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.

I shoot Canon, professionally. I wanted a system where I can trigger 2-3 of these flashes on stands with one flash siting on my camera and these flash guns are just perfect. So far so perfect (quality wise, as everyone is concerned with that) but read on...If you get these triggers (Yongnuo RF-603C II -- see the addendum on these, at the bottom of this review -- VERY IMPORTANT!), all you need (if you want to radio remote trigger these flashes) is have one of those triggers on your camera, one flash on top for fill-in (or bounced as needs be) and have 2-3 YN560III's on stands and have those radio triggered remotely. The creative light you can come up using these, is spectacular! If I shoot in the studio and I'm the only photographer using a flash guns then I can set these as optical slaves as well but when shooting a wedding, I don't want them triggered by other flashes (people take pictures all the time which will set these off when set as optical slaves) so I keep them on radio-trigger only. They work like a charm. LIKE A CHARM!These are manual only flash-guns. There's no TTL, eTTL or anything like that. But what is great about them is that for those photographers who love flash and only shoot manual, if you know how to work with them, you can create dramatic lighting situations (both indoors and outdoors). They have a simple and easily accessed menu. Fully compatible with the aforementioned radio triggers as radio triggered slaves (wireless capability is built in, which is fantastic!) as well as optical slaves as S1 and S2. Practically, unlimited possibilities. And if you are a beginner at using on or off camera flash, don't be afraid to take chance on these. In fact, shooting in manual and learning by trying different lighting situations , will teach you far more than using TTL or eTTL. I find that using flash with or without ambient light is different for every shooting situation and setting these manually yields the best results. I love the perfect flare they give which I like to capture when I shoot the couple during their first dance, at a wedding.As far as how well they're built and how long they'll last, the jury is still out. However, I will say that they feel solid in the hand and every detail seems nicely designed. The tilting mechanism is crisp and precise. Easy and simple menu layout. Every option that a professional manual flash should have. Buttons are soft, precise and responsive when pressed. Output wise are pretty much at par with Canon's comparable product (580EX ii). I've use both. I can't honestly tell the difference in terms of output.Someone mentioned here something that I must agree with -- no flash will last when blasted at FULL POWER for hours. As a professional photographer, using these flashes in tandem are very much like a dance -- I use them at lower power and create the optimal lighting conditions. I always anticipate what and when I want to shoot and when I think is the best time to hit the shutter. Part of the game. But even with a low or mid margin of quality issues (as I noticed that people have issues with them from time to time), the price I paid for what I'm able to do with them, is worth every single penny. I have a total of 4 units now. When shooting professionally, having backup gear is a must, regardless of brand. If one goes bad, its price would have been amortized if only used at one single shooting session. I've read reviews from photographers who used these for a very long time. Also, I must add, these new flashes are re-designed internally (better electronics). Seems that Yongnuo listens to customers' complains. Customer service, seems to be OK or non-existent (as per many reviews) though I noticed a few replies from Yongnuo to some negative, issue driven reviews here, on Amazon. It's a start. Also, the instructions are poorly written as it's the same with just about any other Chinese product out there. English isn't their strong suit, but with a little common sense and patience, you're able to figure things out. I find that to be a trend even with American companies, nowadays.RE Yongnuo RF-603C II triggers -- BE AWARE that an earlier version of these, without the "II" are being sold. They are compatible as well but read my review on those atrocities. They are HORRIFIC design wise, though technically, they are the same triggers and do the same exact thing!! The RF-603C II's are significantly improved as Yongnuo finally listened to unhappy customers who purchased the previous version of those triggers. One important change is a locking mechanism that allows the triggers to latch firmly into the hot-shoe of your camera, especially when you use an on-camera flash which is then, sits into the trigger's hot-shoe. The previous version did not have that -- major oversight. So that's fixed, along with a re-positioned on/off tx/rx toggle button, which now is in a the right place on the trigger unit. Overall, this system is something which I'm enjoying very, very much!

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.

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.

I'm a hobbyist with a Sony A6000, Panasonic GX1 and an RX100 (original model, no hotshoe). I bought this flash because it's much cheaper than the native auto flashes and gives the same or more light based on the published specs. Granted it's not automatic but that's a very small hurdle to overcome, especially if you're making use of an ILC. Since the multi-purpose hot shoe on the A6000 doesn't always work with standard hot shoe devices, I'm using the pop-up flash to trigger the Yongnuo and it works perfectly! Taking portraits indoors, I can stay low with the ISO and get well lit sharp pictures. It's powerful enough to bounce off the ceiling, so I can achieve little or no shadows. With the GX1, I can attach the Yongnuo to the hot shoe directly and it recognizes it perfectly fine. Just for kicks, I tried triggering the Yongnuo using the RX100 pop-up flash and that worked just as well.To get around the hot shoe problem, I purchased a couple of adapters to try and mount the flash on the camera. I ended up with two adapters, the Sony ADP-MAA and Pixel TF-325. I was then able to mount the Yongnuo on the adapters and the camera was able to trigger the flash directly. Only problem is it's quite top heavy though relatively sturdy. However, it does come with a stand and so you can place it on any flat surface or that stand can be mounted on a tripod if required.With 4 AA batteries I was able to get around 100 or so exposures at 1/8 power. Next purchase will be a battery pack and a wireless trigger to take things to the next level!Update:After a little research, it turns out that the Sony hot shoe has a thin layer of black paint on it that causes some devices, like this flash, to not be able to ground itself. Taking a nail file (sand paper would work too), I scraped off some of the paint on the undersurface of the left and right edges of the sony hot shoe being careful not to scrape anything else. And that worked perfectly. So now I can mount this flash directly on the a6000 and it triggers every time.For even more flexibility, I've added the YN560-TX to the mix. I now have the flash mounted off camera, but I can control all of its settings from the remote controller and of course trigger it.

This review is based on the YN560-III (3) OnlyI 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 @ 5fps1/8 -- Fired the first 5 frames durring a 10 Frame Burst @ 5fps1/4 - Fired first 2 skipped 3rd fired on 4th for 10 Frame Burst @ 5fps1/2 - Fired on 1st skpped 2nd 3rd fired on 4th skipped 3 fired once1/1 - Fired 1st shot only durring 10 Frame Burst @ 5 FPS---Conclusion, very very good for the priceZoom function overview***Works great - works quicklyI wish it had a PLUS & MIN dedicated buttons because if you miss your MM you have to cycle through againThe 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 60ftIt 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 alsoCurrently 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] WOULD TOTALLY RECOMMEND!!!

I own two YN-560 mk3 flashes as well as a couple YN-565 and a YN-568 mk2First of all lets start from the basics. All of these flashes utilize the same flash component and motor. They are all capable of the same zoom levels and burst speeds. The construction is identical on all three units, in fact I often confuse one for another during multiple flash setups so have color coated them with stickers.What makes this better than the other two? Well the truth is this is the most basic of the three models and for that you loose some functionality, but you do gain the ability to utilize a RF-603 transceiver which runs on the ever so faithful 2.4ghz (I have tested these over 300ft and used them often around 50-80ft). Also the layout of the buttons remain the same but due to the lack of TTL, master and high speed sync functionality the navigation is much more ergonomically and I can get what I want from these in much less time, time is money. These also can utilize the huge array of matte boxes, diffusers, gels ect that are produced for the Canon 580ex lineup, but then again all three of these flashes have this ability.What is not as good (to some). While if you are a shooter that likes the additional functionality that ETTL provides (the lens does all your guess work) then you may want to think about the 565 or 568 flashes, both still at amazing prices compared to their canon counterparts. Once you upgrade to one of these two puppies then you also need to upgrade to a more expensive trigger system (if you want to maintain full functionality) assuming you are not triggering with the 568 unit from the camera body. The 568 incorporates high speed sync just as the Canon does which comes into great play when I am out shooting action sport photography. It is reliable up to 1/8000 shutter.I could go on for days with details on this lens but suggest if you are serious about it you should read on the multiple units from this very in detail review of the whole lineup.[...]

I can't say enough good things about these flash units. I was in the market for three additional flash guns and/or studio strobes to use manually off camera, but wasn't quite ready to dish out $500+ each for the Canon 600ex-rt speed lights and/or dedicated studio flash units with stands. After reading multiple rave reviews for these units online (and finding out they were only $80+/each), I decided to give them a try. Although I was a little weary of ordering non-major brand flash guns, I couldn't have been more pleased when they arrived (I also purchased a set of the YN-603 radio triggers to take advantage of the built-in transmitters).Although the units are cheap in terms of price, they are well built and are made of high quality parts (i.e. nice buttons, metal hot shoe, strong turn-style lock, built-in bounce card, etc.). I was surprised the units are almost identical in look/feel to my 580ex II speedlights (high quality/thick plastic housing and overall solid feel). They also work extremely well (very reliable), especially when triggered by the YN-603 radio unit (the YN-603s are also fairly well constructed). With a guide number of 58, the YN560-III also has plenty of power. Although they are not TTL capable, they are very easy (and quick) to adjust manually (note: if you need a TTL-capable flash unit, the YN-565ex may be worth a look). Finally, although I haven't used these units for an extensive period of time, I have no reason to believe they won't perform as well as my much more expensive Canon flash units.

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 segnalazioneNel 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) Inexpensive2) Easy to use3) Can beep4) Has radio receiver inside it, though I haven't tried it yet5) Head zooms6) Fully manual (really helps understanding light when you start)7) Looks pretty damn solid for such an inexpensive flashWhy you would NOT want to buy this flash1) Fully manual (depends on what you shoot, I guess)2) Hidden custom functions3) 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.