arathorn357

Have used both Nissin Di700 and the Godox ad200, both with a wireless trigger mounted on the camera hot shoe. After seeing the much greater power. better value for the $ and adaptability of the Godox, I have sold the Nissin. Highly recommend getting the optional Godox round head and extension cable which just plug onto and replace the standard fresnel rectangular head. Godox also make some very good magnetic accessories for the round head (filters, snoot, grid pattern / directional accessories that just clip on and off with magnets). Godox was much cheaper and better than the Nissin, and unfortunately you cannot pair the different brand lights together. Godox also have a really wide choice of more powerful lights - only downside is their unhelpful user manuals but there are lots of how to guides for Godox products on you tube. Only the Godox wireless trigger is brand specific to Fuji (get the Pro model) - Godox lights and accessories are all generic so if you have to sell there will be a wide market for them. Google reviews of ad200 and you will see the following they have - you can also get the ad200 standard for about half the price of the ad200 pro and their is no appreciable real world difference in practice between the 2 units - but do get the round head accessory and cable meaning you can place them anywhere. Only issue might be if you want to put your speed light on top of the camera hot shoe (not a good place anyway and ad200 is too heavy to be a camera attachment) - much better to have the speed light off camera on a tripod or light stand to hold it.

thanks George - that page gives the solution to my problem. In case anyone else has this problem, the menu sequence is Set Up / Screen setup / Preview Exp / WB in manual mode / Off. Would have been useful in the manual to cross link that menu sequence to where they talk about HSS or using a really dark filter (like an IR) and preventing losing your view before the shot.

Hi just wondering if anyone here had found the solution to this problem on their X-T2. Have purchased a couple of speed lights (Nissin Di700A + their AIr Commander) which work well with the camera and which are easy to learn and use. Issue is when I use HSS (high speed synch) to move the shutter speed up to 1/8000 which gives a completely black back ground (very useful for when the back ground is forgettable) but with the speed lights the subject (such as a portrait) is illuminated just to the extent required to get an interesting shot with the portrait illuminated and all else black. The camera and those speed lights work well together to achieve that result - just up the shutter speed past the 1/250 x point and adjust for the desired power on the lights. Problem is with the shutter set to 1/8000 the viewfinder is as-black-as - ok on a tripod with a non moving subject. a bit more difficult when hand holding the camera or with a subject that moves. I suspect deep within the menus lies the answer to this but the manual does not seem to cover it. Anyone know how to overcome?