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X100T - shot flash off camera

Started May 28, 2021 | Questions thread
kli
kli Veteran Member • Posts: 4,592
Re: X100T - shot flash off camera

AndrewLMC wrote:

I have a Fujifilm x100t and an external flash from the godox model TT350. Is there any way to shoot out of the camera without radioflash?

Yes but you'll have no remote control over the TT350 other than telling it when to fire.

The TT350 must be in M (and out of HSS and radio slave mode), and the red panel should have line of sight to the built-in flash of the X100T. If you put the TT350 in S1 [SLAVE button], you have to have the X100T's built-in flash in flash Commander mode; if you put the TT350 in S2, the X100T's built-in flash has to be in regular Forced flash mode.

S1 fires the flash on the first flash burst sensed; S2 on the second burst sensed. Normally, that's the difference between M or TTL (skip the TTL metering pre-flash) on a built-in flash; but the X100T doesn't have the flash control panel and doesn't call them that. Forced flash uses TTL and a metering pre-burst. Commander turns that off specifically for using dumb optical slaves.

It's nicer to get a Godox 2.4 GHz transmitter, though. You'll have TTL/HSS and remote power control. But afaict, the TT350 doesn't do remote zooming.

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