kli
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Re: Godox issues with the R5 are only if TTL and HSS are used at the same time, right?
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JoeSchmoe007 wrote:
kli wrote:
JoeSchmoe007 wrote:
kli wrote:
... Jinbei's gear also exhibits the same underexposure-with-TTL Sony issue that Godox gear does. Just saying. .
...Can you share some links with more information? Is it specific to Sony (I shoot Canon)?
It's specific to Sony. TTL underexposes if used with apertures wider than f/4.
I don't see any reference to Westcott or Jinbei in this thread.
Sorry. Thought you were asking about the Godox bug.
As I recall, a user named deejjjaaaa on POTN complained about this bughappening both with the Flashpoint and Orlit (Adorama's house rebrand for the Jinbei RT system before Westcott became the exclusive US distributor of Jinbei) gear loudly, obnoxiously, repeatedly ad nauseum to the point of getting banned on POTN. So finding their actual testing is kind of hard. But what I remember from that time is simply that Jinbei and Godox were exhibiting the same issue, so it was likely on the Sony side of the fence that the problem existed. AFAIK, none of the Sony users were saying that the Jinbei RT gear had fixed the issue for them. Both Jinbei and Godox did issue firmware updates to try and correct it, but as far as I can recall, it never worked.
Also, iirc, Rollei at least had some message up when they first began rolling out their rebrand of the Jinbei RT gear that the R5 and R6 had issues with TTL/HSS with the system. They then took that down, so maybe they do have a firmware fix for it, but Jinbei experience is relatively thin on the ground on online messageboards. And I have yet to see R5/R6 users saying that the Jinbei/Westcott system has fixed the TTL+HSS issue.
Which is why I was saying, do some research or ask them directly before purchasing.