Is this the Best Speedlite Ever?! | Godox V1

In this video I create a product shot in the studio with my Godox V1 and the Fujifilm x100V. Would love to hear your thoughts.

[omegaman]

The round head is the only revolutionary thing. The light fall off is awesome. The fresnel heads can't come close even with modifiers.

[seikibrian]

6:28 "I don't know what you'd call that..."

I've always called it a bounce card; a reference to the early days when we'd stick an index card to the flash head with a rubber band.

[SFV]

Thanks for the video!
You forgot to mention that the XPro trigger can also control some of the studio flashes that Godox produces. It can also trigger X1R receivers if you want to use a regular Nikon, Canon speedlight.
So, using the Godox XPro opens the door to a system and not only to the V1.
Same for Profoto, for those having the budget

[EmbraceTheJourney]

just ordered my first Gordox V1 last week with the accessory kit and the trigger. Hoping it works as well as you say and if so, I plan to add to it

[ozzymorrison]

This flash design makes more sense..it's perfect

[TheAstrocast]

Just picked this up for my Canon r5 after watching your video, thank you!!!

[johnpeterka]

Thank you for your video! My challenge is that we have a lot of Profoto light modifiers and have no means to adapt them to the Godox flashes and strobes. Godox makes adapters for their modifiers to fit Profoto strobes; however, there does not seem to be products that enable Profoto light modifiers to adapt to the Godox/Flashpoint XPLOR 600Pro TTL, etc. The exceptions are the AD300 and AD400 strobes.

[Lizerator]

Just bought this flash and love it. Thanks for the useful information!

[LMActionsports]

I have invested heavily into the Flashpoint/Godox brand. Flashpoint because Adorama has a much better service center here in the United States if you have any issues than buying the Godox brand. I have strobe lights from the ad200 to the ad1200 pro. And I also have the V860ii, and the V1. The V1 produces a nice round spread of light that I prefer, the user interface is so much easier than the 860. Plus the V one has all the magnet attachments that makes it so much easier to attach something. I also like when I take portraits, I can swivel it and it swivels much better than the 860 and you can get perfect lighting on your subject. The only issue I have with the V1 is, it has a weak hot shoe mount that is prone to breaking. I actually broke mine by setting my camera down, and it tipped over onto the table. Now that was my fault it broke. But when it’s attached, you can just see that it’s not too sturdy right above the hot shoe. And it broke right above the hot shoe mount, and I did not have the insurance on it when I bought it so lesson learned and my new one I buy comes with four years of insurance. For weddings, I use both the V1 and the 860 and I will be picking up another V1 just so I don’t have to use two different interfaces during the wedding. Great video. Thanks for sharing.

[PizzlesTechTime]

New Canon user in I was surprised to see Canon still using double a on a lot of their flashes. I ended up getting the goadox v1c

[eddiebarnes]

Awesome. Outstanding review. I have the V1 pro.

[thomastallerico]

Very informative thank you for sharing

[LGS_Inc]

I love my Godox V860 II, I am thinking about adding this one for set up soon. But he almost lost me when he said he switched to Fuji LOL.. I would stick with Canon, Nikon, or Sony.

[gjaeigjiajeg]

I wish they released one that works with the canon RT system, similar to what Yongnuo did.

[spilln]

nice vid Todd, yes I use the cheapest godox flash got 2 of them lol manual and they do the job for me just fine I also the x2 trigger . but I love the magnetic ad on the v1 !

[rachelg]

will it work with Nikon z8 and z9 cameras?

[eftihisbalomenakis]

I AM TRYING TO FIND a solution but nowhere on the internet can I find an answer. 1st of all!! When you shoot with the V1 godox flash, does the modeling light come out on its own so you can focus??? Is it like prefiring so you can focus and then the flash fires off? If yes, thats amazing. But from my understanding the V1 has to be manually activated and it stays like this the whole time. Meaning that if you are in a nightclub or at a night event photography, you will be like a firefly at the whole event and that sucks. You don't wanna be the main dish for someone's event, you will be noticed enough with the flash that will go off all the time.

2nd, this is not a question but information for MIRRORLESS photography with flash. I use a Sony A7 III which means that it does not read the red focus assist beam of the flashes. But with godox there is a solution which is... you buy for example Godox tt685s and the transmitter the godox xt2s. For some weird reason the x2ts sends a bigger red focus assist beam and it works on the mirrorless camera (AT LEAST ON THE sony a7 III & A7 II) . That's how you focus at night with flash photography on a mirrorless camera.

It's weird how there is no flash in the market for the mirrorless cameras.

[johnboyle]

Just bought one with a XT2 trigger, when I try to adjust the flash off camera the buttons do not work but they do work if I put it on camera (Nikon D850)

[The-Tall-Photographer]

Amongst my Nikon 910's I use the V1 and for the money it's brilliant.

[thomastallerico]

The kit with the different color attachments have plastic covering all around them. Is that protective and you remove it or is a gel to soften the light and you keep it on.