I bought these to start doing wireless triggered flashes both for portraits, and to enhance other compositions requiring extra lighting. I tested my 2, YN560 III's along with my Canon 430 II, using the RF603 II triggers dedicated for Canon 5D camera. The build quality appears to rival the Canon flash, but it is too early to know about long-term performance of the zenon bulb and the other working parts of these units. This is an economical way to enter wireless flash and as an experiment.
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Does not have E-TTL which is vital for communicating with all the newer cameras today, otherwise the flash out-put goes into a default setting and will only put out one burst of flash no matter if you increase or decrease the out-put level. It would probably be ok if you use it as a secondary remote flash but not on-camera flash. I will end up just buying the Canon 600 flash and use this for a trigger remote flash or sell it.
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A manual flash, easy to operate, intuitive buttons, a large liquid crystal display are some that features about this item. Powerful tools to communicate with camera (direct slave to flash, slave to flash with ttl system and RF communication with YN603). Is a fantastic first flash, specially designed for Strobist Photography.I never use it on the camera, just as supplementary lighting
Reliability Flash YN560 III was at the highest level. They stand even 40 minutes of footage in the rain, excellent build quality and strength of the body . All mating parts fit perfectly , the battery cover is reinforced with metal and very sturdy. Excellent ergonomics loading batteries . very convenient power switch . - 1 1, 1 2, 1 4, 1 16, 1 32, 1 64 , 1 128. there is a correction. Shoe is very powerful and durable. There is a sound charging. Slip mode literate - at the touch of the shutter button or the synchronizer cameras without the shutter , the flash out of the slip- mode . Two positions of the rotating head for on-camera modes - near and far . when you turn off the settings are stored in non-volatile memory and will not be reset built-in receiver for Radio Controls type RF603 and RF602. This is a real breakthrough , because saving a lot of time , unnecessary connections , battery Recharges very quicklyRead full review
Many eBay sellers advertise this flash unit for a specific camera with different prices. It makes the consumer think it's a dedicated flash unit. It is not. If you look closely at the bottom of the shoe, there is only one contact pin in the middle, which means it can be triggered by any film or digital cameras with a flash shoe. That’s about it. Your camera can not communicate with this flash unit to make sure the settings are correct. Many photographers review this flash unit as if it is to be used for general everyday photography, comparing it with other flash units. It is not, and cannot be used for general everyday photography. Even though this flash unit has many advanced features, the company forgot to put a TTL function, or at least an AUTO function to make it useful for general types of photography required by all photographers. Their design is a step in the wrong direction. The main purpose of this MANUAL flash unit, with its built-in features, is for a SECONDARY flash. In other words, it's a SLAVE FLASH UNIT. Mount it on a stand, and set it on S1 or S2 slave, and you can fill the background or the main subject...no problem. But do not advertise it for general flash photography or for specific cameras. As a main flash for everyday use? You and your subject will be very frustrated waiting for you to MANUALLY make power level adjustment, MANUALLY adjusting the zoom head, MANUALLY moving the flash to the correct distance, MANUALLY adjusting your camera aperture and ISO, MANUALLY adjusting your zoom setting, etc, and then making another TEST if the first exposure was off. If you get lucky and obtain the correct exposure the first time, you might still have to adjust your camera shutter speed to compensate or override the ambient light. By that time, the bride and groom walking down the aisle is gone, the giggling facial expression of a child is now pouting, and the baptismal photo in the church which does not allow for retakes because it can only be done once…is finished. You just missed your once in a lifetime photo because you were fiddling with this very clumsy MANUAL flash unit!!! If you really want a good flash unit with TTL metering, AUTO focus assist, AUTO setting of shutter speed and aperture, and a high guide number of 92 at ¼ the price, with MANUAL setting of course, then go to Walmart and get a DEDICATED Sunpak DF3000. You can then concentrate on the event and not worry about setting your flash MANUALLY and missing the shots. Got the picture?Read full review
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