Help needed with GFX100S - studio shooting with strobes

[Stephen Tonkin]

I was invited to a studio shoot yesterday, with strobe (flash) lighting to shoot portraiture / models. The studios own strobes were set manually - my Godox X-Pro II F simply triggered the strobes. As this was my first time in this environment, I was new to setting up the GFX 100S. In the darkened studio (i.e. prior to taking the shot with strobes) my LCD / viewfinder was dark and it was difficult to frame the subject. Auto focus worked reasonably well, but not on part of the body I wanted - as I couldn't see it!

Is this a Live View (screen menu) issue or is there another menu setting which enables the LCD / viewfinder to 'see in the dark' - so to speak? Other people at this session using Canon & Nikon mirrorless cameras were able to do this easily.

Hope to hear from someone familiar with studio / flash environment. Thanks

[jerryy]

Welcome to the forum.

It is a different setting. These may help:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmVxAmEWYRk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8I0lmkpxmzE

They have direct answers for what you are asking about as well as some tips toward using those answers, very straight forward stuff.