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Re: Godox V860 IIIN compatibility with Nikon Z cameras?
j_photo wrote:
Cross-posted with Nikon mirrorless forum, since I'm not getting any replies there:
The B&H website says the following regarding the Godox V860IIIN:
The flash is compatible with Nikon Z 6II and Z 7II in Manual Mode only (no TTL).
Can anyone verify if that is correct or not? I have searched and found various threads, but have not found anything definitive. Thanks.
No idea, but the V860 II-N and V1-N had an issue with TTL on the Z6ii and Z7ii that required a firmware update to fix. (See this thread on the V1 ).
While you would logically assume that that fix would have been ported over to a newer model like the V860 III, Godox has dropped the ball on things like this before (e.g., the HSS fix for Fuji and the TT600/V850 II/XTR16/XTR16s that was added to the X1T-F never made it to the XPro-F). They really need to get better on compatibility fixes migrating through development branches.
Could be this bug slipped through the cracks and re-emerged with the V860 III and they haven't been able to issue a firmware fix for it, yet.
Looking up the V860 III-N's firmware updates all they've gotten since initial release is an update for compatibility for cross-brand use with an XProLII (for-Leica transmitter).
BTW, there are advantages to going with the older II-N version over the newer III-N version of the V860: the VB18 battery has more capacity over the VB26 (650 full power bursts vs. 480 on a charged pack), and the V860 II also has optical CLS/AWL capability (completely dropped from the V1/V860 II). And the head rotates 360º vs. 330º. It's also $180 new, vs. $230 for a V860 III.
But you would lose all the UI/feature updates that bring it more in line with the V1: TCM (on-camera only), TCM switch, LED lamp, slidelock, 0.1EV increments for M power adjustment, new four-way d-pad inside the control wheel, updated menus (e.g., Channel setting is now in the menu), SCAN function, better radio transmitter UI, and 30º backwards head tilt. And, of course, the V860 III uses the same battery pack as the V1 if you were planning on mixing units.