Hi Stella, this is the diffuser I have used for many speedlights for ages... in fact... this darn thing has outlasted a lot of my actual flashes haha amzn.to/33MhqFM
Mate, I have just sat for 5 hours trying to figure out how to use this flash (first ever). I've watched about 8 other videos now and yours is the only one that explains in detail what everything does. I feel so much more confident in using the flash!
I have struggled for what seems like forever to figure out how to get my Godox flash to work correctly. I could probably have struggled forever if I hadn't found this tutorial. So helpful!!! Thanks for such a basic but complete explanation of setting up the flash with other flashes or trigger.
Brilliant beginner tutorial. Thank you. A lot of the others assume a foundational knowledge of flashes as a whole, whereas you clearly explained everything. Subscribed.
as for now i have wasted nearly 4 hrs but couldn't got understand anything but this video is what made me learn everything about the flash so easily...... thanks mate for such nice tutorial!!!!
This was sooo helpful. I just got it and could not get it to work with my Sony a6600. On another site I had read that the radio button had to be used with non-Sony flashes so I used that and nothing happened...arghhh! When I watched your video I finally figured out that the camera thinks my Sony Godox 860ii is a Sony! All of a sudden it all worked. What a relief. Thank you!
This is an excellent video. I just got a Godox v860ii, and this information is really helpful to me, filling in the vague areas in the manual, and more. Thanks so much for creating and posting this video.
Thank You this has helped me. I have had issues using their Controls. Really appreciate Your time. I like the Godox Flashes. A few Years ago I bought the set of two V860II and Xt Controller to use as a small home studio in My Lana. Until now I have not used them as they were designed to use. With Your help I will now advance in using them,
Definitely helped out a lot, thank you for this!! I have a Godox X1 hotshoe trigger that I've been trying to get working with my V860IIs for ages now, and never got them to connect. Now that I actually understand how the menu system work, got it up and running within a minute. Thanks again!
Ive just had one delivered today. So far so good. Getting a second Godox 685, also have a couple of Neewers, a Sigma and a Canon. Now I can do flash arrays again like I used to with my film cameras. Love the manual cut down. Cooking on gas again re flash.
I have just started flash photography and this was a great tutorial! I have this exact flash with the trigger on my new Sony A7iii. I hope to get lots of use out of it ! Thank you !
Thank you for the systematic, thorough tutorial It definitely helped me! The only part I was stuck was syncing the V860ii(Sony) to the XPro (Sony) trigger. I could have used a bit more coaching there. I ultimately powered off both units and was able to synch them. I'm not sure if the powering off helped? Or if I was just pressing one button wrong. Also, changing channels was a bit tricky for me. I had one unit set to channel 1 and one set to channel 20. I would not have gotten these two devices to work without your tutorial thought. Thank you so much!
Thanks for the tutorial. Still having problems getting my V860IIs to be controlled by my X2Ts. I've got the strobe set to "Radio-Slave" mode, group A Channel 1. On the X2t group and channel are the same set. Wondering if you've worked with this combo and might be able to do a step by step tutorial? Thanks!
I use the same combo, just had a major issue as well , heres the solution; Make sure your in slave mode with the radio symbol in the top left corner not the orange slave mode with the thunderbold in the corner. So my question to @see It Loud is ... you didnt explain the difference between the 2 slave modes if im not mistaken... could you please advise?
12:10 only works when the v860ii is NOT in the hot shoe. Otherwise, this will not work in Master Mode and fire the other Godox flashes in the room. If you take it out of the hot shoe and use a transmitter, it will work. The Master mode is not available when the camera is in the hot shoe.
To correct you, you can control other Godox speedlights wirelessly regardless if they are the Nikon, Canon, Sony, Fuji etc versions. That means manually & in full TTL!!
thank you for this tutorial. Got it working finally. Only thing is I cannot change the mm from 14mm with dial, seems stuck but dial works for other things. Sure then net will help. Thanks again
Hey, happy to be able to help! And for changing the the zoom, gave you ever been able to and now it’s not working? Have you tried in straight up manual mode just to validate it works?
@@SeeItLoud will try. Thanks. I don't know if it's ever worked I've had it a while and never got to grips with it. On the plus side I did get good at natural light use. I'll try manual and thanks again
@@apchan Hey there! Good question... I have the a6300 as my smallest camera and I think its virtually identical (in terms of body shape/size) aside from a few features. I do not own the v350s so I cant speak directly to it. However, given the skinny price difference, I would lean towards the v860ii. It has been my most used speedlight i have ever owned...to include when I was a nikon shooter and had their own name brand flashes. Now, one reason I WOULD go for the v350s is because of its form factor. If you are looking for something to fit in a small bag and not be too bulky on the a6000... it makes sense. But... If you think you will ever upgrade to a larger sony body... I would opt for the v860ii. Hope this helps! reach out if you have any other questions
Thanks for the helpful video on the flash. I’m having a difficult time using the X1T-s trigger with mine 🥴 Any suggestions on a good tutorial with the V860II-S ?
one thing you didnt show was a sony flash wirelessly triggering the godox or vice versa. You mentioned that the oem specific godox flash will communicate wirelessly in the oem specific wireless protocol so i assume youve tested out having a mix of sony strobes and godox strobes communicating with each other in various master/slave configs?
Thanks for this! Really helpful :) There's one thing I still cannot work out… Can the V860ii and the camera (in my case, an A7Rii) communicate wirelessly without a trigger? Or would I need an X1T or equivalent in order to use the flash off camera?
Hi Kyle… excellent video… really easy to follow! But I’m having a rough time trying to get my Xpro trigger to fire the V860ii-S. I can get the 860 to fire my AD200pro in master mode, but I can’t fire the 860 in slave mode with a trigger. Any ideas?
+Leon van Zyl that’s odd... that mode is designed for being a commander on top of a camera... I don’t own the a7riii (jealous) but I’ll test this on my a7iiis and maybe a a6500... What flash mode is your camera in when it becomes unavailable?
Excellent tutorial. I have a question. When i put my 860ii into slave mode, two lights flash on the front of the flash. Do i need tbose lights flashing? How do i turn them off?
Hello! Great tutorial! Thanks! I use this Godox flash with Sony A7iii, and there is a significant lag time between pressing the shutter and the firing of the flash. It only occurs in TTL mode. Any suggestions on how to eliminate this lag time?
I gave you thumbs up but I gonna tell you why I don't like this video yet. I think you should start the content using only godox gear. BTW, you should first present all the gear that you will use and after it fo for the content. The second step would be go throught those other gear options. My 2 cents of suggestion is for you to use gels to better demonstrate the lights firing. Anyway this video was very usefull and saved me a lot of time. Thank you.
Hi, great video and easy to understand but i have a question please. Can you use the godox X2T trigger with the flash mounted on top of it and then fire a slave flash somewhere else in the room? I feel more comfortable if I can control both the on camera flash and the slave flash from the trigger. Thanks
I was following along until you got to the zoom portion but I cannot get the zoom portion to change anymore. It's stuck on 14mm. I pushed a button on the right that changed the S1 to S2 to nothing on the screen. Don't know what this is. Tried resetting the flash with no luck. Any idea how I can get this back? Thx
Great vid thank you really useful. Could so do without the music droning in the back ground. I found it distracting and unnecessary I will definitely watch more of your videos though.
Hello. Great video. How do you take off the RMT? I use it as a slave when I do weddings. I will set it like I'm suppose to then I put it on my camera and it goes back. Had some bad pics from it at my last wedding.
@@SeeItLoudThanks for replying. I am figuring out what questions I have and figuring out as well and if I am not able to understand I will write it down here. Big Big Thanks
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Hello so what softbox to use this flash?
Hi Stella, this is the diffuser I have used for many speedlights for ages... in fact... this darn thing has outlasted a lot of my actual flashes haha amzn.to/33MhqFM
@@SeeItLoud thanks alot ☺️
Link doesn't work@@SeeItLoud
Mate, I have just sat for 5 hours trying to figure out how to use this flash (first ever). I've watched about 8 other videos now and yours is the only one that explains in detail what everything does. I feel so much more confident in using the flash!
That’s crazy I figured out how to use it in 5 minutes lol
2 years later this video just saved me. I was already confused with the whole slave mode thing.
God bless you man! Thanks
Bro, you have no idea how life-saving this video is! I've been tearing my head up with the stupid menu but you made it so simple to understand!
Bro, you have no idea how much this feedback means to me! I’m super happy to help and appreciative of your reaching out!
Yes… this manual is really bad!
I have struggled for what seems like forever to figure out how to get my Godox flash to work correctly. I could probably have struggled forever if I hadn't found this tutorial. So helpful!!! Thanks for such a basic but complete explanation of setting up the flash with other flashes or trigger.
Can’t have a better video on this subject. Thankx a zillion for explaining so very lucidly.
Brilliant beginner tutorial. Thank you. A lot of the others assume a foundational knowledge of flashes as a whole, whereas you clearly explained everything. Subscribed.
Thanks for the feedback Sandra! I’m happy to have been able to help.
Thanks Kyle! I just bought a pair of V860II's and a trigger, this helped me get up to speed right away.
Hi Travis, really glad I could help you get up and running! The more people out there taking more pictures.... the better! Thanks for your feedback!
as for now i have wasted nearly 4 hrs but couldn't got understand anything but this video is what made me learn everything about the flash so easily...... thanks mate for such nice tutorial!!!!
Happy to help Akshay!
best godox tutorial
This was sooo helpful. I just got it and could not get it to work with my Sony a6600. On another site I had read that the radio button had to be used with non-Sony flashes so I used that and nothing happened...arghhh! When I watched your video I finally figured out that the camera thinks my Sony Godox 860ii is a Sony! All of a sudden it all worked. What a relief. Thank you!
Hella helpful! U mentioned everything I needed to know. Imagine I got everything set up in one video with the help of one video.
VERY helpful. Was trying to use a Godox trigger. Now I see what I was doing wrong. And also learned how to group my other flashes. THANK YOU!
Happy to help Geoff!
The most comprehensive tutorial I have ever seen! Thank you!
You got the best tutorial on UA-cam for these flashes man. I’ve watched a lot of confusing videos smh. I liked and subscribed. 👏🏿
+Smuuv Studios appreciate the feedback and happy to help!!
Thanks so much! I’m a visual learner so reading a manual hurts my brain lol!
This is the most important video on UA-cam.
This is an excellent video. I just got a Godox v860ii, and this information is really helpful to me, filling in the vague areas in the manual, and more. Thanks so much for creating and posting this video.
Thank You this has helped me. I have had issues using their Controls. Really appreciate Your time. I like the Godox Flashes. A few Years ago I bought the set of two V860II and Xt Controller to use as a small home studio in My Lana. Until now I have not used them as they were designed to use. With Your help I will now advance in using them,
Thanks for saying “all intents and purposes” instead of “all intensive purposes”. 😂. It’s the small things that make me hit the subscribe button. 🙌
Definitely helped out a lot, thank you for this!! I have a Godox X1 hotshoe trigger that I've been trying to get working with my V860IIs for ages now, and never got them to connect. Now that I actually understand how the menu system work, got it up and running within a minute. Thanks again!
Hey there chosen gaming! Really happy to help! Reach out if you ever have other questions getting your gear up and running!
Ive just had one delivered today. So far so good. Getting a second Godox 685, also have a couple of Neewers, a Sigma and a Canon. Now I can do flash arrays again like I used to with my film cameras. Love the manual cut down. Cooking on gas again re flash.
A great demonstration! Thank you.
This is the best video so far on the V860 thank you very much 🌼
four years old and still so helpful, thank you! Annoying how confusing the speed light settings are.
Great video !!!!! You are a very good instructor, you explain things well. Jim, Charlotte, NC.
This video Save my day & time .. very Informative vidoe & well explain God bless you brother
Very nice video on how to setup the Godox Flash in S1 and S2 mode. Worked great!
Man thank yo so very much for this video I thought my v860ii was broke
This is an awesome video - this should be godox's official tutorial! :)
+John Park haha thanks for that glowing review! I’m happy to help!
Great tutorial in 2024!
I have just started flash photography and this was a great tutorial! I have this exact flash with the trigger on my new Sony A7iii. I hope to get lots of use out of it ! Thank you !
I'm super happy I am able to help, Nancy! Happy shooting! if you ever have more questions come on back and leave me a comment!
What trigger do you use?
this was 🔥only thing worth adding is that the shoe mounts are built like 💩but are easy and not expensive to replace
Thank You So Much It was so specifically helpful. I can't believe how much information you gave about this product
thank you for the tutorial. it's so much better than the IFU included in the box!
Happy to help, Lauren! Happy shooting!
Thank you for the systematic, thorough tutorial It definitely helped me! The only part I was stuck was syncing the V860ii(Sony) to the XPro (Sony) trigger. I could have used a bit more coaching there. I ultimately powered off both units and was able to synch them. I'm not sure if the powering off helped? Or if I was just pressing one button wrong. Also, changing channels was a bit tricky for me. I had one unit set to channel 1 and one set to channel 20. I would not have gotten these two devices to work without your tutorial thought. Thank you so much!
I just bought a speedlight and tbh still very confused. But thanks for the video. Maybe it will make more sense in the future
great, complete explanation. thanks for this video
VERY USEFUL VIDEO.
17:36
Great explanation!
I don’t understand it all but enough to remote trigger off camera flashes. Thanks.
This was so helpful, exactly what I needed to know. Thank you so much.
+GemmaLouise94 happy to help!
Could you please do another video with the V1S using the Godox X1R-S and X1T-S? I am SO lost as a beginner flash user with my A7Rii.
Just got the V1S sent to me! doing the review and will be making a similar tutorial soon!
Thanks Kyle, just getting started with flash photog. Will keep it bookmarked for future use!
Glad I could be of help with your starting flash photography Lori!!!
It was great tutorial video, thanks 🙏
Great video! You ecxpained it well and you helped me tremendously. Thanks
Thanks for the tutorial.
Still having problems getting my V860IIs to be controlled by my X2Ts. I've got the strobe set to "Radio-Slave" mode, group A Channel 1. On the X2t group and channel are the same set. Wondering if you've worked with this combo and might be able to do a step by step tutorial?
Thanks!
I use the same combo, just had a major issue as well , heres the solution; Make sure your in slave mode with the radio symbol in the top left corner not the orange slave mode with the thunderbold in the corner. So my question to @see It Loud is ... you didnt explain the difference between the 2 slave modes if im not mistaken... could you please advise?
This is EXACTLY what I needed. Thank you!
12:10 only works when the v860ii is NOT in the hot shoe. Otherwise, this will not work in Master Mode and fire the other Godox flashes in the room. If you take it out of the hot shoe and use a transmitter, it will work. The Master mode is not available when the camera is in the hot shoe.
So helpful! Thank you!
You are a life saver.
Could not figure out, how to make my RX1, trigger Godox V860 II C. The x-pro C, do not fit in hot shoe.
Happy to help!
To correct you, you can control other Godox speedlights wirelessly regardless if they are the Nikon, Canon, Sony, Fuji etc versions. That means manually & in full TTL!!
Nice overall review of this flash
Thanks for the feedback mark! Happy to help!
Hi, what setting when using Sony flash 32M to trigger Godox 860. Thanks
This was super helpful. Thank you so much!
Thank you for this video 🙏🙏🙏
Great video,
Questions answered, thank you!
thank you for this tutorial. Got it working finally. Only thing is I cannot change the mm from 14mm with dial, seems stuck but dial works for other things. Sure then net will help. Thanks again
Hey, happy to be able to help!
And for changing the the zoom, gave you ever been able to and now it’s not working? Have you tried in straight up manual mode just to validate it works?
@@SeeItLoud will try. Thanks. I don't know if it's ever worked I've had it a while and never got to grips with it. On the plus side I did get good at natural light use. I'll try manual and thanks again
Exactly what I needed to see! Thinking about buying this unit. Thanks! Great presentation!
Glad I was able to help! I also did a review for this flash if you’re interested in checking that out too 😃
For the a6000 the v350s or this one is more suitable ?
@@apchan Hey there! Good question... I have the a6300 as my smallest camera and I think its virtually identical (in terms of body shape/size) aside from a few features. I do not own the v350s so I cant speak directly to it. However, given the skinny price difference, I would lean towards the v860ii. It has been my most used speedlight i have ever owned...to include when I was a nikon shooter and had their own name brand flashes.
Now, one reason I WOULD go for the v350s is because of its form factor. If you are looking for something to fit in a small bag and not be too bulky on the a6000... it makes sense.
But... If you think you will ever upgrade to a larger sony body... I would opt for the v860ii.
Hope this helps! reach out if you have any other questions
@@SeeItLoud thank you for your time .. I ordered the v 860 yesterday... I'll be using it for a small wedding this month..
Thanks for the video bro. It was very helpful. Cheers
One of the best. Do you have any idea whether in these flash F assist beam working or not
Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.
Thanks for the helpful video on the flash. I’m having a difficult time using the X1T-s trigger with mine 🥴 Any suggestions on a good tutorial with the V860II-S ?
one thing you didnt show was a sony flash wirelessly triggering the godox or vice versa. You mentioned that the oem specific godox flash will communicate wirelessly in the oem specific wireless protocol so i assume youve tested out having a mix of sony strobes and godox strobes communicating with each other in various master/slave configs?
Thank you for the information . That was very helpful.
Thanks for this tutorial!
Thank you for this video, It was really helpful.
Thanks for this! Really helpful :)
There's one thing I still cannot work out… Can the V860ii and the camera (in my case, an A7Rii) communicate wirelessly without a trigger? Or would I need an X1T or equivalent in order to use the flash off camera?
Exactly the question I have now, my yongnou does this, haven't figured it out yet with this one.
Thank you for detail explainetion. Helps me to understand my flash.
Definitely happy to help! I am glad I could help you with your flash. Happy shooting!
It's very helpful thank you so much.i appreciate it man💝💝
Thank you for the video! Mine on on its way. BTW I think I was your 1,000 sub!
You were! Thanks +Raquel!
Thanks for the video!
Awesome video!!!! Thank you so very much!!
Great tutorial. Many thanks.....!
Very good presentation 👍🏾
Hi Kyle… excellent video… really easy to follow! But I’m having a rough time trying to get my Xpro trigger to fire the V860ii-S. I can get the 860 to fire my AD200pro in master mode, but I can’t fire the 860 in slave mode with a trigger. Any ideas?
Great instructions.
The trigger can be set to min flash power of 1/256 but I can’t get my V860ii c to go beyond standard 1/128
??
Does anyone know why the Master Radio Mode becomes unavailable when I mount the Godox v860 ii on the Sony A7R III.
+Leon van Zyl that’s odd... that mode is designed for being a commander on top of a camera... I don’t own the a7riii (jealous) but I’ll test this on my a7iiis and maybe a a6500...
What flash mode is your camera in when it becomes unavailable?
Camera settings tab 1, 11th page, wireless flash ->off
Excellent tutorial. I have a question. When i put my 860ii into slave mode, two lights flash on the front of the flash. Do i need tbose lights flashing? How do i turn them off?
Very good video!
Thanks for the feedback Tore!
very helpful. thank you!
THANK YOU!!! this helped me so much!!
Hi Linsey! Totally happy to help!
Hello! Great tutorial! Thanks! I use this Godox flash with Sony A7iii, and there is a significant lag time between pressing the shutter and the firing of the flash. It only occurs in TTL mode. Any suggestions on how to eliminate this lag time?
Brilliant. Thank you
I gave you thumbs up but I gonna tell you why I don't like this video yet. I think you should start the content using only godox gear. BTW, you should first present all the gear that you will use and after it fo for the content. The second step would be go throught those other gear options. My 2 cents of suggestion is for you to use gels to better demonstrate the lights firing. Anyway this video was very usefull and saved me a lot of time. Thank you.
I am using a Godox Ad600BM, V8600II and a Gododx trigger. How do I set the V8600 as a slave with its own power (not to use the power of the Ad600bm)?
thank you this menu is so confusing. Trying to trigger other flashes optically is like complex math formula. I spent an hour trying to figure it out.
+Rex Singleton thanks for the feedback! Happy to help
Hi, great video and easy to understand but i have a question please. Can you use the godox X2T trigger with the flash mounted on top of it and then fire a slave flash somewhere else in the room? I feel more comfortable if I can control both the on camera flash and the slave flash from the trigger. Thanks
I was following along until you got to the zoom portion but I cannot get the zoom portion to change anymore. It's stuck on 14mm. I pushed a button on the right that changed the S1 to S2 to nothing on the screen. Don't know what this is. Tried resetting the flash with no luck. Any idea how I can get this back? Thx
Great vid thank you really useful. Could so do without the music droning in the back ground. I found it distracting and unnecessary I will definitely watch more of your videos though.
can you make a video on bounce flash off different ceiling shapes and colours?
Hello. Great video. How do you take off the RMT? I use it as a slave when I do weddings. I will set it like I'm suppose to then I put it on my camera and it goes back. Had some bad pics from it at my last wedding.
Hey you didn't go over how to pair the trigger to the flash. I was with you until you did that. Is that available?
Excellent tutorial, thank you 😊 🙏
Thanks for the feedback! Im happy to help
Great tutorial! Thanks so much!
+Amanda Johnson glad I could be helpful! 😊
Hi, lovely video, really helpful. But my images get darker when i use the flash any suggestions why this occurs?
awesome video! thank you so much!
well done video and explained ver simply.
+David Rosen thanks for the feedback! The lack of and the quality of the existing documentation really drove me to figure this out and share it
This video helps me a lot to understand godox flashes.
Thanks.
I do have some questions though?
+Dhaval Patel I’m happy to help! What sorts of questions do you have?
@@SeeItLoudThanks for replying. I am figuring out what questions I have and figuring out as well and if I am not able to understand I will write it down here.
Big Big Thanks