Yongnuo YN 560 III Professional Flash Speedlight Flashlight, GN58 2.4G Receiver, Built in Trigger Receiver System, YN560 III YN-560III YN560III for Canon Nikon Pentax Olympus Camera

I purchased two of these units along with the YONGNUO YN560-TX Flash Transmitter unit and have found that these items work well when used alone or as part of a multi-flash setup. They appear to be well built, but I did find one minor flaw in one of the two units I bought. I discovered that some symbols on the LCD display of one unit do not appear at any time. I'm not sure I would have figured this out if I didn't have the other unit to use as a reference, although I may have been confused by items that were shown in the user guide that didn't show up on the display. The missing symbols don't appear to affect the performance of the flash and now that I know how all the settings work, I don't even think about it anymore. I feel the flash unit has plenty of different adjustments and I found that it is capable of creating a very powerful flash at the highest setting. I wonder a bit at how long it will last at that power setting, but I usually use it at a far less powerful setting... I also bought two of the "White Flash Diffuser for YONGNUO YN 560, 565, YN560 I II II & YN565EX" available here on Amazon and found that they fit the flash just fine. The flash has a built in diffuser piece that slides out of the way when not in use and it has a white bounce panel that slides out for use when desired. These units ship with a nice case and a plastic foot that can be attached to allow the flash to stand up on a table or other flat surface. I should note that these flash units are "dumb" units in that the only information they understand from the camera is that the flash is required to fire. All of the settings on the flash are adjusted manually. I still believe this flash is an excellent value because a fully automatic flash is going to cost a lot more $'s. A note for those who are trying to get this flash to work with the YONGNUO YN560-TX Flash Transmitter: The important thing I needed to learn was that the transmitter has several different group settings and it broadcasts all of them, but it is the flash that chooses which group setting to use. You will need to pick the which group the flash will listen to using the settings on the flash unit itself. I have used these flashes in the mode where it is triggered by another flash and that works as expected. I have used both rechargeable batteries and standard Duracell AA batteries. I am quite happy with the number of flashes that were created with each set of batteries.

The Sony flash for my camera retails new at nearly half a grand - that's ridiculous. I ended up getting a used HVL-58AM afterward too, but after losing many auctions for one (and refusing to pay blood money for a new one), thought I'd try the YN 560 as an interim flash. It really is spectacular, and even though I now have both, it still gets used a LOT. The levels of adjustment all the way down to 1/128, the many slave modes, and the multi setting make it very hard to give up, so I'll just keep it. For Sony it does need the Minolta to Standard Hot Shoe adapter, but I already had that, and nobody makes a 602 or 603 trigger compatible with Sony yet, so there is some degree of McGuyvering needed, but the results are well worth the effort. I now use it as a back/box/fill light or hair light a lot, and the flexibility of it is superb. The only downside in my mind is the lack of HSS, but my main light will sync at up to 1/8000 so it isn't the end of the world. It syncs fine up to 1/250, so for anything in studio it's fine, and for outdoor daylight I use the Sony. I only use the big strobes off camera, as either of them are just unwieldly on top of the camera (and the YN on top of the adapter to boot), but the built in acts as a controller and is capable of groups with the right triggers, so it works out quite well. TTL obviously won't function on a Sony camera, but I don't use it anyway, but I'm sure it could come in handy for a Canikon inclined person. The buttons/menus are a little cryptic, but google is your friend, and in a day's time you can know it inside out, and a couple more days you can make it play nicely with your dedicated units. For manual off camera use, it is every bit as good as the Sony, and at less than 20% of the new price, which make it a no-brainer. For my purposes, it's like having another 58, but for pennies on the dollar, especially as you can only have one act as controller anyway, and the two combined are more than capable of some pretty elaborate lighting. For under a c-note, you can have a great flash AND some eneloops, and really turn your creative options up a notch - or ten. Buy it - at the price, it would be silly not to. 4/2014 Have never updated a review, but had to this time. On location last month, I had this flash on a monopod as a slave and bumped it against the ceiling. The attachment on the bracket I was using let go and the flash fell almost 10 feet to a ceramic tile floor. The batteries shot out and flew well over 20 feet, the flash itself bounce a good 2 feet high and I was absolutely sure it was destroyed. I gathered the batteries back up, put them in and turned it on and it hasn't missed a lick since. Less than 2 weeks later, I had it on a light stand, well over 7 feet up and one of the models lost their balance, grabbed for the stand to catch herself and took it tumbling down the seawall with her, mangling the stand and sending the flash crashing onto and down between the big boulders. She was battered, the stand was totaled, but once I dug the flash out and put new batteries in (the ones in it were gone and we never found where they flew), it STILL works perfectly, gouges in the side and all. I have several $500 speedlights and NONE of them work any better (obviously in manual) than this unit, and while I don't want to test it, I suspect NONE of them would have survived either, much less both of these disasters. Built in radio receiver, highly variable power, dependable slave modes, multi mode .... this will do it all if you know what YOU are doing. Every poor review due to this flash not working in full auto mode make me want to scream. Anyone with even an ounce of ability would never even CONSIDER 'automatic' flash anyway. Cheap Chinese junk? B, please! It's a tank and outperforms all my 'name brand' flashes by a huge margin, dollar for dollar. I'll buy a bag full of YN's before I ever spend another penny on an overpriced 'name brand' speedlight again.

C'est très simple : fonctionne aussi bien que mon ancien Nikon SB910 qui était 8 fois plus cher !!! Même taille, même qualité de fabrication, même puissance (NG58). Evidemment, il n'est pas TTL. Mais en studio, où tout se contrôle aux petits oignons et à la patte du photographe, ce n'est pas gênant. Il manquerait cependant quelques accessoires comme un diffuseur ou des gélatines. Mais pour le prix, franchement, on s'en moque un peu. Il est déjà fourni avec un support de table et une housse qui n'est pas cheap du tout. Je l'utilise et contrôle à distance par le Yongnuo YN560-TX fixé sur la griffe de mon fuji x-e2. Son principal défaut : à ce prix là, çà démange d'en acheter tout un stock pour multiplier les sources d'éclairage, d'autant plus qu'il intègre déjà un récepteur pour mon Yongnuo YN560-TX. Tous ces flashes ne nécessiteraient donc aucun équipement supplémentaire pour être pilotés à distance par mon seul transmetteur fixé sur l'appareil photo. Tout devient si simple, une vraie aubaine ! Un seul regret : ne pas avoir connu l'existence de Yongnuo plus tôt.

Possedevo già due Yongnuo 560 markII, a novembre 2014 ho fatto l'upgrade al markIII. Ne ho acquistati 3 da Amazon per 200€ tondi. Li ho cambiati per sfruttare il ricevitore wireless integrato ed usarli in combo con il YN560TX preso su ebay per 35€. Questi flash hanno un rapporto qualità/funzionalità incredibile. Il corpo è un po' plasticoso ma tutto sommato ben fatto. L'elettronica è molto elaborata e completa ma allo stesso tempo intuitiva. Vorrei precisare, visto che viene chiesto spesso, che questo flash è COMPLETAMENTE MANUALE quindi bisogna dosare manualmente la potenza del lampo ma è compatibile con QUALSIASI FOTOCAMERA dotata di slitta hot-shoe. Non mi dilungo sulle caratteristiche che tanto è facile reperire, spendo qualche parola per elogiare il sistema wireless: Questo flash può essere "triggato" direttamente (senza altri accessori) dallo Yongnuo RF-602 e RF-603 ma da il meglio se usato con lo Yongnuo 560TX poiché è possibile gestire a distanza la potenza del lampo di 6 gruppi di flash. Non sono necessari altri accessori da collegare ai flash o alla macchina quindi meno batterie necessarie e tutte il formato AA (il TX usa due AA). Al momento è disponibile anche lo YN560 markIV che a differenza del III integra anche il TX. Gli unici difetti di questo sistema sono la mancanza del TLL (come detto sono dei flash manuali) e dell'HSS che ne consentirebbe l'utilizzo all'aperto. Per il resto li considero perfetti per l'utilizzo in studio (abbinati al 560TX). Piccola segnalazione Nel mese di aprile 2015 uno dei flash si è guastato, scattava solo a piena potenza. Ho contattato Amazon che l'ha sostituito con uno nuovo senza se e senza ma. In due giorni lavorativi hanno ritirato quello guasto e consegnato il nuovo. Come sempre servizio clienti impeccabile.

Amazing flash for a low price! I could get four of these (if not more!) for the price of one Canon flash... and it works! It just works, it does what it says it'll do. I'd need some Eneloop batteries or a power pack to make it work at its fullest, but it does the job perfectly even with the cheap batteries I've got right now. So far the flash did its job every single time even at higher powers. It beeps when it's done charging (you can deactivate it if it annoys you), which is awesome for me, since I work with the flash off-cam most of the time, often at an angle at which I can't see the little light that tells you if it's done charging or not. Then again, I haven't even needed to use it at full power considering how powerful it is, so I haven't had trouble with the recharging time. Since I never ever use TTL, this flash was perfect for me (I hate my flash making decisions in my place). It's easy to use, easy to understand, and you can jump right into using it even without reading the manual (which is written in quite poor English, but mine is no better because my first language is French and I've only learned English quite late in school, so I probably didn't notice it as much as people who have spoken English their entire life). There are a few functions that are hidden, but they're the customization ones such as the energy-saving time. The head can zoom, which is really nice to control its angle. Since I use it off-camera most of the time, it's only really useful to spread the light or make it a bit more focused on one spot instead. I haven't had the chance to use the Yongnuo triggers with it to test its radio capabilities, but I do plan on getting them when I'll have money to do so. Why you would WANT to buy this flash: 1) Inexpensive 2) Easy to use 3) Can beep 4) Has radio receiver inside it, though I haven't tried it yet 5) Head zooms 6) Fully manual (really helps understanding light when you start) 7) Looks pretty damn solid for such an inexpensive flash Why you would NOT want to buy this flash 1) Fully manual (depends on what you shoot, I guess) 2) Hidden custom functions 3) Might be a bit tough to understand for beginners (then again, there are probably YouTube tutorials, so that's not really a reason) 4) Uh... poor English in the manual? If you're a grammar nazi, it'll be tough on your eyes. So there you go, here's my review, and I plan on updating it the day I'll get Yongnuo triggers!

De acorde a mi economía es un producto muy bueno a muy buen precio, fácil de usar, muy buena potencia, sincroniza con los radios de su misma marca a la perfección, aunque los radios no son recientes, en cuestión de entrega fue super rápido en solo 3 días me llegaron, estoy satisfecha en todos los aspectos lo recomiendo.