Canon 1100D and Godox Studio set up

Hi,

Try these:

Check that the trigger is fully home in the camera's hot-shoe. (Don't over-tighten the lock)

Set cam to M only.

Set SS to 1/100 or slower.

Keep flash firing 'enabled'.

Ext flash refers to any Canon Ex speedlite attached - you can ignore.

Don't use Live View.

.. report progress please.

ell_c said:

Hi Everyone,

So i am pretty new to working within the studio and therefore have very little knowledge on how to set up studio lighting.

I've got a Canon 1100D camera which I know isn't really the best camera to be using for studio work.. but I was hoping it would do until I can afford to upgrade.

I've just bought some Godox studio lights, these were 2 400w SK400II studio strobe flash lights. I've also got a Godox FT-16s wireless trigger.

I've been trying to set the lights up today. The studio lights and trigger are all working perfectly, but the issue I am facing is that I can not get my trigger to work with my canon camera.

In the flash control section of the setting on my camera, 'flash firing' is set to 'enable' but when I go into 'external flash setting' it says the flash is either not turned on or is not compatible.

can someone please help me as to why this is happening?

Is my camera simply not compatable with the lights i've bought?

Would a sync cable from camera to light head resolve this?

Im so clueless so any help would be kindly appreciated!!

thankyou!!

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Hi elle_c,

I'm not sure what you meant by the "lights and trigger are working perfectly" but I'm pretty sure you got the wrong trigger. the FT-16 are compatible with older godox lines. for the SK400ii, you will need the X1T-c or the XPro-c trigger. Btw, I own an sk400ii and for my canon setup, I've triggered it from an x1T-c and from a TT685-c speedlight

more info here http://flashhavoc.com/godox-flash-system-overview/

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ell_c said:

... I've just bought some Godox studio lights, these were 2 400w SK400II studio strobe flash lights. I've also got a Godox FT-16s wireless trigger.

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Uh. The FTR16s is the receiver you plug into a V850 or V860 (mark I). I think you mean the FT16 and FTR16 transmitter/receivers, which use a USB A connector and which you plug into the USB port on the strobe.

Just me, but wrong triggers. Why on earth use the add-on manual-only 433MHz receivers with a 433MHz transmitter when the SK400II has a built-in 2.4 GHz receiver that lets you remotely set the power level on the strobe?

The FT16 triggers use the older 433MHz Godox radio system. Swap the FT16/FTR16 triggers for an X1T-C or XPro-C transmitter (personally, i'd recommend the XPro, as it has a better interface and more features, but it's $70 vs. the X1TC being $45).

You can also use the XT16 (manual-only transmitter) or XT32 (manual only with HSS), but the TTL-capable triggers will let you use TTL and HSS later if you add Godox lights that can do those things (e.g., AD200 or a TT685C).

ell_c said:

I've been trying to set the lights up today. The studio lights and trigger are all working perfectly, but the issue I am facing is that I can not get my trigger to work with my canon camera.

In the flash control section of the setting on my camera, 'flash firing' is set to 'enable' but when I go into 'external flash setting' it says the flash is either not turned on or is not compatible.

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Can someone please help me as to why this is happening?

That's actually correct behavior. As a manual-only trigger, the FT16 is acting like a single-pin non-Canon flash on the Canon hotshoe. It cannot communicate with the flash menu, and it cannot be told to do anything but fire the flashes.

All the new cameras/speedlights these days are compatible with the ISO standard for hotshoes, which gives the physical dimension and electronic signalling for ground and the sync ("fire") signal. That signal is the contact/pin in the center of the "square" of the foot. All the other camera/flash communication is done on the other four pins/contacts of the Canon hotshoe: camera menu communication, TTL, HSS, 2nd curtain, settings controls, etc. are all done on those four pins, which the FT16 transmitter doesn't have.

The X1T and XPro Canon transmitters can talk to the camera menu, but you'll want to control the remote flashes with the transmitter, not the camera menu.

ell_c said:

Is my camera simply not compatible with the lights i've bought?

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Depends on how you define "compatible". Only a TTL-capable trigger/light can talk to the Canon camera menus, and even then, it has to have that capability (e.g., my old Canon 580EX (Mark I) couldn't talk to camera menus, you needed a 580EXII to do that).

ell_c said:

Would a sync cable from camera to light head resolve this?

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No. A sync cable is always a manual-only connection, just like a single-pin flash foot. The S1/S2 slave modes are also manual-only. All you can do is tell the flash to fire.

Thankyou so much for this useful advise! I will let you know how I get on.

Hi,



Ive bought this godox trigger. I thought this would be all i needed to get my studio lights to start working with my camera. I've put it on my cameras hotshoe now to discover I may have ordered the wrong thing. Can someone please help me.





Is this something I need to plug into my studio lights, then will I need a x1tr transmitter to plug into my camera?

I'm searching on the internet for youtube tutorials but nothing is really helping. I know I probably sound so silly to anyone who has knowledge of studio lighting, but I really have such little understanding of how to set all of this up.



thankyou in advance

ell_c said:

Hi,

Ive bought this godox trigger. I thought this would be all i needed to get my studio lights to start working with my camera. I've put it on my cameras hotshoe now to discover I may have ordered the wrong thing. Can someone please help me.



Is this something I need to plug into my studio lights, then will I need a x1tr transmitter to plug into my camera?

I'm searching on the internet for youtube tutorials but nothing is really helping. I know I probably sound so silly to anyone who has knowledge of studio lighting, but I really have such little understanding of how to set all of this up.

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This is a receiver. If you have SK400II strobes you don't need it because these have a receiver built in.

You should return it an buy an X1T-C or an XPro-C and put that on your camera hotshoe.

Plug a sync cord into one flash unit.

At the camera end, you probably need a Nikon AS-15 sync terminal.

This is a little box that slides into the hotshoe.

It has a socket into which you plug to end of the sync cord.

When you press the shutter release, the flash goes off. No automation.

But light!!!

BAK

great thank you

thank you very much!