Godox Flash Modes - TCM | TTL | Manual - How to Use Them

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So you’ve gotten into camera flash, off camera flash and transmitters. Welcome to a whole new world of photography! In this video I am going to go over how to move between flash modes, TTL, TCM and Manual. TTL stands for Through the Lens and TCM stands for TTL Convert to Manual but how do you use them together?
Well it’s super simple and once you understand how to use your flash thoroughly you will be taking full advantage of your Godox V1 and Xpro Transmitters!
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[@willsimpsonphoto]

Gotta love that video quality!! 🤣

[@akshaianand]

i spent days understanding this.... you just explained it in 10 mins...great explanation bro!!!! keep doing lot of photography tutorials

[@willsimpsonphoto]

yeah man! No problem!

[@ericbordeaudhuy4260]

@@willsimpsonphoto I notice that the fec adjustment on the xpro does not appear on the display of the ad200 pro. Do you also have to do this on the ad200 pro itself?

[@yourtrustedpersonalityguide]

I love your explanation. Very clear. Thank you

[@willsimpsonphoto]

Awesome!

[@eninj2669]

Thank you so much!! So very helpful!!

[@willsimpsonphoto]

You got it :)

[@jonmiller9408]

Thanks for the explanation Will it was very clearly stated and understood.

[@willsimpsonphoto]

Awesome! Hope the video quality wasn’t too bad 😂

[@adamwestphoto]

Thanks Legend! Nice vid! 💯

[@willsimpsonphoto]

Yep :)

[@MrJlau88]

excellent video. I've watched several before this one but not quite understand what they said. Keep your good work.

[@willsimpsonphoto]

Thanks! Good to hear! Even though the quality was crap 😂

[@natnaelamanuelaraya6592]

Keep working man Amazing 👏

[@willsimpsonphoto]

Will do :)

[@mrsitnaing1]

Super Awesome!!!!!

[@willsimpsonphoto]

Nice!

[@gonzotravelling]

Well I never knew that! I'll put that TCM function to use in the future!

[@willsimpsonphoto]

Such a cool feature to use

[@ulyssessait]

very useful video. I have V1s & X2t. still learning flash photography, because soon Ill be covering wedding events. so this is helpful.. TTL seems inconsistent.

[@willsimpsonphoto]

very nice! i dont use TTL at all unless its to get a starting reading, switch to manual and adjust as needed.

[@melizaphotoz]

I subscribed!

[@willsimpsonphoto]

woot! welcome to the photo party :)

[@eliopascual1934]

Great, thanks

[@willsimpsonphoto]

No problem

[@stefansipl6736]

Very interesting! Very good explanation. Would have been good to see the menus more clearly.

[@willsimpsonphoto]

I totally agree 😭 probably just gonna redo the video soon.

[@karamaticedm3693]

Hi, thank you for making this guide. Learnt a few things for sure. Btw does the af assist beam work on the Godox v3? Not the camera beam but the actual af assist on the flash. Thank you.

[@willsimpsonphoto]

I’m unsure as I have not used the godox v3.

[@austinjacobson9981]

TCM sounds really useful, and I'm considering the X2 and XPro. If I went with the X2, would I be able to look at the auto-set settings after firing off a shot in TTL, and then manually replicate that in Manual, bypassing TCM? Or does TTL not show you the information you need to do that.

[@willsimpsonphoto]

from what i've seen, in TTL mode it doesnt tell you the info to manually do it. You can set the exposure compensation, but until you push TCM you dont get the actual readings.

[@RMD2U]

I have a trigger question that maybe you can cover. In the triggers menu there is a TCM section, can you explain its usage and its effect when mixing different Godox lights (V1, 200, 600 in my case)?

[@willsimpsonphoto]

I’ll have to look into it. I don’t have a 600 but I can see how it works with the v1 and 200.

[@RodneyDavis]

Soooo what's an example of a shoot situation where it would suddenly become useful to convert slave manual settings to the trigger TTL readings?

[@willsimpsonphoto]

ive never really gone from Manual to TTL. However sometimes I use the TTL to get a base of what the flash thinks and check out exposure and then switch to manual with those settings to keep the exposure consistent.

[@sergijejovanovic8337]

I have xpro 2, new version. There is no TCM dedicated bottom. How do you transfer TTL to manual on new trigger. Thank you

[@willsimpsonphoto]

So they got rid of the TCM button on the new one but not the feature. It still exist on the Godox Xpro2. They apparently just “simplified” it. This is what I found out: Set a group to TTL. Take a photo. Select the Group button. Tap the Mode button to switch from TTL to M.

[@howardchud9097]

What settings for Lumix fill in flash? Is the. model the 3500 for Lumix and Olympus?

[@willsimpsonphoto]

i don't know unfortunately never used them

[@yahima9603]

V1 when trying to set remote flash to slave mode, RX is the setting that comes up. Is RX the slave mode setting?

[@willsimpsonphoto]

RX/orange screen is the slave mode.

[@wmbrennan]

Love it. Can I use a Godox x2t trigger to fire my canon 580 ex, if so how?

[@willsimpsonphoto]

I’m not sure. The trigger can fire other brands but not sure which. Have you googled it?

[@sherylbowman7]

Is it possible to set different off-camera flashes to different powers? What about firing two groups at the same time?

[@willsimpsonphoto]

If I understand you correctly, yes. You set each off camera flash in a different group and control them via the transmitter or on camera flash. Then turn both groups on. You’re able to fire up to 5 groups at a time and adjust the power of each group. Here’s a video that should help: kzbin.info/www/bejne/ioTbXoiDpth8npY

[@omegaman1409]

Trying to do the tcm multiple group convert on the new x pro ii and all it does is lock the screen. Any insight?

[@willsimpsonphoto]

they changed the Xpro ii trigger. They removed the TCM feature. Here's how to do it on that trigger: kzbin.info_HMzib_6SG0?feature=share

[@omegaman1409]

@@willsimpsonphotoI saw it before it’s that it doesn’t convert multiple groups at once like your doing it here.

[@sharvinkrishnan4939]

Can we connect the xpro transmitter with Nikon that have TTL mode rather than i-ttl mode

[@willsimpsonphoto]

unfortunately im not familiar with the i-ttl mode on Nikon. You can go on godox.com/ and contact their customer service. They would probably be better to answer that question.

[@racelgatuz2945]

Can i use v1 flash to godox parabolic umbrella 130cm?

[@willsimpsonphoto]

I dont see why not as long as you have the right stand/mount. I haven't personally tested that specific set up though. The only issue I think that might occur is the V1 might not have a powerful enough output for what you want to accomplish. But that'll be situational.

[@gilbertogranados6367]

TTL doesn’t seem to work with my R5 while using HSS and exposure compensation doesn’t work either, do you know anything that can help me? I use the XproC and the AD300 pro

[@willsimpsonphoto]

when you say doesnt work, what do you mean? You trigger the flash and then it doesnt go off?

[@gilbertogranados6367]

@@willsimpsonphoto whenever I have HSS and TTL activated with my Xpro and my R5, the TTL function doesn’t work, yes, it fires the flash but it automatically defaults to full power (everyone who has a canon RF camera and works with flashes knows this, TTL doesn’t work), I did some research last night and it seems that the problem has been resolved with the XPROII, so I ordered a couple to see if it’s true but yeah, it’s weird

[@willsimpsonphoto]

@@gilbertogranados6367 super weird. I have the X1 and 2 so I’ll test it out as well. See what I can find.

[@gilbertogranados6367]

@@willsimpsonphoto please do let me know if you find anything at all, do try to use TTL outside while shooting with high amount of lights so the camera needs HSS to compensate, then you’ll see the pain every canon user has to go through 😆

[@onlyfacts4me]

It seems that my V1 power of 1/256 (lowest) in manual mode is much brighter than when I shoot the same scene in TTL. ... Is this normal? Why would TTL produce less output than the lowest manual setting? .. I actually want the lower power result from the TTL i'm getting, but I wish it would happen in Manual so that I can keep the consistency of that. ...(I can get the manual 1/256 down by lowering my ISO, but by doing so, I lose some ambience of course)

[@willsimpsonphoto]

Unsure of why it would be doing that. Maybe lower your exposure compensation a few stops to get it darker.

[@onlyfacts4me]

@@willsimpsonphoto From what i've researched, apparently most (if not all speedlights) do this. The range of manual power isn't equal to the range of TTL power.

[@aHondaaa]

So where am I supposed to find the video of how to connect my flashes to the trigger?

[@willsimpsonphoto]

Just gotta take a little gander through my videos and you might be surprised the goodies you'll find :) kzbin.info/www/bejne/ioTbXoiDpth8npY

[@NYsba328]

Great video but maybe you can help me with a trouble shoot- So my Godox only switches between Manual mode and off. I cannot get it to TTL- what am I doing wrong ? Thank you

[@willsimpsonphoto]

Which godox unit?

[@NYsba328]

@@willsimpsonphoto Godox V1 Flash + the new Godox Xpro II TTL wireless trigger paired with a Sony a7iv. I was able to do it earlier in the day but now it just won’t go to TTL MODE. It switches between manual / off / and hold it any longer it will go to lock mode. Even when I put on my camera manual and try to pair it with my flash in TTL , after one flash it switches to manual . Very strange and completely lost on how to solve this

[@willsimpsonphoto]

@@NYsba328 thats super weird. Have you tried emailing or contacting Godox?

[@NYsba328]

@@willsimpsonphoto in the end I did , a hard reset fixed the problem .

[@cooloox]

I'm trying to figure out why not a single KZbinr ever points out that with Godox flashes and Canon R-series cameras... HSS + TTL do not work together! They work individually, but turn both on and you get a full power flash every exposure. Now there's an X3 trigger and a V1 Pro flash and we still don't know if it has been fixed, because noone ever talks about it. Highly frustrating.

[@willsimpsonphoto]

To be honest I’ve never had the issue. I’ve used HSS and never noticed a problem. Someone else mentioned it as well but I haven’t been able to recreate the issue.

[@Jaktgbabu]

❤

[@willsimpsonphoto]

😃

[@chrissmith5567]

Can you only use TCM with Godox flashes, not with a Nikon flash on an X1R?

[@willsimpsonphoto]

From what I understand, TCM is a godox feature. Other flashes don’t have the feature. I’m not 100% sure on that though.

[@chrissmith5567]

Sounds right to me Thank you.@@willsimpsonphoto

[@rezevlee9765]

I'm try but it not working. The TTL mode pix look perfect, but when I press TCM it does not copy over, the pix way too expose :(

[@willsimpsonphoto]

Which flash are you using?

[@rezevlee9765]

@@willsimpsonphoto I'm using Nikon SB910

[@jguelphoto]

my good only has ittl or m, how do I go back to just ttl

[@jguelphoto]

godox

[@willsimpsonphoto]

pretty sure its the same.

[@jguelphoto]

Yea it is

[@kennguyen222]

*trigger x2r have this function bro? have a good day*

[@willsimpsonphoto]

I dont think so, just the XPro and XPro2 I think.

[@arunkoshy]

What is multi mode?

[@willsimpsonphoto]

i havent used it too much but from what i understand its to fire the strobe multiple times in one exposure. not necessarily multiple flashes at the same time but 1 (or more) flashes multiple times during the exposure. Here's a video that I found that seems to explain it pretty well: kzbin.info/www/bejne/pJy6YWObipV4p68si=LBTLqwMHegE04GVg

[@robertosoler5458]

Note: ad200 only used channel and groups, no I’d , thanks

[@willsimpsonphoto]

IDs are good if you’re shooting around other photographers using flashes. It’s just another way to keep your flash from only triggering by your transmitter.

[@SkyRocket159]

adomadic

[@willsimpsonphoto]

😂😂