Yongnuo YN-568ex II vs Canon 430ex II
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- Опубликовано: 10 фев 2025
- Yongnuo YN-568EX II Flash for Canon:
A comparison between the Canon 430ex II, Canon 430ex III and the Yongnuo YN-568ex II flashes and why I'm getting rid of my Canon speedlights in favour of Yongnuo flashes.
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Yongnuo manufactures very good products at incredible prices. The main drawback is that the quality control is real shit. I had problems with half the products i bought from them (including the 568ex II). BUT, if you buy from Amazon, that's a killer combination. If you get a defective product, they send you a new one. That worked very well for me
The 568ex II is a very powerful, versatile, well designed and reasonably well built flash. Perfect for bouncing and using it in manual mode (fast and accurate controls). Mine lasted 3 years until the hot shoe broke just tonight. I'm buying a new one.
Welcome back Jamie, its been a while! Like the new format! Thx for your time and info you put out there! cheers
I have used Yongnuos and they are great speedlights! However, they have one major drawback. They don't offer a full series of lights, when/if you want to use larger strobes, you have to switch to a different system. Godox, on the other hand, is not quite as cheap as Yongnuo, but they have pretty reasonable prices, and they provide from small speedlights up to 600WS of battery powered lights, and for studio they have a pretty good lineup in various price ranges, all of them using the same trigger, and if you have cameras of different brands, all you need is a brand-specific trigger to get both TTL and high speed.
Yongnuo flashes can also be radio triggered by and can trigger Canon flashes. Yongnuo trigger and flashes also receive firmware updates so it could trigger latest Canon flashes using radio. So you can actually mix them and that is quite cool.
I had the same problem with the backwards flash firing into the top of my head. I just got a smaller head.
Thanks for this video. It's the first one that has made me really consider going off brand. I too, prefer staying within brand because I assume it all works better together. I still think, to some degree, it does. However, I was really sad to see that a lot of people think the 430ex iii rt is a downgrade to the 430ex ii and I'm desperately trying to find out more information. Your video has made me consider jumping ship and trying off brand at least for a little bit until the 430ex iii rt has had time to fix its problems.
can you please create a video on when you use a flash? And when to bouch backwards or any angle? I just like to understand more about how to use it and when. Because its always staying in my bag. Best Johnny 👍
I've done one on off-camera flash, but that's a good idea. I'll do one about on-camera flash. I was thinking about making one on the subject of something like how to make on-camera flash look like daylight. I'll work on it.
Nice music at the end there .. loved the 80s feel (says something of my age!! lol). I have a Canon 580EX II and I it does not seem to suffer from the restrictions of the 430EX II as pointed out by you. Now is a good time to buy the 580EX II second hand .. there are so many around in excellent condition and priced good. The 580EX II is much larger than the 430EX II and you will not have that head butting problem! Cheers.
I have a 430exII that I keep in my bag with a pair of Yongnuo yn603II transceivers for foreground interest when I’m shooting landscapes. Then I have four Yongnuo yn685s and some really cheap speedlights which have the all important external power ports. My really big beef with Yongnuo is all the different trigger systems. I was going to add a couple of the new model with the internal Li-ion batteries but I’d have to change my entire system to do so. In all honesty I wish I’d gone with Godox where your entire system can evolve as one.
Before any serious photographer goes and buys the 568exii I have 2 of them and bought them off eBay from a verified seller.
Ironically they both suffered from exactly the same problem: deadflash.
These flash units have a common defect where the transistors can blow. If you have this problem - your Yongnuo flash will not only fire in full power mode forever, it will not sync properly with your camera. The solution is slightly complex. You need to replace the original transistor which is a TIG056BF with another or use canons model of transistor the RJP4301APP. There are some tutorials online.
Overall for this sole reason I would say they are an entirely risky purchase if you are a photographer in need of a flash unit for an urgent shoot/pro use.
I use YN 568’s. I have 6 units along with the 622c tx triggers and receivers.
I am not switching to the canon RP camera body and I am concerned about compatibility with my flashes and triggers. Do you have any experience with this or know of anything? I can’t seem to find any info anywhere. Tks.
Nice video! New sub :) I'm looking to get my first speedlight.
I was looking at the Yongnuo 660 (fully manual) or the 568 ex ii (which is ttl).
I've heard TTL's are more expensive but the 568 is only like £10 more. I presume it has a built in manual mode too?
The 568 seems like the obvious choice...or is the manual mode on a fully manual flash like the 660 better than manual mode on a TTL speedlight?
Hi. I have the same flash. What trigger is best for 568ex II. I am looking at YN622C TX and RF 603C II, are these compatible? I also checking on Hahnel Viper. I really wanna learn shoot outdoors wirelessly
Ahhh...to be Young and Nuo again...! You're quite right, good equipment is an extension of us, not an obstruction.
You mention nothing about power? 🤔
Hi Jamie, great video. I just calibrated my external monitor and all files look great after exporting to jpg. But when uploaded on the web the colors are way off..... cand figure out what goes wrong. In the export menu I set it to srgb. Do I still forgot something? Hope to hear from you. Best Johnny
Yongnuo flash how it work off camera? Can we use two or three
Hi Jamie
thanks for the vid, can I ask if it is possible for the EX 430 III RT to fire the Yongnuo with its built in radio transmitter ? I was going to get another 430 EX III but after seeing this I might get the Yongnuo if it will fire from the 430 III RT.
This fits the Nikon d3200 i believe!
I'm looking forward to buying the YN685. They are excellent for the price
Marcelo lopez yep bought 2 they are really good
Hi. Awesome video. I've picked up a YN-568EX ii and am trying to trigger it remotely using my onboard flash on my Canon T5i but can't seem to figure it out. Do you by chance have a video explaining this? Thanks!
Did you figure this out?
im very serious person before. after you tilt lens behind and point to your head. now realize that this world made to enjoy.
What about YN vs Godox?
I need to buy a second flash and triggers and I'm undecided :/
I have a Canon 4000D and Canon mentioned the speedlight 430EX III-RT. Would a YN 565 EX II fit this Canon 4000D? When I look at he shoe it has not the central sensor...
buy a canon. the focus with yognuo is terrible
Is the flash head the same size on the yn568 as the 430? I want to buy the 568, but for wildlife and macro photography. But I want to fit a magnifier on it and I can't find the dimensions for it. If it's the same, I can buy a magnifier to fit the 430. They look the same in the video, but I need to be certain. Returns online can be a pain.
Dominick Santora I don’t have my canon flashes anymore so I’m unable to measure these to be sure unfortunately.
No problem, I think I got it figured out. Thanks for the reply.
U surely need to try out 6xx series of yongnuo flashes, cause they got transmitter inside, so you don't need to spend money for that
I have the 568exII and the 685, and the 568 is a much better flash in many ways, and it is almost one stop more powerful than the 685. No receiver, yeah, that's a pity
Hi, would the Yongnuo YN-568ex work with the Canon 6D Mark ii ? My concern is the sync speed (1/180) of the 6D bring lesser than the flash duration (1/200-1/20000) of the YN-568. I'm a beginner and I would genuinely appreciate your help. Cheers!
Hi. Sorry, I'm not sure I understand your question. I think you're asking about high speed sync so I apologise if I'm patronising you, but you said you were a beginner: The YN-568s will work fine with the 6D2 and they can do HSS to 1/8000. The 1/180 shutter speed sync is a regular flash of the camera. Basically, shutter opens, flash fires once, shutter closes. The shutter curtain opens from top to bottom. Basically, the lower curtain slides open from the top to the bottom followed by the top curtain closing from top to bottom. When using high shutter speeds, the upper curtain starts to close as the lower curtain is still opening (imagine a letterbox-type slit moving from the top of the sensor to the bottom to expose the picture). A single flash would not work in this situation as it would only illuminate the part of the image that the shutter was passing at that particular moment. High Speed Sync (HSS) is where the flash fires a series of flashes in quick succession as the curtain gap moves down the sensor so as to illuminate the whole scene evenly.
Does that answer your question or have I misunderstood?
Jamie Windsor Thanks for answering Jamie. I didn't know about HSS and I do now.
Is there any relation between the sync speed and flash duration? Because I read somewhere that the max sync speed/ aperture of the camera should be more than the flash duration of the flash in order to prevent clipping (black bands) in pictures.
Richard Dsouza
The aperture is the iris of the lens. It opens and closes to let more or less light in. It doesn't have anything to do with the speed of the exposure.
I think maybe you're confusing the line about the speed of the camera being to do with the camera's capabilities rather than the camera settings. If you are a beginner, I wouldn't be worrying about advanced, specialist flash techniques like high speed sync yet. The 6D2 will work with the Yongnuos fine. The black bars thing is if your shutter speed is set higher than the sync speed of the flash and the flash is not in HSS mode to compensate. But this isn't stuff for a beginner to worry about.
Jamie Windsor, Thanks for clearing that out! God bless you :)
I had to purchase a Canon 430ex iii rt because the infrared assist beam wouldn't fire when I went from a 6D to a 6D mark ii with my 685exii
What wireless triggers do you use?
I have Canon 600rt and Yongnuo 600rt. I hate using Yongnuo on camera. Canon head you can turn very easy when you press lock button but then you turn yongnuo without lock button looks like it's going to rip off your hotshoe.
I expect when you're comparing like-for-like, the Canon will be far superior at every level, but the Canon 600rt is over 4 times the price of the Yongnuo 600rt.
Oh yes definitely this is why I only have one canon :) My wedding setup Canon stays on camera in ettl mode bouncing from walls and ceilings. Yongnuo I always keep on light stand shooting back into a lens in Manual mode for rim light. No more triggers everything works wirelessly love it.
Thank you!
Not as good as a second hand 580EX2 (based on experience - day in day out property photography). They consistently give up and die after about 9 months. Went through about 4 of them and then gave up and went back to Canon. Worked out that given the comparative lifespans, in the long term, the Canon is actually cheaper.
I thought your head was a bit deformed.
Choose your background more carefully, 😉
I clocked the problem quite quickly though. 😅😂🤣
Does HSS work on Canon 750D? thanks
signalflare
I don’t have a 750D so I can’t try it, but it should do as far as I’m aware.
Jamie Windsor noted. thanks for the response.
I do not have 750D either, but I can report that HSS works perfectly on 5D mark 1, 2, and 3, as well as on the ancient 20D, so I don't see a reason why it wouldn't on a 750D.
You look almost good looking in this video, Jamie.
yongnuo is great:)
i disagree completely - firstly compare the Yongnuo with the equivalent Canon 580ex instead. secondly, you get what you pay for and the cheaper Yongnuo is in my opinion rubbish. my YN565EX broke after about 10 or less shoots. google YN565EX and wait for google to predict the next word which is problems.
I'm sorry to hear your flash broke. That's got to be really frustrating. Google predicts *ii, manual, review, slave mode, hss, flash, reset, ii manual* as the next 8 options in the drop-down for me. Maybe it's different where you are.
I'm comparing the 430 ex ii because that's what I'm selling to buy Yongnuos. I can't compare the 580 because I don't have it. A genuine Canon flash is-of course-going to be better than a cheaper 3rd-party equivilent one, but this video isn't about which is better, it's about what I believe the best use of my money is. With the Yongnuos, I get the significant advantages I mention in the video with a higher-up model and also, I can afford more of them. I can afford 5 Yongnuo flashguns for the same price as a 430 exii and a 430 exiii (which is what I previously had).
I don't know about YN565EX, but I do have YN568EX II, and I can say that it is great. I have had it for over 4 years and shot a lot of parties with it - and I'm talking raves in clubs; the flash has been banged and splashed on numerous times, and it still survives to this day.
The only issue I had with it was that the springs that hold the batteries against the battery compartment door were set too high and they subsequently caused the door tabs to break off (and I was by far not the only one with this issue as this article suggests: flashhavoc.com/yongnuo-yn-568ex-battery-door/ ). I did, eventually, decide to replace the door and push the battery springs down really hard, so the problem wouldn't persist. After that, the issue was gone and the flash is perfect now.
I had the same problem with the battery door on an Altura flash. Stupid me, I persisted in getting the door closed and snapped a tab. It closes but can pop up sometimes. Since then I worked the springs down by pumping a single battery down on for about half a minute on each spring until I saw they dropped about 3 mm (1/8") lower. So lower, and less back pressure.
I did that with a second flash straight out of the box and no worries.
you'll regret this move. bad decision.
stoplossM4 Oh dear. Why?