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 p.1 #3 · Any way to trigger a Godox strobe with a Pocket Wizard compatible light meter? | |
sungphoto wrote:
You don't need a pocket wizard. Just use the godox trigger, turn the sekonic meter to the flash icon, set the shutter and iso on the meter, and fire the godox trigger.
And to continue -
When you take a photo, or manually trigger the flash, the Sekonic meter will measure the flash and display the result. I have two of the Sekonic L-308-U meters (one for the studio and one for the field kit). When set for flash, the meter will read the flash level and display the reading. Then you need to reset the meter for the next attempt (a simple button push). They work well for flash when used correctly, but can also be used for constant light, and most old meters only worked well with constant light. Some older models did work with flash, but needed a sync cable connecting the flash trigger to the light meter. If you have one of these older meters, look for the sync cable connector on it.
There is a newer and more expensive Sekonic light meter that is supposed to trigger the flash transmitter. I think it's via Bluetooth. This would need to work with a flash trigger that can receive the Bluetooth flash signal to trigger it. The advantage to this is that you can leave the flash trigger on the camera while using the light meter near each light and eliminate the need to carry both the flash trigger and the light meter when taking these measurements. I decided that I really don't need to replace my light meters for this new feature light meter, but if buying for the first time, this might be a good feature to have.
Keep in mind though, that not all flash triggers have BlueTooth capability. I know that the Godox X2Tc and the latest Godox X3 Pro c triggers do have BlueTooth, but I'm not certain that they have the ability to receive a BlueTooth flash command from the light meter to trigger the flash. It might be a nice feature to have, but these are new features and not known by me to work together yet. Well, at least I don't have any "hands on" experience with them.
The Godox X2Tc and X3 Pro transmitters do have the ability to receive the group selection and light level adjustments via Bluetooth, and this can work with a Godox App on your cell phone. You make group and level adjustments on the cell phone App, and it changes the settings on the flash trigger, which then changes the settings on the studio lights, and some speedlites. The App contains a feature to trigger the camera, but with my last App and cell phone upgrade, this camera trigger function still does not work. So I'm just not certain that these new flash triggers can receive a "flash command" from this new model light meter yet either, but they are selling light meters that are supposed to contain this feature, although at a price significantly higher than the price of the Sekonic L-308 light meters, which today sell for about $260 USA price. I don't need anything better, at least not for the significantly higher price of these newer Sekonic light meters. A light meter is very nice to have, and it helps those new to photography to learn with it, but with today's digital cameras, you can get by most of the time without a light meter. The one that I have in my studio gets used mostly for "product", "still life", and "Teaching" photo shoots, but if not teaching, it's rarely used for my "Portrait" shoots. Last year I don't think I used the light meter in my field kit at all.
Charley
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