In this video, we’ll be unboxing and taking a closer look
at the new Godox SK400II.
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So, we've got the Godox SK400II box with me right here.
Let’s go ahead and unbox this flash.
We got a little stand here for the flash.
Just opening this up.
Okay, we've got a few bits and pieces here.
We’ve got the SK400II manual.
We've got a warranty card.
And, we've also got a QC pass card.
Other bits and pieces that are included the 150-watt modelling lamp,
Bowens reflector, so it's a Bowens mount there.
The Godox flash itself. The Godox SK400II.
And the power cable.
So, I’ve got the Godox SK400II next to me here on the stand.
This is the second edition of the previous SK400.
There's no major differences with the flashes themselves
besides that this one here has that inbuilt X receiving system.
That means it's compatible with the Godox X1 triggers
as well as the XPro triggers which are available for some of the major brands
such as Canon, Nikon, Sony, Olympus, Panasonic, as well as Fuji.
The XPro Fuji and Olympus will be coming shortly.
So, some of the other features that are included with this flash
are flash ratio of 1/2000 per second up to 1/800 per second,
it has a guide number of 65 being the 400w model.
Has a recycle time of 0.4 to 2 seconds.
So, at the higher end there, it's 2-second recycle time at full output.
It also has already 40 output level.
You can adjust that from 6.0 to 10.0 and you can actually adjust them
between 1/16th power all the way to full strength which is 1/1.
So, we've got the SK400II plugged in here.
We’ll have a look at some of the features as well as the back control panel here.
On the back here, we've got a few buttons and dials.
First thing, we’ll switch this off here.
We’ve got the Group Channel Button.
The Group Channel Button allows you to select your grouping channel
to match that of your X trigger. So, whatever X trigger you are using
whether it be the X1 or the XPro.
You've also got Slave 1 and Slave 2 buttons here.
That allows you to control this flash or use this flash as a slave
to any other master flash that you've got.
You could use the Godox actual system
whether it be the QS or the QT flashes which are above this
or even a flash from another brand.
You put that on slave, it will use its optical sensor
at the top key to be triggered off.
And you got the Buzz button here which controls the sound of the actual flash
when actually controlling the dials, it will make a sound with every click
or when it actually fires off or when you hit that test button
it will also make a sound.
Modelling lamp here, that's the on and off.
You can actually control the intensity of the modelling lamp, 5% to 100%.
You can dim the modelling lamp or you can increase the intensity
and you've also got the test button here.
It’s a silver test button which fires off the flash.
On the top right here, you've got a dial.
And that dial there controls the actual output of the flash
as well as some of the settings.
So, if you want to change the channel, group, things like that,
you can change it by turning that dial there.
And you've got sync port. You’ve got two sync ports.
You’ve got USB sync port and you’ve got a standard sync port.
The USB sync port is used for Godox's legacy flash trigger systems
which include FT16 and the XT16. That's what you use that port for.
And then, you've got a standard 3.5 mm jack which is used as sync port
whether you use a sync cable or another brand's flash triggers.
If you have another brand or flash triggers, such as PocketWizards
or any other brand, typically that have a 3.5 mm jack port
that you could plug directly into there. The receiver on one end,
trigger on the other end of the camera.
Put it on top of the hot shoe and that should fire it off.
On the top here, you've got a fuse compartment
and you've got AC port jack.
A fuse compartment houses a spare fuse as well as the active fuse
so that's a good inclusion.
Okay, let’s switch this on really quickly and run through some of these settings.
So, the group channel button here.
You just need to press down on the group channel button
and you can cycle through all the different groups.
There’s a total of 16 groups from A to F and then zero to nine.
If you hold down on your channel button there, your group channel
it will start flashing on the channel indicator
that allows you to change the channel there.
That little diagram over on the side here which switches which actually change
so if you're using other alternatives 2.4 GHz flash triggers,
you can match up some of the switches here to obtain that channel
because some triggers don't actually have LCD screens
which won’t allow you to actually determine what channel it's on.
So, you need to use the switches and just match it up to that diagram.
You got the S1, S2 buttons.
So the S1, S2, as mentioned earlier, that's for you slave function.
You could set that to slave 1 or slave 2 or just switch that off.
The buzz button controls that sound.
All those sounds beeping that you actually hear just now
[beeping sounds]
as I’m changing all the settings, you can turn that off by pressing buzz.
As I'm changing the settings here, it's no longer making a sound.
And then, on top here, on the next button here,
we've got modelling light on and off. So, you can turn that on and off.
And, if you press down on it, it will actually turn it on.
Let’s just leave it on full strength or if you press down another time,
it will actually bring it down to 5%
and that's where you can actually change it.
Hold it down.
That's how you can actually change the modelling light
and adjust the intensity and dim it or increase the output if you want to.
And lastly, you’ve got the test button.
The test button fires off the flash so you can shoot off the test flash.
And, it's all there.
As you can see, you can twist the dial so that it's completely off
or you can cycle through the different output levels.
From 1/16 all the way up to 1/1
and you can go up in increments as you can see there.
So, some of other physical pages of the Godox SK400II include
that it has a Bowens S mount.
On the front here, just hold down onto that silver tab and twist to unlock.
That releases the mount.
So, the Bowens S mount is a universal mount nowadays
and then it allows you to mount lighting modifiers such as this.
So, this is a reflector that's included with the package.
Just twist to lock there.
So you can mount an array of other lighting modifiers
including soft boxes, band boards, snoots, beauty dishes
and a whole bunch of different lighting modifiers.
On the bottom here, you've got a knob.
This knob controls the tilt of the actual flash
And right at the centre there is an umbrella mount.
That umbrella mount allows you to feed through an umbrella.
Parabolic umbrella, umbrella soft box.
Just loosen that screw to fit your umbrella through
and you’re ready to shoot with the lighting modifier.
So, that was a quick unboxing and overview of the Godox SK400II flash.
This is one of Godox’ entry level flashes with the inbuilt X triggering system.
It’s a great little studio flash, very affordable
and really got all the functions that you need to get up and running
in terms of setting up a flash studio system.
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