LCScotland Loc: Edinburgh Scotland

Hi All,

My first flash, a lovely new Yongnuo YN 560 II Speedlite was delivered yesterday. Now, it is meant to be a Christmas present and will soon have to be wrapped up and put under the tree.... But, by chance, it was me who took the delivery and no-one else, as yet, knows.
Does this mean that I get to spend some of the weekend playing with my new toy..... or should I own up and hand it over?
Suggestions please...(but be quick...)

DavidT Loc: Maryland

Spend more time with it this weekend. Who knows, maybe the end of the world was off a couple days. :-)

MtnMan Loc: ID

So far I have left my wife's 105mm Nikon Macro in the closet. It has come close a couple of times when she was out shopping...

:-D :-D :-D

jdubu Loc: San Jose, CA

If you play with it now, you will know more about it's capabilities during the actual holiday.

Then wrap it up and maybe open it first, have your camera ready to go, and use it to capture the festivities!

Masonken52 Loc: Annapolis Md.

There not expensive,I have one, but you should buy a second one so you can have a clear conscious and you'll have an off camera flash!

Robert-Y Loc: Cambridge UK

It always pays to err on the side of honesty in my book. Don't fall to temptation,enjoy later without guilt.

Rob

billozz Loc: Birmingham, England

i have read that these falshes do not have ttl is that correct
thanks
Bill

billozz Loc: Birmingham, England

sorry i forgot to say i thought it was the cameras that had ttl not the flashes, in other words i thought the camera shut the flash off after acheiving the correct exposure, so how does the flash affect that
thanks again
Bill

LCScotland Loc: Edinburgh Scotland

Hi Bill and everyone, thanks for your funny comments and sensible suggestions. Took it out for a look and to make sure it all worked ok. It did, thankfully and it appears to be a good, solid piece of kit. Life at the moment is too busy however so I'm going to be patient and wait for Santa! All the more exciting.

In answer to your question, this model isn't TTL capable and is just me dipping my toe into flash - and I paid less than £50. It has two bigger brothers - the 565EX (c£102) and the new 568EX (c£125) both of which I believe are TTL.

Below I've pasted one of many good reviews on Amazon about the Yongnuo 560II from a much more experienced sounding photographer. By the way, it came from China in only 6 days.

"6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent additional flash unit 7 Oct 2012
By D. Chisholm
Amazon Verified Purchase
Ordered this unit to use as an additional remote flash, so it was never going to be attached to the camera.
As described, the unit is fully manual, so fitted my requirements. It works well when combined with the rf602 receiver/trigger combo - able to shoot up to 1/250 x/sync with no problems at all. This unit has S1 and S2 slave modes but probably won't utilise that function as I always use triggers.
Build quality - very good. It's about the same weight and size as the Canon 580exii. The flash head will also fit the StoFen diffuser for my 580exii.
The recycle time is very good - probably on a par with my 580exii. There is a connection for an additional power pack which helps speed up recycles.
The controls on the back are very easy to figure out - in fact haven't even looked at the instruction book yet.
The pullout wide diffuser panel and white reflector seem robust enough. It comes with a protective pouch and stand.

Buy this model of flash unit if you only require fully manual operation. There is no TTL, but there again you aren't paying for it. Its ideal for strobists or those who know how to use manual flash settings. At this price you could build up a great portable lighting kit.
If you are looking for a flash unit to use on-camera - then you are best looking to some of the other models from YongNuo that have TTL.

This is an excellent piece of kit for the price and in the right hands with the right knowledge you would be able to get some great results".

There you go. Best of luck.
Lindsay