How To Get Your Flash To Focus At Night | Ft. Godox V1 Flash

So, how do you get your flash to focus at night?
- For this video I am using the Godox V1 flash!
- You're going to want to point your flash directly forward
- When it's pitch black, there's no light, so there's nothing for your camera to catch focus on
- While you're shooting, what you'll want to do is turn on your light and point it at your subjects (so it's kind of like a spotlight)
- The flash will go off when it catches focus!

[FM_]

It’s called a modelling light, most speedlites actually have a focus assist beam though.

[HisLightandCo]

This modeling light from the V1 is super handy for those who shoot on mirrorless bodies. The focus beam doesn’t actually “work” on mirrorless only on Dslrs for now. Hopefully one day it’ll be the case that flashes do kick out the focus beam for mirrorless cameras.

[anshubhatia]

Thanks for the tip!!! You’re saving me so much time learning how to use my flash!

[Wadesez]

I just hold the shutter in burst mode, the first couple flashes help the sensor focus, works everytime.

[YoungWhite]

Wowww, i never thought of that lol!! Thanks for the video 👍🏽🙌🏾

[JamesM]

There’s a mode that should be on a majority of cameras i don’t know if it’s called something different but for canon if you disable the expo simulation it over exposes your image on your screen so you can see what your doing in either low light or no light just a tip if the modeling light doesn’t do it for some

[servtheking]

af-s und turn on turn on the auto focus assit beam on the flash.

[derekclark]

Focus assist works very well on my Nikon flash units

[photographer]

I am learning photography.
I bought used Sony a7s2.
New 28-75 f2.8 lens
I need to get my first flash.
I want it to be portable and lightweight so I can take it with me while travelling.
I will be doing street photography and portraits/people.
Please suggest if I should go for on camera speed light or off camera strobe.
And what flash model do you suggest?

[photographer]

How much power flash would be enough to shoot outdoors?
I would want to take this flash with me easily and during travelling.
What are your suggestions for flash and flash power? Independent strobe light or camera mounted speed light?

[Kaizenoriginal]

Your camera has a tiny light that does this for you already. And you have a setting called Low Light AF Priority that also helps with this using a wide aperture for a split second when focusing. Your welcome..👌💯

[ginaluna]

what settings are ideal for that look?

[pegasus]

Damn it I could have used it earlier yesterday 😂 cus have save me sometime

[daii]

Woah I'm so impressed by the modeling light damn on a hotshoot flash

[MorrowsPhotos]

It's a Modeling Lamp! I just bought mine. Thanks

[lidge]

So do most hotshoe flashes have a "stay on" function? Or somethign like it?

[clivephoto]

Use focus assist that’s modelling light

[errole]

What if your flash dont have that? When what do you do?

[CassidyHansen]

ayo we have the same name :) thx for the tip!

[kristianpetrovciccreative-]

To proper focus using flash assistant known as red light you just have to put camera into AF-S 😅