Radio controlled 3rd party flash compatible with D850

[DigitalFFUser]

Do we have one?

 

[madecov]

My Godox system functions fine

 

[DigitalFFUser]

My Godox system functions fine

Does it work like SB5000 that has a built in radio receiver?

 

[madecov]

My Godox system functions fine

Does it work like SB5000 that has a built in radio receiver?

Not owning a SB5000 I couldn't say

 

[DigitalFFUser]

My Godox system functions fine

Does it work like SB5000 that has a built in radio receiver?

Not owning a SB5000 I couldn't say

What I mean to say that does it have a built-in receiver or do you have to connect one?

 

[madecov]

Godox speedlights have built in radio control and receiver. But can only control other Godox products.

 

[LordKOTL]

My Godox system functions fine

Does it work like SB5000 that has a built in radio receiver?

Not owning a SB5000 I couldn't say

What I mean to say that does it have a built-in receiver or do you have to connect one?

Many of Godox's flashes have a built-in receiver. Some have TTL capabilities, some are manual only.

If you're looking for a speedlight proper the TT685N (AA battery powered) or the V860IIN (Li-Ion battery powered) would be a good way to go. Both have a built-in radio receiver. You would need the X1-N or the Xpro-N transmitter for your hotshoe. I have the X1T-N and the TT685N for my D750 and it works splendidly--no separate receiver needed.

 

[madecov]

My Godox system functions fine

Does it work like SB5000 that has a built in radio receiver?

Not owning a SB5000 I couldn't say

What I mean to say that does it have a built-in receiver or do you have to connect one?

Many of Godox's flashes have a built-in receiver. Some have TTL capabilities, some are manual only.
If you're looking for a speedlight proper the TT685N (AA battery powered) or the V860IIN (Li-Ion battery powered) would be a good way to go. Both have a built-in radio receiver. You would need the X1-N or the Xpro-N transmitter for your hotshoe. I have the X1T-N and the TT685N for my D750 and it works splendidly--no separate receiver needed.

The V860II and the TT series also have built in transmitters

I have three V860II and one TT3XX. plus the X1-N all work seamlessly

 

[DigitalFFUser]

My Godox system functions fine

Does it work like SB5000 that has a built in radio receiver?

Not owning a SB5000 I couldn't say

What I mean to say that does it have a built-in receiver or do you have to connect one?

Many of Godox's flashes have a built-in receiver. Some have TTL capabilities, some are manual only.
If you're looking for a speedlight proper the TT685N (AA battery powered) or the V860IIN (Li-Ion battery powered) would be a good way to go. Both have a built-in radio receiver. You would need the X1-N or the Xpro-N transmitter for your hotshoe. I have the X1T-N and the TT685N for my D750 and it works splendidly--no separate receiver needed.

The V860II and the TT series also have built in transmitters

I have three V860II and one TT3XX. plus the X1-N all work seamlessly

Thing is D850 already has a built-in radio transmitter I was hoping to use it with a cheap 3rd party flash as SB-5000 is very expensive.

I already have YONGNUO Yn-622 set but that needs to be attached to camera and flash(es)

 

[LordKOTL]

My Godox system functions fine

Does it work like SB5000 that has a built in radio receiver?

Not owning a SB5000 I couldn't say

What I mean to say that does it have a built-in receiver or do you have to connect one?

Many of Godox's flashes have a built-in receiver. Some have TTL capabilities, some are manual only.
If you're looking for a speedlight proper the TT685N (AA battery powered) or the V860IIN (Li-Ion battery powered) would be a good way to go. Both have a built-in radio receiver. You would need the X1-N or the Xpro-N transmitter for your hotshoe. I have the X1T-N and the TT685N for my D750 and it works splendidly--no separate receiver needed.

The V860II and the TT series also have built in transmitters

I have three V860II and one TT3XX. plus the X1-N all work seamlessly

Good point. I just never use it as a transmitter. It's either on-camera in TTL mode without controlling other flashes, or off-camera as a slave with the X1T controlling it. Thus, it's transmitter capabilities tend to slip my mind.

No matter how you slice it Godox' X1 system is a solid one.

 

[LordKOTL]

My Godox system functions fine

Does it work like SB5000 that has a built in radio receiver?

Not owning a SB5000 I couldn't say

What I mean to say that does it have a built-in receiver or do you have to connect one?

Many of Godox's flashes have a built-in receiver. Some have TTL capabilities, some are manual only.
If you're looking for a speedlight proper the TT685N (AA battery powered) or the V860IIN (Li-Ion battery powered) would be a good way to go. Both have a built-in radio receiver. You would need the X1-N or the Xpro-N transmitter for your hotshoe. I have the X1T-N and the TT685N for my D750 and it works splendidly--no separate receiver needed.

The V860II and the TT series also have built in transmitters

I have three V860II and one TT3XX. plus the X1-N all work seamlessly

Thing is D850 already has a built-in radio transmitter I was hoping to use it with a cheap 3rd party flash as SB-5000 is very expensive.

I already have YONGNUO Yn-622 set but that needs to be attached to camera and flash(es)

....yeah, I don't think that's possible unfortunately...at least yet.

 

[madecov]

Had the Yongnyo stuff, dumped it for the Godox. Much better overall

 

[Bohemien]

Some Godox flashes can be controlled by Nikon's optically transmitted CLS signals (e.g. AD600). I don't know if the D850 still has that system on board.

AFAIK at the time being no-one has re-engineered their proprietary radio signal yet.

But given the quality and convenience of the Godox system, I strongly suggest taking a good look at it. It's not so bad having the transmitter on your camera, and very convenient to easily change flash parameters without having to dig into the menus (especially with the X-pro transmitter).

 

[kli]

Does it work like SB5000 that has a built in radio receiver?

Not exactly like. OEM speedlights are typically going to have better TTL accuracy and consistency and AF-assist capability than a 3rd-party. Not to mention you can get factory warranty repair and actual customer support. And resale value is much better. OTOH, you're also paying a lot more.

The SB-5000 is likely to be nicer, but a Godox TT685-N (US$110) can also be used as a TTL/HSS radio slave to Canon/Sony/Fuji/MFT cameras with Godox transmitters on the hotshoe (not something the SB-5000 can do); and works in concert with Godox's other lights (many of which are much larger than speedlights). And there's a li-on version, the V860II (US$180), where the li-on rechargeable battery pack basically lasts about as long as using 3 sets of 4xAA (i.e., 12xAA) would in a regular speedlight.

If you have a Godox TT685-N and an XPro-N transmitter, you can fire the flash off-camera, over radio, in TTL/HSS with remote power/zoom control.

The V860II and the TT series also have built in transmitters

Slight correction; built-in transceivers. You can use them as either radio transmitter or receiver. All six speedlight models have these. But only the TT685/V860II and TT350/V350 can be used as a TTL/HSS radio master on the hotshoe. The TT600/V850II manual-only flashes are single-pin and can't receive TTL/HSS signals from the camera, so can't pass them on.

Thing is D850 already has a built-in radio transmitter

Not exactly. IIRC you still need a WR-R10 unit on the camera to use an SB-5000 over radio as an off-camera flash. And that's another $250. The radio in the camera is for wi-fi/bluetooth communication and the WR-R10 requires that capability in the camera body to do the flash triggering (which is why the SB-5000 doesn't work with so many Nikon bodies), but the camera body alone is not enough to be a radio commander to the SB-5000.

EVERY flash radio system, whether it's Yongnuo's, Nikon's, or Godox's requires you to add a transmitter unit to the camera. Nobody (yet) builds a flash radio transmitter into their camera bodies, only wifi/NFC/bluetooth radio. The only flash "master/commander" that's built in to a camera body is typically "smart" optical capability with the pop-up flash.

I was hoping to use it with a cheap 3rd party flash as SB-5000 is very expensive.

Eh-yup. And the WR-R10 ain't cheap either.

I already have YONGNUO Yn-622 set but that needs to be attached to camera and flash(es)

Most folks would just get a YN-622-TX, and a Yongnuo YN-685,which has a YN-622 receiver built-in. But you can't use it as a radio transmitter on the hotshoe, and the TT685-N is just a nicer flash (e.g., the YN-685 doesn't have any optical slave capabilities, while the TT685-N can do "dumb" S1/S2 as well as be a CLS master/slave. Then again, the YN-968 has CLS capability and a 622 transceiver built in as well as an LED video light. But.

Yongnuo flashes use three separate triggering systems: 60x/560, 622, and Canon RT (cloned). You can't just add a $65 manual only YN-560IV to a 622 or RT setup without stacking triggers or losing all TTL/HSS capability on the gear that can do that. But you can add a $65 manual Godox TT600 to a Godox X setup as everything in the system uses the same triggers, and you get HSS with everything (not something that happens with the YN-560 gear) and TTL with the TTL gear. Just me, but Godox is better value for your money unless you're a Canon shooter intent on using RT gear (and even then Jinbei's RT gear might be a better bet).

Generally speaking, the Godox gear isn't identical to the OEM systems, but has enough function and reliability (for the cost) to make most of us very happy with the system. In addition, the gear has cross-system compatibility and is part of a larger lighting system that includes bare bulb flashes and studio strobes as well, so expansion is dramatically better than with a speedlight-only system.

But this is still cheaper Chinese gear coming out of Shenzhen, and won't have exactly the same fit'n'finish and feature set as Nikon's OEM flash gear.

 

[theonetruepath]

Some Godox flashes can be controlled by Nikon's optically transmitted CLS signals (e.g. AD600). I don't know if the D850 still has that system on board.

The D850 has no built in flash and has no optical CLS master capability.

Not something that should worry any except the most casual of flash users, since only the most casual flash user would still reply on optical CLS with Yongnuo/Godox/PW/ProFoto etc systems available

If you got used to walking around with your D810 without a separate flash and you liked to use the fill flash to do casual portraits you might miss it.

 

[LordKOTL]

Had the Yongnyo stuff, dumped it for the Godox. Much better overall

I'll have to take your word for it--I only went with Godox and am completely content with their system

I think kli's post is about as comprehensive as it can be for the OP's benefit.

From my standpoint though, the cost of 1 SB-500 (two AA Flash) is slightly more than 2 TT685's (4 AA flash), and if you add on a X1T-N it's not that much more. So for the cost of an SB-500 and a few lattes you can get a 2-flash off-camera setup.

Sure, it may not have the spit-and-polish of a Nikon system, and you may need to keep up on the firmware updates, but the vertical scalability of the X system was the selling point for me.