Does "Sony" version of Godox/Neewer flashes have a Canon-style external power socket?

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I am trying to figure out what type of power cable is needed to supply external power to a Neewer Nw880-S (for Sony) flash, as unfortunately the manual does not specify this and I cannot find any additional information on the company website.

The external socket on this flash has three pins in a row and a slight indent on one side that does not resemble any Sony cable connector I can see (Sony power cables appear to have the pins off set rather than in an evenly spaced row). I am no expert but the arrangement of the pins in the socket of the NW880-S does look the same as the arrangement of pins in the external power socket of the Godox TT600 and I have just read a post elsewhere that mentions Godox speedlight flashes use Canon connecter!

So I am curious to know if anyone can confirm if Godox/Neewer flashes do use a Canon connecter regardless of the compatability of the flash to Sony etc, which would be surprising and strange, but good to know
 

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Not sure what cable you are referring to, sync / remote cable ?
All these flashes have TTL features of a camera maker as they connect through hot shoe, and difference from an S to a C is in the foot pin arrangement, all else is universal and same regardless of dedication designation.

so if I have a C version, but flash has say wireless trigger built in, I can use that feature with any camera system, basic flash fires off center pin anyways, and as such any of them should work on any old non-ttl hot shoe.
 
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I am interested in the external power supply socket, not the sync/remote. Its purpose is to connect an external battery to fire the flash.

It is located under a plastic flap on the front of the flash.

The external power socket on the Neewer Nw880-S (for Sony) flash looks like this:

 

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If it's power supply then 100% it's the same connection across the dedicated line. It has nothing to do with flash functions and how they are transmitted to camera through foot pins.

No, I do not own this flash, I do have some Godox stuff, but any other answer to mine would make no sense.
 

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What does Godox say about cable and power pack? They must have their version of power pack and cable to use with that port. Basically the 3 pins are common, high voltage and low voltage. But the voltages and which pin is which can be different for different brands. I don't know if they use the Canon cable but I think it makes sense for them to use the same cable for all the flashes dedicated to different brands.
 
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Yes, Godox makes their own Propac external battery pack with different cables for different brands of flashes.

As you can see here, the connecter on the cable they specificy for Sony flashes is quite different to the socket of the Neewer flash NW808-S (S for Sony) I am talking about (see photo in earlier post:


However, the connecter Godox specifies to link their external battery pack to Canon flashes looks exactly the same as the socket on the NW808-S flash:


Hence my confusion!

Good idea to contacr customer support!

I just sent a message to Neewer and am interested to see what they say!
 

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The point I was trying to make, this is NOT related to actual function of the flash unit, and it would be inventory killer for Neewer (or whoever makes it for them) to make different power cable depending on TTL dedication. It simply makes no sense.
 

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Hassasin said:
The point I was trying to make, this is NOT related to actual function of the flash unit, and it would be inventory killer for Neewer (or whoever makes it for them) to make different power cable depending on TTL dedication. It simply makes no sense.
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No I think they use the same cable for all of their flashes but their cable isn't the same as Sony cable.
 
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Propt and helpful reply from Neewer customer support:

"Thanks for your question about the external power supply. All of our flashes have the power port integrated into their design as this is an industry standard expectation, but unfortunately we don't sell the supply adapter for it. The flash is designed to use battery power support. Using an external power supply can only reduce recycling times and make the unit work faster, but it cannot provide power to flash and will also heat up more as a result. If you wish to use this, we recommend that you purchase a Godox external battery to see if it works with this flash".
 
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Meanwhile, I also found the following helpful hint in an old thread:

"Godox uses the Canon connector on their TT speedlights".
 
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