How can I trigger a Godox SK400 II strobe with a Canon EOS M50?
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I’m trying to use a Godox SK400 II studio strobe with a Canon EOS M50. I bought a sync cable, but the strobe still won’t fire from the camera. What’s the correct way to connect or trigger this light, and are there any limitations with cable syncing on the M50?
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The easiest way to sync with the SK400 II and have the most control would be to get a for-Canon Godox 2.4 GHz radio transmitter unit for your camera hotshoe: e.g., an XPro-C or Flashpoint R2 Pro II-C, or TT685-C. The SK400 II has a built-in radio receiver in the Godox system, so a Godox transmitter on your camera could remotely fire, adjust the power, and control the modeling light on the strobe.
Using a TTL sync cable is not possible, since the SK400 II does not have a flash foot to attach it to. Any other sync cable would require a 3.5mm connector for the SK400 II, and a PC (Prontor-Compur) or 3.5mm connector and a hotshoe-to-PC (or 3.5mm) adapter for the M50, since it does not have a flash sync port of any kind built in. And a PC/3.5mm sync cable would be a manual-only connection that could only allow the camera to fire the strobe. All other settings would have to be adjusted on the strobe itself.
You could, however, also use the pop-up flash on the M50 to remotely fire the SK400 II, since it also has the S1/S2 optical slave modes. If your pop-up flash is in M, use S1; if your pop-up is in TTL, use S2, so that the metering pre-flash is skipped and won't trip the strobe too early. This is also manual-only but wouldn't require you to purchase any additional gear.
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The simplest and most reliable way is to use a Godox 2.4 GHz radio transmitter for Canon on the M50’s hot shoe, such as a Godox XPro-C or similar compatible Godox/Flashpoint transmitter. The SK400 II has a built-in Godox radio receiver, so a transmitter can fire the strobe remotely and also let you adjust power and modeling light.
A TTL sync cable will not work here: the SK400 II is a studio strobe and does not have a hot-shoe foot. If you want to use a cable, the strobe needs a 3.5mm sync connection, while the EOS M50 has no built-in PC sync port. That means you would need a hot-shoe-to-PC or hot-shoe-to-3.5mm adapter plus the correct sync cable. Even then, it would only be a manual trigger connection, not TTL.
So in practice, use a Godox Canon-compatible radio trigger rather than a cable.
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