear interface is better than previous Godox flashes. The ‘advantage’ of the round head is that the lighting pattern is improved with no hot spot in the middle which is normal for a Fresnel head speedlight. This is instead of the more traditional rectangular fresnel head. So the biggest feature of the Godox V1 is of course is the round head. Originally I planned on going through every single feature of the Godox V1 but the review would be very long & boring. OK so I’ll start out by quickly go over the main features. This is one of the core strengths for Godox so it would be unthinkable that their flagship speedlight would not be compatible! Of course it goes without saying that the V1 is fully compatible as both a master and a slave with all Godox products made in the last four years. So I hope my comparisons won't be an issue. I suspect most readers will be reading this review to decide if they should buy the V1 or v860ii. It is going to be based wholly on real world use.Īlso, it is going to be pretty hard to write about this flash, without comparing it to it's brother, the Godox v860ii. This Godox V1 review isn't going to be about stats or shooting into bare walls and talking about lighting patterns. I have not been paid or sponsored for this review though if you do use my affiliate links below to buy this flash then it will help me out. It is no conincidence that my ' How to replace the hotshoe on a Godox flash' is my most watched video on YouTube!Īs always, this review is based on my own opinions using this speedlight at dozens of weddings. I would be happy if all they did was fix this one problem! It would save me buying hotshoes in bulk from eBay and taking a screwdriver to every wedding in case I broke it during the day. So when Godox first announced the V1, I was convinced that they would fix this one problem. I guess over time the hotshoe just breaks. When walking, the speedlight dangles upside down and as I walk, the flash waggles on my waist. I put this down to the fact I use a spider holster. But it seemed almost every other wedding, I would at some point break the hotshoe and need to use my spare. I used to own the Nikon v860ii and never broke any. To be clear, this seemed to only affect Sony users. I know many of them had similar issues but I seemed to break the most. Replacing them had become a running joke within my wedding photographer pals. You see, with the v860ii, I just seem to be regularly breaking the hotshoe. You see, one of my biggest criticisms of the Godox flashes for Sony is the hotshoe. I was so excited to get this flash but perhaps not for the reason you might first think. So I can honestly say I am writing about the advantages/disadvantages from experience. I have used it as my primary flash at weddings for over a year now. I've had plenty of time to put this speedlight through it's paces. It's probably not a bad thing that I've waited. But somehow I could never find the right words to write. I've tried several times to write a Godox V1 review. It's been a long time since Godox released the V1.
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