Godox V480 Flash Firmware v1.03

19 Feb

Written By MJ

Earlier this week as I was searching through Godox’s website for some information, I realized that a firmware update (v1.03) for the V480 was released recently by them. You can download the latest firmware for the flash from their official page here, as well as the firmware updater here.

This new firmware update adds several features to the flash (depending on which camera brand you are using it with), but in my opinion, there are 2 quality-of-life features that stand out.

The first is the ability to disable scroll wheel for power-on - with the scroll wheel disabled, the flash can be turned on by just long pressing the power button.

The second is the screen-lock power off memory. With this update, the flash now remembers the screen lock status when it is turned off, and when powered on again it will return to the same state - in short, if the screen is locked when the flash is turned off, when powered on again the screen would be locked from the start.

These both are very useful in the field, as there are times I had to turn off the flash intermittently, but when I powered the flash on again I had to go back and lock the screen again to prevent accidental touches. Now with this update there is one less step to go through, and I am definitely thankful for it.

The firmware update process is quite straightforward - the instructions are listed in the updater itself, though there are some things you might want to take note of:

I do not know why, but the firmware update does not work with a USB-C-to-C cable; using it with a generic USB-A-to-C cable works.
For Windows users, it is better to use the older version of the updater (Godox G3 V1.1) as it is more stable and does not flag false positives in antivirus software.

As I had mentioned in my previous post here, I have been using the Godox V480 as my main on-camera flash for several months now, and overall I am very satisfied with its performance and small footprint, although there are some minor areas in handling which can be further improved. This update is definitely a step in the right direction, and now perhaps I can hope that a firmware update that just disables the touch screen while leaving the scroll and button active would be available in the near future.