There’s a 14mm wide angle diffusion panel along with a pop out reflector card. One thing I’m not sure on is the head’s mechanism, it’s some sort of ratchet thing that I think over time could become loose. The head is about the same size of the Canon 580EX and can swivel 180° in both directions. The directional dial is a four way type, left right up down, it does have a central button but that doesn’t appear to do anything. The control buttons are of a solid plastic and have a good positive action with a click to confirm they have been pressed. The LCD clear and easy to read, the orange backlight is bright and pretty even in its illumination. The build of the YN568EX is excellent, it feels heavy and solid. For sure, there are some things that are missing, such as an external power hook up, and I’d rather had seen a 3.5mm jack over the 2.5mm one, but that’s a minor issue.īelow I’ll summarise my thoughts. To me this shows that Yongnuo do kind of listen to the photography community, taking on board what’s been suggested and acting on that. So what are my thoughts on the YN568EX? Well, I am mightily impressed: the YN568EX is a million miles away from that YN460 in every aspect, build, features, consistent output and recycle times. The reason for not using third-party stuff is simply that I wanted 100% reliability and the Canon speedlites offer just that: they have never ever failed me.
This is the first time I’ve used any third-party speedlites after I moved from the YN460 to Canon’s own units, the 430EX and 430EX II. Yongnuo YN460, YN568EX and Canon 430EX II I have to say that I own one of the original Yongnuo YN460 speedlights and I’ll be honest: it’s a box of inconsistent shite, however it was really cheap and I did use it to learn all this off-camera flash stuff. I guess at the price something would have to give! Sure, there are reports that while the build quality is top drawer, the actual components used on the inside are still somewhat substandard.
Take their flagship YN568EX speedlight (provided for this review by ) it has many features of the likes of the Nikon SB800 and Canon 580EX but at a fraction of the cost, and all this without cutting on the build quality. These days they are producing some high end gear, some of which actually puts the major players to shame.
Yongnuo, the Chinese photography accessory manufacturer, has certainly come a long way since the days of YN460 speedlite and the original RF-602 wireless triggers.
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