Godox V1 TTL Speedlite - Complete Walkthrough

[@Classical416]

Thank you for the tutorial! I wish manufacturers could start making quality videos like this instead of us reading confusing manuals.

[@paulconnors2078]

Amen! The manuals are written by ENGINEERS for ENGINEERS and not for the average consumer who purchased the product.

[@TrevorDennis100]

100% agree.

[@kevinetheridgemakes]

Holy cow. This video was EXACTLY what I was looking for. Really, really well done. Thank you very much.

[@PeterStrachan-xl6pv]

Great tutorial. I am an amateur and not using these devices daily, so it is nice to be able to have a quick refresher if it has been a while since using them.

[@amberhelson5926]

Fantastic video!! I'm very much a visual person, so seeing everything laid out and explained in depth REALLY helped me understand this light - thank you!

[@kapripro]

this is the best video I have seen for the Godox V1 , thank you so much for putting this up.

[@rjkivanii]

Loved the simplicity, yet some more real life situation examples is always appreciated. Thanks a ton

[@Maximilan20]

I have the Neewer Z1, pretty much the same flash as the V1 just different naming and this video SERIOUSLY helped me understand the my speedlight. You sir, are an amazing man.

[@BlaxkNobility]

This is exceptional and educational I was anticipating whether to buy this flash or not now my mind is completely made up.

[@MiyukiTakeda-Bajan]

This video was one of the most useful, straightforward and instructive views I've encountered! TY!!!

[@rubendarilov]

Best Godox V1 tutorial hands down!!!

[@lynnm8081]

Very thorough yet concise. This is the type of video I learn from. It's all about the subject. Thank you.

[@2012Eyabsut]

Thank you. Clear information! I know it's a great flash but Ive had a lot of trouble adjusting to it from my other system, so this is extremely helpful.

[@cherylphotographer]

Fantastic! Thank you for your down-to-earth style. I learned a lot.

[@KLRthephotoguru]

Super good explanation. Great job. Keep rocking 👌👌

[@fat0maya]

Great video, many thanks! I love my new godox even more now, thanks to you!

[@xristoforator]

Thank you a lot. im new to photography and this is my first flash, so i was lost!

[@annaanikinaphotography]

Thanks for this tutorial! Finally I understand everything!

[@guki2010]

Well explained, recommended to watch full!

[@jacobusdegroot7557]

Best video I’ve seen on the V-1!

[@entrigueall2661]

Peace be with you. Thanks a lot I needed this tutorial.😊

[@anupamnaidu8555]

Thank you for such an informative video. Just love the clean and simple explanation. Kudos Jessey!

[@Strobepro]

Glad it was helpful!

[@You.tube79723]

Thanks a bunch for this amazing information, you save me ❤

[@teeangula1417]

Thank you! Thus is very clear and straightforward

[@gregscarcella519]

Awesome detailed explanation! Your video helped me be comfortable before my purchase.

[@Strobepro]

Great to hear!

[@jody1622]

This is great! It's coming on Monday and now I'm ready. Thank you.😊

[@thedreamer5442]

WONDERFUL TUTORIAL!! Thank you so much for sharing.

[@paulyan1946]

Excellent video, Jessie. Thank you! 🙏

[@renamontgomery6000]

Superb expaining the godox flash. Thank u

[@krishnanramanmenon1813]

Extremely useful, made very simple- congratulations, well done!

[@TrevorDennis100]

Hah! I didn't even know I had little foot stand, but it was right there in the pouch like you said it would be. 😀

[@DAVE211147]

Great Video, Just purchased the V1 and controller, this has saved me a lot of time setting it up.

[@sottheaphoeurng9044]

I just ordered this speedlite. Thank for the useful of this video.

[@maintt01]

Superb video, nicely explained and very comprehensive, thank you so much.

[@rsundram]

Simply brilliant explanation. Thank you !

[@Strobepro]

Glad it was helpful!

[@SuccessmarketingWEB]

Perfect video. Thank you. I love my V1

[@dirkwyse1609]

Beats my ProFoto A1! Really impressed with the V1's battery design, modeling light, strong magnetic attachment for modifiers, nice clean and functional design and quality build. Thanks!

[@fotogmike5887]

Thanks for this great instructional video! You may want to consider time stamps for a video this long.

[@Strobepro]

Thanks for the feeback! It's something we've been adding to our latest videos, and we'll be slowly adding chapters to all of our video manuals.

[@allunthulasi1805]

Dedicated work out. Thanks a lot for your elaborate explanation.

[@starchildarryl]

EXCELLENT thanks for producing this. It helped me so much

[@ExplorerSwap]

Awesome you have covered all the necessary information.

[@Arcottocra]

Simply superb! Thank you SO very much.🙏

[@sargschultz1]

well done my friend. Now I need to find one like this for the Godox trigger...

[@satyajitmukhopadya6159]

excellent product it is a revelation in the industry , Thanks for the turotial.

[@86won]

Best explanation!

[@debbieshriner1308]

Thank you this was a great video!! I wonder if you could answer I have the canon r3 and with the new hot shoe, will this be ok using this flash not worried about the waterproof. Canon does have a adapter some say you need it and some saw you don't!!!!! Hope you can answer Thank you this is the best video on KZbin for this flash.

[@Strobepro]

Hi Debbie, We don't have much hands on experience with Canon's new accessory shoe, but I know there can be some pin alignment issues that will cause your camera to give you an error code. Carefully aligning the pins is less of an issue with a flash trigger like the XPro or X2T. A V1 flash could be more prone to sliding. For that reason, you might want to invest in the adapter even though it adds a bit of height to the setup.

[@debbieshriner1308]

Thank you a lot for getting back to me I just got the little adapter it is very small so that is good going to be trying OCF today I hope it goes good again thank you

[@stretchini]

Great concise video. I'm not quite sure of the modelling lamp's purpose. Can it be used as a light source without the flash triggering? Love to see it in action. Newby to flash!

[@Traveljournalist]

thank you so much ! very well done !

[@larsthufvesson9725]

In your video “Godox V1 TTL Speedlite - Complete Walkthrough” at timestamp 7:53 when turning on the flash, the menu is showing “TCM - SYNC - FEB” In the video “Godox XPro II (2024) Radio Controller Complete Walkthrough” at timestamp 17:56 when turning on the flash the menu is showing only “TCM” How do I access the “SYNC - FEB” options in the menu? I have tried several times without any success. Thanks in advance.

[@salvatorelicausi]

You look like Tapper from CNN buddy. Thanks for video!

[@inafromthenorth]

Great tutorial, very thorough!

[@SunilJainUSA]

Your video is so awesome and helped me understand the flash. But in ETTL - A mode, I am not seeing it syncing the focus length and exposure with the lens. What am I doing wrong?

[@pebee1950]

Same problem here with the Nikon Z6

[@michaelmcdonald3345]

Hi Mike. As always great video. I have been roped into shooting two indoor events. Both candid - elementary school with fast moving kids and 50th HS reunion with slow moving seniors. I normally shoot landscapes with no flash with my R6, but have now purchased the Godox v1 just because of these two events. Should I stay with Program mode and E-TTL? Thanks.

[@Strobepro]

Hi Michael, Program mode will function in TTL, but there are a lot of moving parts. If you are comfortable, we'd suggest setting a manual exposure with your shutter at or below your sync speed. You can then adjust your aperture as necessary, and TTL will take care of the rest. ISO can be left in auto if you wish! It's just nice to have control of the aperture at the very least so that you can keep groups of people in focus when you need to.

[@michaelmcdonald3345]

@@Strobepro Thanks for your quick reply. I'll give that a try.

[@elisaschulz4368]

Thanks for the thorough video! I purchased the Flashpoint equivalent of this, hoping the V1 would talk to my Flashpoint R2 TTL speedlight, but so far I have not been successful. Is that not possible or is that user error? I have checked to make sure both units are on the same channel and I believe I had them in the proper master/slave relationship.

[@Strobepro]

Hi Elisa, Depending on when you bought that R2 speedlite, it could potentially need a firmware update. V1 and V860ii flashes are definitely compatible.

[@larsthufvesson9725]

Excellent video - very helpful and comprehensive. I have just purchased a Nikon Z 8, with no mechanical shutter. Do you know if HSS and Z8 is working properly with Godox Speedlite V1 for Nikon?

[@Strobepro]

We haven't independently confirmed it yet, but the Z8 should be fully compatible with the V1's latest firmware. Strobepro has sold hundreds of V1N flashes, and I haven't heard any specific complaints about the Z8. We hope that no news is good news!

[@felixpunt5875]

Great video. However, I've still about three questions, whom to ask?

[@nancym.6514]

Hi, I am new to flash photography and just bought the V1. I don't have the Flash Exposure Bracketing option on my LCD. I am using the V1 on a Sony A6700. Is FEB not an option for this camera? Thanks in advance!

[@SAADFAHADLIAQAT]

a great informative video but could be plz make a video how to bounce flash during shoots? thank you so much

[@philipantrobusphotography]

Great video thank you so much. Everything is really well explained.

[@erictraore6216]

Amazing Video!!!! Thank you

[@marcytumbarello6465]

Great thorough Tutorial!!! THANK YOU!

[@Strobepro]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@liamtayler948]

Great video, but I cannot for the life of me get my Sony A7iii to work with it as a bracketed set up - I can't seem to get it on ETTR,... any suggestions? google has failed me!

[@brandonjesse9114]

Have a somewhat dumb question, but don’t think it was covered in the vid. When using Wireless mode, it seems to not work when the camera is set to Auto. Even when I turn wireless on, when I hit the shutter it goes back to regular ETTL. Is this expected behavior, or am I doing something wrong or have a faulty flash?

[@yzakharkin7461]

Thank you for great walk through. Is there a way to set up so flash does fire to match shutter speed ?

[@iulimihu]

very very helpful! thank you

[@LeslieRealtorGrupoMRE]

amazing video!!!!!!

[@Strobepro]

Thanks so much!

[@Pandora_Box_Official]

Hello and thank you for this video :) I've got a quick question, is it possible to automatic turn on the modeling lamp whenf focusing to have a focus on a dark place ? and then it turn off ?

[@markgiles3]

Very good. Thank you.

[@Gjallarhorn_Productions]

REALLY good video. Thank you!

[@DrGruffLes]

Excellent review and tutorial👍

[@dnicest1]

thank you

[@shupingyin8082]

awesome tutorial

[@carlahorne-calzada4627]

Great tutorial! when I power up the V1 The modeling lamp is on and how do I turn it off?

[@popcornparam]

My question is where is the optical slave master setting?? In the v860 ii there use to be a lightning symbol indicating that it's a optical slave master ... If this has radio slave only then y does it have N optical reviver ? .. if it has optical slave control then where is it ?? Y is it not as easy to find just like the v860ii . ??? Major question is y is the master even firing ah flash in the first place ??? The receiver is not using optical slave when it's in radio mode. So y not just send the signal ?? Y is it firing and wasting my battery ?? ..

[@Strobepro]

The optical master mode available on the V860ii is not available on the V1. Godox seems to be abandoning support for that feature, as it is not on the V860iii either. When in the radio master mode, you can change the mode on your master group to off (indicated by the double lines). If your master group is off, it will not flash, and it is still able to send the signal to any enabled groups. Two possible areas of confusion: 1. On the Canon version of the V1, your master does not get its own separate group indicated by M. Your master is always assigned to group A. So if you want to control the master independently, make sure none of your off-camera flashes are assigned to group A. 2. Even with the master set to off, the test button on the flash will give you a low power flash. The master will not flash when you trigger it through the hotshoe. I hope this information helps!

[@teleking58]

Have the fixed the colour shift and high failure rate yet?

[@allanburness3394]

thank you for the info but I might be missing something, I have the the nikon version, when I switch mine on and in i-ttl mode there is no sync button, this only appears when I go to M (manual mode) how do I get it for I-ttl mode?? thanks

[@JusFig]

Can you use HSS with the V1 off camera? Whenever I go into the "orange" mode if I activate HSS on my trigger it doesn't register in the "orange" mode on the V1.

[@bewegt]

hi and thanks for the informative video, but do you also have one about shooting burst with flash? I am beginner in shooting with flash and can't find out what settings or flash I need for make that possible with my Panasonic S1R in AFC, because then the flash sometimes fires only 1x time... right now I use it with the Godox V860IIIo

[@caropreso911]

How durable is the circuitry ? Every other Chinese made speedlite I've had crapped out after about a year or two. you'd notice after a while that you'd only be getting 1/2 or 1/4 power .

[@Strobepro]

Well, we sell the stuff, so you might take this as somewhat biased! But we try our best to be candid. We've carried an assortment of other flash brands throughout our history, and Godox is the brand that has made things easiest on our service department. Not saying nothing ever goes wrong, but we're very happy with Godox's flash lineup overall. Happy enough to back it up with our 2-year in-house warranty. Even beyond that 2-year period, we can almost always replace components quickly and affordably. Flashes that seem to lose horsepower can sometimes benefit from a new flash tube-or-if any fogging is visible, a new front lens. Fogging hasn't been an issue we've noticed with Godox flashes. They seem to have good heat management and well assigned limits. I hope this helps! If you have any other questions, feel free to reach out any time.

[@michaelschmitt5413]

Great tutorial. Extremely helpful !!!

[@wolandphotography]

so, what are the best settings to portraits with this amazing lamp?:)

[@jallsworth9817]

simple question: how do you keep the menu light on? It keeps turning off and when we get to the wireless controls, turning it on activates the D channel

[@stefansipl6736]

This is great! Thanks a lot for this very helpful tutorial! Very much appreciated!

[@haimohayon3300]

Hi Great tutorial, At the same time I have a problem that the flash fails to work together with the camera And unfortunately it is not clear to me what the problem is

[@cooloox]

Although this was a great overall tutorial video, you failed to recognise one very important thing. With the Godox V1 and most other Godox flashes - HSS + TTL do not work TOGETHER (they do work individually) on most Canon mirrorless cameras! Selecting HSS + TTL results in the flash annoyingly firing at full power, every shot. Godox has confirmed this is an issue and they haven't been able to overcome it. Oddly, it's fine with the Canon RP (Godox put out a firmware update for compatibility issues) and does not work with the EOS R (Godox did 2 firmware updates to supposedly fix compatibility issues with the R). The R7 has the full power with every shot issue. I'm hoping it's been fixed on the V1 Pro and X3 C trigger.

[@Zeppy007]

Great video Jessie! I have an E5 Error on my new V1 flash with a continuous beeping sound and it says please contact the after sales service! I think I maybe messed up a firmware upgrade using G3 but reinstalled the Bin file a few more times anyway but still no luck! is there anyway to fix this like an older update somewhere or do I need to replace it from B&H which is no problem at all? Thanks

[@Strobepro]

E5 on the V1 is actually a new one for us. It's an uncommon code that's not listed in the manual, but drop us an email at [e-mail] and I'll get back to you on that one. An improper firmware installation should give you an E9 error code. In every case we've seen, the code clears once the firmware is reinstalled properly. The E5 may not be user-fixable, but we'll see what we can find out for you.

[@Zeppy007]

@@Strobepro Appreciate the quick feedback! Thanks

[@dianedouglas3886]

Looking at video starting at 16:00 - I see a scale from 0.5 - 18 mm. What is that for?

[@Strobepro]

This is the distance indicator display. In TTL mode, when the flash is mounted on the camera, you will see a black bar appear on this display. The bar indicates the usable range of the flash at your current exposure and flash zoom settings. If your subject is closer than the near measurement, the flash won't be able to avoid overexposure. If your subject is beyond the far measurement, the flash is unable to provide adequate exposure at that distance.

[@dianedouglas3886]

@@Strobepro thank you- so to compensate for the distance does one have to move or can flash exposure compensation be used? Thinking of being in tight spaces.

[@Strobepro]

@@dianedouglas3886 You can either move to within the stated range, or change your camera settings. For example, you might be closer than the minimum range at ISO 6400, but within the acceptable range once you drop to ISO 3200. For everyday kinds of shooting, this will rarely be something you have to think about. If you are not extremely close or extremely far from your subject, the range of power on these flashes can almost always find a proper TTL exposure.

[@johnboy3523]

I think I’m completely out of my element here, because I just set up my Godox V1 and Magmod on my Nikon D750, and cannot for the life of me figure out how to get my camera to focus. I am shooting my first wedding this weekend, so I’m freaking out. Any help would be greatly appreciated 😬

[@carlahorne-calzada4627]

I just purchased and wondering if the "A" is specific to canon. My flash has the "M" and wondering if this is ok for my canon cameras? Thanks

[@adamg.2780]

Hello, I just purchased the Sony version and have it paired with my a7iii. I noticed the auto zoom isn’t working as did yours in the video. Manual zoom is working ok. Any suggestions or answers as to why? Thanks!

[@sergiogomezphotography]

Thank you, very well presented!

[@samuelnisbett5345]

Amazing thanks a lot. I have Nikon so some different

[@HW007]

Brilliant

[@brettcasey4940]

My V1c in the orange screen says "RX" and not slave ...what is the difference? and Can I change it?

[@Strobepro]

Hi Brett, The label for the receiver mode was changed to "Rx" in a firmware update after we published this video. All of the functions are still the same.

[@melankaya]

Great video. Could I connect it to the XT16 trigger? and how please?

[@Strobepro]

Hi Melanie, As long as you have the 2.4GHz version of the XT16 then it will work. You'll just need to look in the manual for the DIP switch diagram in order to set a channel. To put it on channel 1, set all switches to the down position. Once you've set your channel, move the selector to the group you assigned your V1 to, and you'll be able to control it in manual mode.

[@thilinaalagiyawanna3680]

Thank you very much

[@robgerety]

Can you adjust the length of time that the screen blue backlight remains on? EDIT: Got it, never mind. It's in the menus.

[@MaximeJuneau]

great stuff! Thanks!

[@harmoscsilla]

Thank you. Great work!

[@stan3985]

Great video. Thanks.

[@Strobepro]

You are welcome!

[@dimitridufour8973]

Sync and Feb don't appear in my menu on the Fuji version... Or am I doing something wrong?