Guy A. Loc: Concord, Ohio

I am new at this speed light thing and would like some basic assistance on the initial set-up of the light to the T5.
The light is a mod. Yn560 II
I will appreciate any help,
Thank you,
Guy

Rick36203 Loc: Northeast Alabama

The yn560 is a manually adjusted flash(non-ttl) that can be used in 'M' mode sitting on the camera's hotshoe. Or, it can be used off-camera triggered by the camera's pop-up flash in Slave1 (no camera pop-up ttl pre-flash) and Slave2 (ignore camera's pop-up ttl pre-flash).

All power and zoom adjustments are made by the user at the flash. The flash head is fully adjustable and includes a built in diffuser and small bounce card.

As for initial setup (without a light meter) ... At iso 100 zoom 35, the flash has a GN 12 rating @ 1/8th power. Changing ISO to 400 @ f/8, and having a shooting distance (from flash to subject) of about 10ft will usually render good results as a starting point. Adjust as needed from there. Be sure to keep shutter speed at 1/200 or less. (Maybe 1/160 with your Canon?).

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larrywilk Loc: Palm Harbor, FL

This is for the 560 III which is very similar http://www.hkyongnuo.com/e-detaily.php?ID=311 You can download the manual from here.

You may also want to get a Yongnuo radio trigger/transmitter. It will work with the flash, I believe. It does with my 560 III.

Good luck!

Rick36203 Loc: Northeast Alabama

The 560II does not have a internal radio receiver, but the 560III does. In order to use radio signals for off-camera use, you would need two (2) transceivers, one for the hotshoe and one for the yn-560II.

larrywilk Loc: Palm Harbor, FL

Didn't know that. Thanks!

Rick36203 Loc: Northeast Alabama

You're welcome. What's even more interesting (and annoying) is that your yn-560III's internal receiver can be triggered by Yongnuo's rf-602, rf-603, yn-560IV, and yn-560-tx, but not their yn-622 or yn-622tx.

larrywilk Loc: Palm Harbor, FL

Just located the manual yesterday. I normally shoot manual flash and upon reading the manual noticed my 603's would trigger them so I set that up. I have six of them for the wife and I but will also use them on some cheap studio strobes I came across. Just waiting for the PC cables.

Still a very inexpensive start for flash or strobe photography.

tropics68 Loc: Georgia

What he said. :thumbup: :-D

mawyatt Loc: Clearwater, Florida

Hi Larry,

One thing you can do is trigger just one strobe with the RF trigger and let this strobe trigger the other strobes optically by the flash. I do this and it works well, at least indoors.

You can also do the same with speedlights & stobes, trigger one with the RF trigger and the others optically by flash.

Even some of the really cheap fixed output strobes, like the ones that have the E27 Edison standard lightbulb screw mount can be trigger by optically flash. I have a rather complicated setup with 4 adjustable strobes in light boxes, 2 adjustable strobes with umbrellas, and 6 fixed output strobes with umbrellas.

Originally the 4 adjustable strobes in light boxes were triggered with RF triggers (cheap Neewer), while the other 8 strobes were optically triggered from the flash. Later on, just one of the adjustable strobes was triggered with the RF Trigger and all the other 11 strobes were triggered optically by the flash.

Cheers,

Mike

mawyatt Loc: Clearwater, Florida

Rick,

I have a couple YN-560IV, a couple YN-568EX and 4 YN-622N I use for portable use. I agree very annoying about the 622 not being compatible with the 560!

Best,

Mike

EnglishBrenda Loc: Kent, England

Hi Guy, I learn't how to use these by watching several youtube videos and practising all the options to get it clear in my head. The manual wasn't very clear. Also, I find the yongnuo radio transmitters very useful and very inexpensive, just make sure they are set up for your Cannon T5, I have the Nikon version. These can be used to trigger the camera or speedlight off the camera.

Bill Emmett Loc: Bow, New Hampshire

Be sure when you order, the speed light is for Canon.

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