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For those of you familiar with the Godox Wireless system -
The X Wireless system Godox have three triggers available.
Let's go through each of the triggers
and find out which one is gonna be right for you.
Jumping into the X1 trigger and it's features.
Firstly, let's take a look at all the button placements and configurations.
So firstly, you've got a spin wheel here which locks into the hot shoe.
The one we have here is for the SONY.
So you can see it does support the SONY MFI mount.
If you have other camera brands Godox supports that.
including Canon, Nikon, Sony,
Olympus, Panasonic as well as Fuji and Pentax.
So now in terms of some of the placements here, you've got the
onboard hot shoe at the top there.
So if you do mount this onto the hot shoe of your camera
You can mount another flash on top there
you've got a channel button
a group button
and a mode button
as well as the control wheel.
And on the sides here you've just got the on/off button
for the trigger.
As well as the on/off button for the AF assist beam which you can see the IR port
here at the front when you're mounting it at the front of the trigger.
And you also have the test button on the top.
And you've also got the battery port
which is at the bottom here so it accepts two AA batteries.
Now the X wireless system is a really great
wireless system that's the one that supports all of the Godox flashes.
that ranges from all of their speed light flashes
up to their new studio strobes.
The portable ones including the AD400Pro, AD600Pro
and even the studio ones now. All the Mark II versions of the studio strobes
such as the QT402, DP402 etc.
So the great thing about these triggers are that they have a wide range.
So all the triggers across the board
they have a wide operating range of 0 to 100 meters.
So that means if you're on location you do have that operating
frequency where you can go quite far
and still be able to fire off your flashes
as well as control them so you can control other different
options and your flashes.
Now in terms of the controls with this actual trigger,
The trigger itself is pretty much their bare-bones version
Although it is quite advanced you can control all the flash features.
You can see there's not too many buttons to jump into all the different functions your flash has.
So it usually is very deep into the menu.
So the menu here you can see when you jump into it you can jump into the mode
and you can change the modes of the actual flash.
You can also jump into the group
and channel settings but you can't really jump into a menu setting.
You'd have to get into the custom function settings on this particular trigger.
And you also have a smaller LCD display.
This is that cheapest trigger in the range
So with that being said, if you're just wanting to get a trigger that will do the job,
And also still be able to control,
And you don't mind jumping into all the different menu settings.
That's deeper,
you know embedded into the actual trigger menu settings here,
then this trigger is probably going to be right for you.
Now on the side of the X1 trigger here, you have a port that's hidden.
This couple of ports there's the micro USB port as well as a PC sync port.
The micro USB port allows you to update firmware.
So it's great to see that Godox actually support triggers
even if they're an older trigger
and they update firmware depending on compatibility
with different menu settings and cameras and things like that
so it's great to always keep these up to date
So all of the triggers support high speed sync.
However there are some things that the X1 trigger is lacking.
Firstly there is the rear curtain sync function
so that rear curtain sync function is not supported on the X1 trigger
but is supported on the other too.
You also have less control with your flash output,
so you can only change your flash output in one-third stop increments.
Compared to the other two that support up to one-tenth to stop increments.
Also there's no dedicated group buttons. So you can see
because there is a lack of buttons on the trigger itself,
you've only one group button here.
So you can only cycle your group buttons there
and a lot less user-friendly I guess
compared to the other triggers
Lastly there are no Wireless ID settings on the X1 trigger
compared to the XPro and the X2.
So the Wireless ID settings are used for better connectivity
so there's less interference you can set the Wireless ID
on the other triggers where the X1 doesn't have that feature.
So the next trigger in the range that Godox released is the XPro trigger.
The XPro trigger here looks a little different to the X1 trigger as you can see.
It has this large LCD display
and you no longer have the onboard hot shoe.
Now taking a look at the front panel here of the trigger you can see
there's so many different buttons as well as a new scroll wheel here.
So let's run through some of the different features
and additions that Godox added to this new larger trigger.
Firstly it's still got your locking wheel here at the bottom
so there's a few complaints with this particular locking mechanism they're saying it's
it's something that sort of gets damaged with wear and tear
or it doesn't lock into your camera hot shoe that well.
So they've still gone with this particular's locking wheel
however the trigger itself is really great in terms of all its user friendliness and functions.
On the side here once again you've got a sync port
but this time it's a 2.5 mm port.
And you've also got USB-C connectivity here.
So that one there is used for the firmware updates.
And similar to the X1 trigger.
You can definitely update the firmware of this trigger and it's great because
Godox does change a few things whether it's menu settings or
compatibility with certain camera brands or models.
So it's great to always jump to godox.com/download.
And update the firmware of all of your devices basically.
Now on the front here, we've got dedicated group buttons.
So what was lacking in the X1 trigger was the fact that
you can select groups, you know.
At the touch of the button basically. So
with the X1 trigger, you have to cycle through to select your group.
So the XPro trigger has the advantage of controlling more groups of lights.
So if you're using more lighting
you know you have several different flashes around and you're wanting to set them to different groups,
different settings, different modes
it's a lot easier to jump into
the XPro trigger here and just select the group that you need.
And also
all the buttons along the bottom here you've got you know your mode button
and your zoom button and you've also got you know sync button
all at the touch of the hand here.
You can control the modeling lamp
And also jump into the menu. So
the X1 trigger didn't really have a menu
there's a custom function menu
which sort of access its own menu and you can jump into
different settings of the trigger.
However here on the XPro trigger you can see you've got the menu button.
If you can cycle through so many different options
such as you know when the LCD display
actually you know times out and you've got the different sound options.
if you want to turn on and off the beep as well as
how many groups you're controlling. So that's another
improvement that the XPro trigger has is you can actually control up to 16 groups of flashes
as compared to 5 groups of flashes with the X1.
And now another great feature that the XPro has is called the TCM Function.
So the TCM Function
basically allows you to see what's setting
your particular flash was at when shot in TTL mode. So
if you press the TCM button when you're shooting in TTL
it'll actually tell you the flash settings
And that's something that the X1 trigger didn't have.
So in general if you're not gonna be using,
If you're gonna be using most of, off camera flashes. Then,
I'd suggest the XPro trigger because if you're not gonna need the onboard hot shoe.
Then that's probably and it's a lot more user friendly to use.
So it's probably the better trigger to go for.
It support's all the wireless, X wireless system features such as
you know up to 100 meter range 2.4 GHZ
wireless transmission.
And also it's a lot more user friendly. So
This trigger is probably the better one to go for if you are going to be controlling more groups of flashes.
The newest trigger in the range all Godox is the X2 trigger which I've got here.
You can see it look's really similar to the X1 trigger
but what it is is basically the best of both worlds.
So you've got the X1 trigger slimline and you know, sleek body
as well as a lot of the XPro features included into the X2.
They've improved on the user friendliness of the actual trigger.
So going through some of the buttons and placements of all the different features here.
You've got on the side here once again similar to The X1.
You've got the on/off before the trigger.
and you've also got the on/off for the AF assist beam
and you've still got that IR port at the front here.
Although it's in a different position to The X1.
On the top here you've got a few different buttons,
now you have dedicated group buttons.
So it does allow you know a lot more sort of
ease of use when you're using groups of flashes
to be able to select all the different group there, at the touch of a button similar to the XPro.
You've also got the test button there
and what you'll notice is a little Bluetooth icon here. So this Bluetooth icon,
what it is. Is basically it supports connectivity with The Godox app.
Via bluetooth so you can actually can control the actual trigger
as well as flashes now that support the Godox app.
So this is a new feature that's added to the X2.
And it's not included with the X1 or XPro.
On the side here you can see they've still maintained the USB-C
connectivity.
So you can still update the firmware for these triggers via USB-C
And you've also got a 3.5 mm sync port now. So
3.5 mm cables are a little bit easier to find them 2.5 mill cable's
so it's good to see that they've changed that as well.
Now on the front here you've got three buttons.
It's, they're all got simple functions. You've got the mode button
which also doubles up as a lock button. So if you're wanting to lock or
the settings here and you're not wanting, you know any accidental presses of the buttons.
You can hold that down to lock the trigger. You've also got the menu button.
And that doubles up as a modeling lamp button and lastly is a set button or
which doubles off as an all button. So if you wanted to
change all the settings all in one go
you can hold that down and it sets it to all.
And lastly at the bottom here
you can see the scroll wheel used to be on the side here on the X1.
But what they've done is they've repositioned that down to the bottom here
which is a lot easier to use
And it's just easier to navigate through the menus.
And made it a lot easier than rather, rather having that little control wheel.
And one major upgrade that they've done is
the twist lock hot shoe mechanism here. So that's something that everyone's been waiting for
basically it's the twister lock
allows you to lock it into place nice and securely.
And then you obviously press it down to release.
The X1 triggers once again all full-featured triggers they support high speed sync.
This particular trigger also supports resync, rear curtain sync.
And also it has that range of 0 to 100 meters.
Now in terms of the actual trigger itself.
I personally find this trigger probably the better one
to use if you're wanting to basically can control either single flashes or groups of flashes.
And you're still wanting to ensure that you have, you know like a
onboard hot shoe there that allows you to mount other devices
when these actual triggers occupying the hot shoe on your camera.
The X2 still maintains some of those advanced features
that the XPro trigger has. Such as the one-tenth stop increments.
Flash output control and also the Wireless ID settings.
Which can be found when you jump into the menu settings
it's further down in the bottom here. You've got ID.
So you can set the Wireless ID of the trigger
to match all of your devices such as the different flashes around.
and that way you have better connectivity
and less interference with your wireless triggering.
Now it does only have support for up to 5 groups of flashes
compared to the XPro which can go all the way up to 16 groups of flashes.
But I think 5 groups is enough for most case purposes in terms of you know
how many different groups of flashes you going to be using.
And basically it's a great trigger in terms of its user friendliness.
It's slimline design and still maintaining that onboard hot shoe.
So if you're looking for an all-in-one trigger, I think this is the one to go for.
So just some final thoughts on what trigger is right for you.
Basically if you're wanting the trigger that has all the features.
Then you'd be going for the XPro trigger. The XPro trigger has a lot more
realistic there on the screen for you to be able to
maneuver through all the different menu settings and flash settings.
And it's a lot easier to use in terms of user-friendliness.
Although you do lose the hot shoe.
It also has a TCM feature. Which the other two triggers are lacking.
However, if you're after a trigger that just gets the job done.
Then I think the X1 trigger is probably the one to go for.
And it is a little bit more finicky to use.
However it is the cheapest in terms of the range and it also still has
all the full features that you'd expect from a trigger like this.
such as your high-speed sync, your TTL functions
and all the other connectivity functions that the others have.
And lastly, if you're looking for something that still has a lot of the features
and pretty much is the best of both worlds including that onboard hot shoe.
Then you'll be looking at the X2 trigger.
The only function that you'll be really lacking here is the fact that you won't have the 16 groups, as well as
the TCM function which is not available on this trigger.
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