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Canon SX60 with Godox V860IIc flash (over/under exposed)

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mgrosh New Member • Posts: 2
Canon SX60 with Godox V860IIc flash (over/under exposed)
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I just purchased a Godox V860IIc flash for my Canon SX60 and started testing it out. At first i noticed that every photo was underexposed. It does flash but not at full power. The flash is in ETTL mode and have have tried the camera on multiple modes and settings.

What really get me is that the Flash seems to either flash at very low power (underexposed) or full power (overexposed).

for example, see these two photos taken. in Av mode with all default settings on the camera.

anything FEC -2.00 or greater comes out underexposed.

anything FEC -2 1/3 or less comes out way over exposed.

Canon PowerShot SX60 HS
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Jon_T
Jon_T Veteran Member • Posts: 6,393
Re: Canon SX60 with Godox V860IIc flash (over/under exposed)
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mgrosh wrote:

I just purchased a Godox V860IIc flash for my Canon SX60 and started testing it out. At first i noticed that every photo was underexposed. It does flash but not at full power. The flash is in ETTL mode and have have tried the camera on multiple modes and settings.

What really get me is that the Flash seems to either flash at very low power (underexposed) or full power (overexposed).

for example, see these two photos taken. in Av mode with all default settings on the camera. ....

Not all "default settings"; both images taken with the "Spot" metering:

Give a try with the SX60 HS' "Evaluative Light Metering" to see if it helps.

I have the small Godox TT350 to use on my RX 10 IV and it works great with the Sony TTL metering.

Good Luck!

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OP mgrosh New Member • Posts: 2
Re: Canon SX60 with Godox V860IIc flash (over/under exposed)
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Jon_T wrote:

Give a try with the SX60 HS' "Evaluative Light Metering" to see if it helps.

I have the small Godox TT350 to use on my RX 10 IV and it works great with the Sony TTL metering.

Good Luck!

Yes, tried with all three metering settings with the same results (was on spot because that was the last i tried after seeing a similar suggestion on another thread)

Obviously is it normal for such a large change in exposure with on a 1/3 change in FEC???

thanks,

Jon_T
Jon_T Veteran Member • Posts: 6,393
Re: Canon SX60 with Godox V860IIc flash (over/under exposed)
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mgrosh wrote:

Jon_T wrote:

Give a try with the SX60 HS' "Evaluative Light Metering" to see if it helps.

I have the small Godox TT350 to use on my RX 10 IV and it works great with the Sony TTL metering.

Good Luck!

Yes, tried with all three metering settings with the same results (was on spot because that was the last i tried after seeing a similar suggestion on another thread)

Obviously is it normal for such a large change in exposure with on a 1/3 change in FEC???

Would not think so with just "FEC". Though from the EXIF problem not due to using "FEC" and camera's "EC"; which can be cumulative with some cameras.

The EXIF's "Flash Fired" notes "Yes (Auto, red eye reduction mode, returned light detected)". Not sure what the "returned light detected" means.

Do you have same +/- exposure issue with red eye reduction mode OFF?

If you have not already done, try the "support" at the Godox Site HERE.

Via a Google "godox v860iic flash inconsistent exposure" search found the DPR "Inconsistent exposure with Godox V860II" topic HERE.

If you have/ or can borrow another flash unit to see if problem persists to find out if problem with the Godox V860IIc flash.

Sorry cannot be of more help.

The Godox TT350 I use with RX10 IV works great.

Cheers,
Jon

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Sue Anne Rush
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Re: Canon SX60 with Godox V860IIc flash (over/under exposed)
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Excellent series and thank you for sharing.  

mgrosh wrote:

I just purchased a Godox V860IIc flash for my Canon SX60 and started testing it out. At first i noticed that every photo was underexposed. It does flash but not at full power. The flash is in ETTL mode and have have tried the camera on multiple modes and settings.

What really get me is that the Flash seems to either flash at very low power (underexposed) or full power (overexposed).

for example, see these two photos taken. in Av mode with all default settings on the camera.

anything FEC -2.00 or greater comes out underexposed.

anything FEC -2 1/3 or less comes out way over exposed.

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parkhyunjeong New Member • Posts: 14
Re: Canon SX60 with Godox V860IIc flash (over/under exposed)
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That's nice equipment! But, I think you could also explore more because it has really so much potential.

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Re: Canon SX60 with Godox V860IIc flash (over/under exposed)
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mgrosh wrote:

I just purchased a Godox V860IIc flash for my Canon SX60 and started testing it out. At first i noticed that every photo was underexposed. It does flash but not at full power. The flash is in ETTL mode and have have tried the camera on multiple modes and settings.

Just me, but putting the camera in M and not using auto ISO takes a lot of guesswork out of the equation. If you do those two things, do you still get this behavior? What happens if you put the camera in P mode?

What really get me is that the Flash seems to either flash at very low power (underexposed)

Happens with dSLRs when using Av/Tv with flash, where the autoexposure modes are pretty much set up that flash will be for daylight fill if you have everything set to be automated. Only P mode will treat the flash like a pop-up flash and use it for main illumination in low light.

or full power (overexposed).

That happens if not all the pins are touching all the hotshoe contacts. When TTL communication isn't happening, the flash will always fire at full power. Check that the speedlight is seated fully forward in the hotshoe, and that the locking pin is in place.

Aside from all of this, Godox speedlights work with the Canon dSLR/mirrorless hotshoe. When it comes to fixed-lens compacts, 3rd-party flashes may not behave so well, as Canon apparently uses a different communication protocol with the Powershots than they do the dSLRs.

I remember getting a Yongnuo YN-568EX for my 50D. Worked beautifully. Did everything my 580EX did. On my Powershot G9, however, the 580EX worked fine, but the YN-685EX wouldn't even fire. It could also be you've hit one of those communication variant holes where Godox's reverse-engineering doesn't work.

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It appears to me that the flash isn't seated all the way inside.
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