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

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.

Let me put it to you this way: (1) Nikon SB-900 ($560+) (the brand-name equivalent of this) (2) Pocket Wizard X ($198) (Get only one at your own risk). or (4) YN-560III ($280) (2) YN transceivers ($30-35) (2) 43'' Umbrellas ($70) (3) 8'5'' pro-grade light stands ($105) (4) Sandbags ($25) (1) 43'' 5-color reflector ($30) and still have $220 left over for things like memory cards, business cards, batteries, clamps, tape, cold shoes, a website, gas, food, beer, an assistant, etc. Or a really nice tripod, and then you already have a remote shutter control. -You do not need TTL. You should not use TTL professionally (because it's a crutch, nothing "wrong" with it... usually...). -You could STILL buy two PWX's with that $220 and have $20-ish left over. But unless you upgrade to studio lights (e.g., AB1600's) you really don't need that universality. -You have no backup lights if your single SB-900 blows up, breaks, or fails on a job. Notes: This thing does not like Energizer 2500 mAH batteries. I can use any other brand of rechargeable AA batteries but those Energizers. It is also not the batteries themselves, as they work in anything else I have tested. If you live in the USA, get the other one with the USA warranty: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00I44F5LS/ref=cm_cr_ryp_prd_ttl_sol_18 *Or pick the right warranty at the top... The plastic stand this comes with is usable, but not stable or well balanced at all. Also, it does not work well with a male connector for things like light stands (strips easily). Get an actual cold shoe to attach this thing to your stand. The case is pretty nice and fairly well padded. Absolutely no issues syncing to my other YN products. No hassle at all. Works on my Nikon DSLRs and Fuji mirrorless with no issues. **The flash is fully manual, so don't expect TTL. It's big and bright. It goes from 1/1 power down to 1/128th, and does 1/3 stops at most increments. The zoom is a bit noisy, but it works great, and still works. Recycle time isn't the best, but it is on par with the top-tier Nikon/Canon (and those $280 Lumopro) speed lights. I can shoot at 1/4000th shutter and F.4 on my Fuji and still get full-stop light power. YMMV. This requires a hot shoe cable and a leaf shutter. The only thing that I can't comment on here is color consistency/accuracy. It has always been perfectly accurate for what I do, but I am not a product photographer, and I don't need precisely calibrated colors. But if that's something that you need, you should be looking at $1000+ studio lights, not speedlights.

This review is based on the YN560-III (3) Only I needed a cheap speedlight 3 days before 2 last minute shoots, so I took a chance and ordered this flash last minute and had it sent overnight. (Which was right on time, btw) I purchased for my d800 & D7100, nervous about the title which said canon pentax...ect.... It fit perfect and fired first shot. Side Note*** (for newbees) - THIS IS A MANUAL FLASH, not an issue if you understand the basics, but that is the main reason for the huge price discount compaired to Nikon SB-700/900/910. Power goes from 1/1 - to - 1/128 power in increments of 1/3 steps. The flash is still ticking no problem after 2 full day shoots (using flash for every shot) Refresh time notes*** ---- The flash never overheated, even after I used a set of batteries until they died and immediately put a new set in and kept shooting. The D800 shoots at up to 5fps, and during the times that I shot at continuous burst it refreshed every time UNTIL i increased the power up to 1/8. Review my speeds below. 1/16(+0.7) - 1/128 Full D800 FPS durring 10 Frame Burst @ 5fps 1/8 -- Fired the first 5 frames durring a 10 Frame Burst @ 5fps 1/4 - Fired first 2 skipped 3rd fired on 4th for 10 Frame Burst @ 5fps 1/2 - Fired on 1st skpped 2nd 3rd fired on 4th skipped 3 fired once 1/1 - Fired 1st shot only durring 10 Frame Burst @ 5 FPS ---Conclusion, very very good for the price Zoom function overview*** Works great - works quickly I wish it had a PLUS & MIN dedicated buttons because if you miss your MM you have to cycle through again The reach is great, I use with my Nikkor 70-200 2.8G AF-S ED VR I at 200mm and at 1/8 power set to 105mm it works as a fill flash perfectly. Wireless function*** I have not used with radio trigger, but the slave function works great, It does not have to be line of site (necessarily) The range is great, so far i've used at 60ft It has "Flash Fired" sensor on FRONT & BACK (It works like its got them on the sides also, lol) It has battery pack plug in and camera flash cord plug in as well. Built in diffuser works well also Currently the unit I have, has roughly 1500 fires and is still going strong -- I will update in the future, but I plan on ordering 2 more by next week. Feel free to email or submit a request with any questions. [email protected] I WOULD TOTALLY RECOMMEND!!!

I don't write just a ton of reviews, but after having several of these flashes for awhile (began with 2, bought 2 more for myself), I feel like I have some actual worthwhile input. If you're looking at these flashes, I strongly recommend buying them. I also strongly recommend expecting some potential issues with them. They are a fraction of the cost of some similarly performing name brand flashes. As you might expect, this comes with some give and take. I'm not disparaging these products by any means. I love them, and will probably continue to use them even once I burn through the first 4 I purchased. But my recent experience has been just a little spotty. I had my first major "studio" style shoot yesterday where I used these flashes for a decent period. I took about 275 shots using 3 flashes over the course of ~2 or 2.5 hours. While this is a decent number of shots, I wouldn't exactly consider it super intense either - the flashes did often have rest periods of between 15 and 30 seconds, or sometimes even longer, before I'd continue shooting. This also includes a period of about 40 minutes shooting outdoors, where the trigger was turned off and the flashes were not in use. During this time, there were (rather frequent) times when 1 or 2 flashes simply did not fire. One flash in particular struggled it seemed, but it was not apparently related to the power I was using. My two main flashes had identical settings except for power. The first was shot at 1/2 +.3 power. Periodically it would not fire, but recycle time remained fairly consistent, even to the point where batteries died (they had been in use for nearly 3 weeks already, including for a couple of other smaller shoots). The second flash, which had brand new batteries at the beginning of the shoot, was firing at 1/4 +.3 power. Of the 3 I used, this was the flash that had the most trouble over the course of the shoot. After the first 45 minutes and probably ~60-70 exposures, many times the flash would not fire, would fire at lower power than it should despite the device indicating it was fully charged, or it would fire a couple of times and then not fire for 4 or 5 shots in sequence. Recycle time for this flash varied anywhere from almost instantaneous to nearly 15 full seconds, during which time I sometimes took a couple of additional exposures before realizing that flash was not firing, probably extending the recycle time even further. Sometimes that flash would fire and the first flash would not, but in almost every case the flash firing at more than 1/2 power recycled faster and fired more consistently than the one firing at just over 1/4 power. This doesn't make much sense to me. But, it also wasn't crippling. The shoot turned out great anyway, just with lighting that was a bit inconsistent between certain sets of shots. But if your shoot is "mission critical", or otherwise super important, you might want to keep in mind that this could happen...I suppose it could happen with high dollar flashes as well, but maybe it would be less likely? I can't say for sure, as I haven't used the more expensive Nikon/Canon units, but reading reviews about durability and reliability wouldn't be a bad idea. In any case, these are phenomenal flashes for the money. They've done 90% of what I've asked them to, and worked like champs so far even including the recent inconsistency. No defective units so far, excellent shipping speeds, etc...just keep in mind there's a bit of a potential caveat if you're trusting super important client work to only these units. If you're set on these being in your kit, then trust me - HAVE BACKUPS. These flashes are cheap enough to afford it, and you don't want to be caught without the equipment you need.

Like most of you reading the reviews I was a little a little concerned about buying this unit considering it is obviously an imitation of the actual canon unit. I ordered two of these and I can not be happier with them. I ordered the 603 trigger system and straight out of the box everything worked great. I have read several of the reviews that say they noted a color variance or they don't like the attachment etc. The units are very substantial and look almost identical to the Canon 580 EX II with some subtle differences in the buttons, but if you lay both versions side by side its obvious what going on here "read between the lines". Don't worry about the quality they are very nice. Are they the same as the Canon version "No" they lack TTL and some other features. I use them on a regular basis with the speed light soft box and for the majority of my shooting situations they work great. I am not a fan of TTL so it was not a concern for me as I have noticied it is wrong more than its right and shooting with the flash units in manual is much easier anyways, because you get exactly what you want. To bright turn it down, to dark turn it up it really is that simple. Most photogs that use off camera flash use the speedlights in manual mode probably about 90+% and all that I know. Brand name Speedlight and a TTL wireless trigger system will cost you close to a thousand dollars and that does not include the light stands adapters and soft boxes. I bought two of these with one 603 trigger set a couple of light stands with soft boxes all on amazon everything together less than $250 total and I put my set up against all by buddies that literally have thousands invested in multi-light setups and I get the same result. My review, I love them and you won't be disappointed but if you can't be pleased by saving money then spend the thousands on the name brand set up and you will be sad when you set up against someone that went this way. I shoot executive and family photography with Canon 6D and 5D MkIII.

First let me get out of the way that I don't like seeing reviews on this flash that contain "great for beginners". Hardly. This is manual flash and few beginners would have the patience or the know how to learn how to use it. But once you do, these are the flashes for you. The YN-560 III has it's limitations, particularly with battery life and recharge time (get an external power pack, you'll be glad you did) but I find it a sturdy, rugged, and professional grade flash unit. It's also very dependable. Like many others I saw the $80 cost and wondered just how good could it be for $80. Well, the lack of TTL cuts the price down, but I have to say the quality and reliability of these flashes is amazing. I have three of them now and I use all as slaves fired off Yongnuo RF603 triggers. These flashes contain wireless receivers that are designed to work with the RF603 so that you do not need additional receivers attached to your flash unit; they communicate automatically up to 100 feet away. Using this feature has made my life as a semi-pro shooter phenomenally easier. However as they are all manual units you do have to work harder to configure them for your shots but that's part of the art of photography. I have always shot with manual flashes as I also shoot everything on my camera in manual mode. For the price you cannot do better than these 560 IIIs. They have not let me down yet and as long as you are comfortable shooting in manual they are the most cost effective means of achieving professional style images at a fraction of the cost of big name gear.

I purchased 2 of these from Amazon warehouse deals on 11/21/14 they arrived 11/26/14 at my front door. Packaging for shipment could not have been better. After reading the manual, I installed the 4AA's and turned them both on. I had purchased the YN 560-TX from E-bay for $20 less than on Amazon and it had arrived the day before. After reading the instructions for the 560-TX which are very confusing; as an example the instructions jump from panel 2 to panel 4. I also checked youtube to help set up the flashes into groups. The video's presented were not very clear but I was able to assign the first flash to a group. I could not set up the 2nd flash to the group I tried for 2 hours but to no avail. I immediately requested an RMA from Amazon which I had within minutes of the request. The next day I decided to reinsert the batteries into the flash and research the problem. What I did was check all my settings from the flash that worked against the one I couldn't assign to a group. What I found was the very last setting I checked under advanced setting menu and it was assigned to 602 CII while the flash that worked was assigned to 603 CII, I changed this setting and like magic the group symbol appeared. There is nothing in the instructions or the minimal trouble shooting guides that even referred to this setting having to be set to a specific trigger model (dependent on Camera model) if you're using the YN 560-TX. However I do remember when purchasing those triggers that my 60D took one but not the other. I canceled the return. I mention this in case someone else has the problem of not being able to assign the 560 III to a group using the YN 560-TX. I've played very little with the system but what little I have played with it I'm impressed. everything is solidly built and function together perfectly. I'm looking forward to using them on a shoot this weekend.

I just wanted to leave a comment here regarding your product, the YN560-III Speedlite. I don't know if you're aware of this, but it is a very durable product. I am highly impressed and after having used it almost a full year, I found out how great of a product it REALLY is just recently! Let me explain... I was doing a photo shoot last week in a parking lot, and to back light the subjects I had to stick the flash in a storm drain near the bottom of the wall. A pipe coming out of a hole in the wall. Barely big enough for the flash to even fit in! Well, as I ended the photo shoot I was packing things up and a friend of mine arrived. I was distracted and forgot the flash as I packed up and left. A lot of things were going on, and it just slipped my mind since that isn't something I normally do. Fast forward to yesterday. I was looking around for the flash unit, and I couldn't find it anywhere! I kept thinking, and looking, and thinking, and looking and thinking some more! Finally I realized my mistake! I left it in that storm drain. Through Christmas, through a few rains, and some really cold (under 30 degrees) temperatures. I'm a fairly broke artist, so I panicked because I knew I wasn't going to be able to replace it for awhile and I REALLY need everything I have - as limited as it is. I went there today, expecting to have to talk to someone to ask if anyone turned it in to the property management, or worse - find it lying broke or damaged on the ground. As I rounded the corner, I saw it. Still sitting in the exact same position. Well, there's one relief down. It's still there. Now to see the damage. I try to turn it on, and it boots right up! I wait for it to recycle, and I press the test button and boom! BAM! Woooo! It worked! I was shocked, and amazed. I wanted to let you know how great your item held up under these conditions. If I had any money, I would buy another one right now. I am a fan, and I love your product. Thank you.

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.

Chegou bem rápido, veio tudo certo , funciona perfeitamente e sem nenhum arranhão ou defeito. Super indico.

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.