So... I pressed “place order”! And will soon be the proud owner of the Nikon 85mm 1.8 G lens and a Yongnuo YN685 speedlight for my D7200. Was looking at the Nikon SB 700, but the...

PeggySue58 Loc: Sedro Woolley, WA

And will soon be the proud owner of the Nikon 85mm 1.8 G lens and a Yongnuo YN685 speedlight for my D7200. Was looking at the Nikon SB 700, but the Yongnuo was 1/3 of the price of the Nikon. Hoping I made good choices! Can’t wait to see that Adorama box!!

rmorrison1116 Loc: Near Valley Forge, Pennsylvania

I've got the lens and the flash and I'm absolutely sure you will be happy with your choice.

Robeng Loc: California

PeggySue58 wrote:

And will soon be the proud owner of the Nikon 85mm 1.8 G lens and a Yongnuo YN685 speedlight for my D7200. Was looking at the Nikon SB 700, but the Yongnuo was 1/3 of the price of the Nikon. Hoping I made good choices! Can’t wait to see that Adorama box!!

PeggySue

Couple of years ago I got a Yongnuo flash for Christmas from a friend. I gave it a try and found out it worked great on par with my Nikon flashes. If you're not familiar with using a flash check out the strobist website. Lots of good info.

justhercamera Loc: NW Michigan

I have that flash as well, two of them actually, and am quite happy with them. Sometimes reading the "manual" that comes with that brand of flashes can be interesting, things get really garbled in translation, but the flash itself is great.

Jim Bob

PeggySue58 wrote:

And will soon be the proud owner of the Nikon 85mm 1.8 G lens and a Yongnuo YN685 speedlight for my D7200. Was looking at the Nikon SB 700, but the Yongnuo was 1/3 of the price of the Nikon. Hoping I made good choices! Can’t wait to see that Adorama box!!

OK. Thanks for letting us know that you bought new stuff. Absolutely titillating.

PeggySue58 Loc: Sedro Woolley, WA

justhercamera wrote:

I have that flash as well, two of them actually, and am quite happy with them. Sometimes reading the "manual" that comes with that brand of flashes can be interesting, things get really garbled in translation, but the flash itself is great.

Good to hear! I am hoping that it will work as a slave to my on camera flash, had heard about the “manual” so hoping I will be able to figure that out!

PeggySue58 Loc: Sedro Woolley, WA

Robeng wrote:

PeggySue

Couple of years ago I got a Yongnuo flash for Christmas from a friend. I gave it a try and found out it worked great on par with my Nikon flashes. If you're not familiar with using a flash check out the strobist website. Lots of good info.

Thanks! I will have to check that out! I will need all the help I can get!

PeggySue58 Loc: Sedro Woolley, WA

rmorrison1116 wrote:

I've got the lens and the flash and I'm absolutely sure you will be happy with your choice.

Thank you! I have been trying to decide between the 50mm & the 85mm for quite some time, both have great reviews, can’t wait to try it out! Same with the flash, have been looking at the SB700, but seems that a lot of the “hogs” are using Yongnuo, and it appears that it gets better reviews, so my finger hovered over the place order button, then before I knew it, I had an order number!

PeggySue58 Loc: Sedro Woolley, WA

Jim Bob wrote:

OK. Thanks for letting us know that you bought new stuff. Absolutely titillating.

Glad to give you something to grump about Jim Bob! How boring it would be if when we bought new stuff we didn’t post it! Hope you have a great day!

Jim Bob

PeggySue58 wrote:

Glad to give you something to grump about Jim Bob! How boring it would be if when we bought new stuff we didn’t post it! Hope you have a great day!

You call that a "grump"? What would you call this: Nobody wants to hear about your conspicuous consumption and braggadocio. Guess that would be a compliment.

PeggySue58 Loc: Sedro Woolley, WA

Jim Bob wrote:

You call that a "grump"? What would you call this: Nobody wants to hear about your conspicuous consumption and braggadocio. Guess that would be a compliment.

Haha! You are just a bundle of joy! And still I see posts all the time of what other “hogs” are buying, I am happy for them. Basically, I was just looking for some helpful info. on my rather meager purchases! Now, had I just purchased a new D850 along with a Nikon 70-200mm 2.8, your comment may have a little more bearing! But, it is what it is!

WayneT Loc: Paris, TN

I have the 50 f1.6 and 2 Yongnuo flashes YN-565 and really like both and have had no problems with the flashes after 2 years of use. I also have the 40mm f2.8 DX lens which was also a great buy for me for doing indoor macro work. The 50 is actually a great portrait lens, you just need to get a little closer.

PeggySue58 Loc: Sedro Woolley, WA

WayneT wrote:

I have the 50 f1.6 and 2 Yongnuo flashes YN-565 and really like both and have had no problems with the flashes after 2 years of use. I also have the 40mm f2.8 DX lens which was also a great buy for me for doing indoor macro work. The 50 is actually a great portrait lens, you just need to get a little closer.

I have been debating between the 50 and the 85 for quite some time, went with the 85, since the 50 was not much longer than my 35! Felt I had to get too close when doing portraits with my 35, so can’t wait to get the 85! I have an old 50mm E series lens that I used with my Nikon EM back in the day (gave it to my Dad & he still has it!), but it has to be manually focused and that is just too slow for me nowadays with fidgety grandchildren!! Haha!

GoofyNewfie Loc: Kansas City

PeggySue58 wrote:

Good to hear! I am hoping that it will work as a slave to my on camera flash, had heard about the “manual” so hoping I will be able to figure that out!

I think you'd be better off getting the Yongnou Transmitter for off-camera use.
Don't believe the Yongnou flash is fully compatible with Nikon's in-camera infrared commander system so controlling the slave remotely won't be possible, and TTL wont work (though I rarely use TTL with a remote) unlike the Nikon SB-700....but the SB-700 has to be in sight of the camera's commander unit to work reliably. You could just put it on a radio receiver.

Have fun with off- camera flash!
Opens up a lot of possibilities.
Joe McNally's books and website are a great resource as are Neil van Nierk, Strobist and several Facebook sites like Learn to Light OCF site and the Facebook site: Strobist .

WayneT Loc: Paris, TN

I have the transmitter and receivers for my 565's and they work well. The nice thing about the 685 is that they have the receivers built in so all you will need is the transmitter. The only reason you will need the transmitter is if you plan to do off camera flash. My transmitter does provide TTL although I don't use it very often. This one is compatible with your 685:
https://www.amazon.com/YONGNUO-YN622N-TX-Wireless-Controller-Transmitter/dp/B00NJGMICU/ref=sr_1_3?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1520350555&sr=1-3&keywords=yongnuo+transmitter+nikon