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I’ve just completed 40 Corporate Headshots in two days and whilst all parties are happy with the outcome, I was left frustrated by some flash misfiring albeit that could be down to my impatience, but I would appreciate some comments nonetheless.
My setup was Nikon D810, Godox X Pro trigger on camera, Godox X1R receivers on both an SB-910 and SB-700. In many cases it was fine as long as I left it a few seconds between shots but at times it was plain annoying. So I got there, but would have preferred a slightly less bumpy journey. After day one I googled this and changed a few settings but it didn’t really help. I moved the Channel to 25, the SBs to “Master” and made sure the trigger range was 0-30 rather than 1-100.
I’m thinking that a slightly simpler solution may help out such as buying a couple of Ving 860s to remain in the Godox ecosystem but hopefully speed things up. I would add that portability is essential here - I’m not going to cart my AD600 Pros and C stands on a tram, train and bus commute to the City of London. Although I did consider picking up some lighter weight mains powered lights except whatever reviews you read (thinking Elinchrom here) there are always horror stories.
Possibly for another forum but tethering let me down too but I may have myself to blame. I was using an Amazon basics cable connected to a 13” MacBook Air and when it worked it was fine, albeit a little slow, but when it didn’t it was a pain in the proverbial so for most of yesterday’s shoot I wasn’t able to use it. Where is the weak link here? Should I go for Tethertools cables? I may be seeking out a refurbished MacBook Pro soon so I would expect that to help too. But again, any thoughts/comments/suggestions would be gratefully received.
My setup was Nikon D810, Godox X Pro trigger on camera, Godox X1R receivers on both an SB-910 and SB-700. In many cases it was fine as long as I left it a few seconds between shots but at times it was plain annoying. So I got there, but would have preferred a slightly less bumpy journey. After day one I googled this and changed a few settings but it didn’t really help. I moved the Channel to 25, the SBs to “Master” and made sure the trigger range was 0-30 rather than 1-100.
I’m thinking that a slightly simpler solution may help out such as buying a couple of Ving 860s to remain in the Godox ecosystem but hopefully speed things up. I would add that portability is essential here - I’m not going to cart my AD600 Pros and C stands on a tram, train and bus commute to the City of London. Although I did consider picking up some lighter weight mains powered lights except whatever reviews you read (thinking Elinchrom here) there are always horror stories.
Possibly for another forum but tethering let me down too but I may have myself to blame. I was using an Amazon basics cable connected to a 13” MacBook Air and when it worked it was fine, albeit a little slow, but when it didn’t it was a pain in the proverbial so for most of yesterday’s shoot I wasn’t able to use it. Where is the weak link here? Should I go for Tethertools cables? I may be seeking out a refurbished MacBook Pro soon so I would expect that to help too. But again, any thoughts/comments/suggestions would be gratefully received.