Godox Trigger for Sony A7iv

[Faldrax]

So I've finally made the switch, and now have a shiny new Sony A7iv to replace my trusty A900.
That means a switch from the old iISO (Minolta/Sony 'special') hot shoe to the MIS (Sony 'lets make something almost, but not quite, standard').

Previously I had a set of Pixel King triggers, which fired my old DE-300 lights via the sync cable, plus an XT16 (handheld) and XTR16 on each light to adjust power, etc.

In theory, the XT16, being 'generic' should work in the MIS hotshoe, but my recollection was this it was rather temperamental (worked about 25% at best) on my A6000, so looking to get a new trigger designed specifically for the MIS shoe.

Which means the XT2 or XTPro

I don't foresee any need for more than the 5 groups of the XT2, and is has a supposedly superior locking mechanism, as well as being a bit cheaper.
I do aim to switch my old battery flash for Godox units at some stage, but in no rush to do so (I've got a little MK-320 to provide a touch of fill when needed in the meantime).

Anyone have any particular reason why I should get the XTPro, or am I right to opt for the XT2?

 

[CharleyL]

One advantage of going with a Godox X2T transmitter is the pass thru hot shoe on top of it, so you can stack your old transmitter on it and then use both flash control systems (new and old) until you can afford to fully make the switch to Godox or one of the rebadged versions. I did this, and I quickly came to appreciate the Godox Flash Communication system when it would fire the lights while my old lights would sometimes fail. It made a believer out of me, and my finances got tight in my haste to replace all of my lights with Godox/Flashpoint. That was 2 1/2 years ago and I haven't looked back. I found an interested photographer friend and made him the deal of the century on my old light system.

To use your old lights with this X2T transmitter otherwise, you will need Godox X1R receivers for each brand of light that you want to control from the X2T transmitter and these need to match the brand of light being controlled, if you want light level adjustment capability from the camera. I have now also upgraded to Godox X Pro transmitters, and recently an X Pro II transmitter. This new transmitter has several new features that make it worth having, but mostly for studio use, since most speedlites don't have modeling lights, yet. You get much better control of the modeling lights than just all on and all off. You can select 100%, 50%, or the setting of the modeling light adjustment on the light being controlled now for each group of lights, if the lights have modeling lights. You also get the X2T hot shoe style lock with this new X Pro II version, where the original X Pro still has the old version screw down hot shoe lock.

Contact me if you need more help, but I also check in here almost daily.

Charley