Yonguno flash: Anyone had any dealings with the Yonguno YN560 external flash gun? It's certainly a great deal cheaper than anything else I've seen but do you get what you pay for?

viscountdriver Loc: East Kent UK

Anyone had any dealings with the Yonguno YN560 external flash gun? It's certainly a great deal cheaper than anything else I've seen but do you get what you pay for?

Old Timer Loc: Greenfield, In.

I have read the reviews and thet seem to be good. It does have some limitations but for the money I am considering one. It can be used for a slave later if you want to upgrade. Do a search on this site as they have been discussed earlier.

rpavich Loc: West Virginia

Old Timer wrote:

I have read the reviews and thet seem to be good. It does have some limitations but for the money I am considering one. It can be used for a slave later if you want to upgrade. Do a search on this site as they have been discussed earlier.

I have a YN-565 and it's a good flash but I also bought a YN-560 and it came DOA.

They have a bit of a QC issue and so it's a crap shoot sometimes as to what you are going to get and how long it's going to last.

For the price difference (170.00 vs 245.00 for a Canon 430EXII) I didn't want to send more flashes back so I went with Canon.

As I said...the YN560 came fine and is still working fine but it's a manual flash, the 565 is more like a 580EXII clone.

travlnman46 Loc: Yakima WA

viscountdriver wrote:

Anyone had any dealings with the Yonguno YN560 external flash gun? It's certainly a great deal cheaper than anything else I've seen but do you get what you pay for?

Hi viscountdriver: Yes I have the YN560 flash, I received it for Christmas this past year. When I first came to UHH someone recomended it to me so I put it on my Christmas list. It does everything I want or need it to do, which in my case was an on camra flash that I could adjust and bounce off a ceiling for better lighting or use during a snow storm to show up flakes better. It is a manual flash but can be paired with other units as a slave. All in all I have had no problems with the unit I got, plus the price factor was great. The only side note is on the instructions. You can certainly tell, who ever wrote them, that English isn't their first language or maybe even their third or fourth. I nearly laught myself silly reading them. Hope this helps.

birdpix Loc: South East Pennsylvania

I own a Yongnuo 560 and it works well. It is a manual flash, as has been noted, and it fuctions well as a slave. It is cheap enough at around $72 to own several of them for studio work. For on camera flash though, the lack of ETTL metering would be a setback. Why waste all that high powered flash circuitry in the camera when you are not in a studio setting and you and your subjects may be moving around?

rpavich Loc: West Virginia

birdpix wrote:

I own a Yongnuo 560 and it works well. It is a manual flash, as has been noted, and it fuctions well as a slave. It is cheap enough at around $72 to own several of them for studio work. For on camera flash though, the lack of ETTL metering would be a setback. Why waste all that high powered flash circuitry in the camera when you are not in a studio setting and you and your subjects may be moving around?

Just to make it clear to the OP; the unpredictable and varying distance of the subjects to the flash is what this poster is referring to; not necessarily that you be shooting in a studio setting or not. If you are photographing something where you can shoot a shot and adjust the flash power to get it right; be in in a studio or on a location, then a manual flash is fine, but if you are (for example) at a party where the known distance is always changing from flash to subject and you are taking impromptu shots then ETTL is a must.

I hope that's more clear.

eglide02 Loc: Titletown USA

I bought one and then after losing whats left of my hair trying to use it I bought a 430exII you get what you pay for, if you think that you will be using flash more than once in a great while and want it to work when you do spend the money and buy a matching flash. Why go cheap when your toting around a DSLR and expensive glass. Learn from my mistake, and don't make the same one.

Don A Loc: Deming,New Mexico

I have a 560 that fell off my camera ( I DID NOT SECURE IT)
it hit the floor . and it still works

jimberton Loc: Michigan's Upper Peninsula

i have 4 of them and they all work awesome. i have used them to accomplish some pretty difficult lighting situations.

jjestar Loc: Savannah GA

I have a few I use as slaves, work well no problems.

birdpix Loc: South East Pennsylvania

rpavich wrote:

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Thanks. I must have been getting a little punch drunk and that was exactly what I was trying to say.

Mr Pass Port Loc: Texas

I have two of them and they work fine for me it's great for the price.

jimberton Loc: Michigan's Upper Peninsula

i have 4, but don't trust them to take out to a shoot without taking my 2 canon 580exll.

they have never let me down, but for the price i paid for them, i have to bring my 580's........

you know the old saying...if the price is too low.....there's something wrong.

but so far...all is great!! no complaints whatsoever.

viscountdriver Loc: East Kent UK

Thanks for all advice.I don't know too much about flash. It seemed to me thet the inbuilt flash in my D3100 was not good enough under certain situations but I don't use flsh often enough to pay a lot for one.

viscountdriver Loc: East Kent UK

I now find I can get a used SB400 for about the same money. Looks a better bet.