Is Yongnuo okay?

Yeah, I'm still using the older CTR-301P wireless transmitters and they're great for what I do. Very happy with them.

David Hobby, Mr. Strobist , will not recommend them due to the number of issues they've had.

I have 3 YN-560's I use them as optical slaves in almost all my shots. They have yet to fail me or disappoint. The current price on Amazon is ~$70. If you are comfortable shooting manual, then these are golden.

If you need/want ETTL then these aren't the flashes you are looking for.

bdavisx wrote in post #12243143
David Hobby, Mr. Strobist , will not recommend them due to the number of issues they've had.

I've had three of them and none of them exhibit the problems that Hobby had. I'm pretty confident they fixed whatever manufacturing problem that was causing their early models to have a loose connection in the zoom.

mmmh.. anyone experiencing with yongnuo speedlite attached on hot shoe? any problems with it?

i'm taking yongnuo and nissin into consideration. which one's better for hot shoe?

Thanx,,

As far as the older plastic shoe ones malfunctioning goes, I just fixed mine today. It would start up, allow me to change modes, increase/decrease power, etc but wouldn't fire. Came across this site:

http://www.dealextreme​.com …rum.37534~threa​did.774287

and it shows you what to do. I soldered in a new capacitor into my YN-460ii and it works perfectly now. Got a 400V 47nF capacitor and it is fine.

Two 560's for shoot through umbrellas. Pleased so far.

For the money they are one of the good low cost options. Much better then anything else in their price range. I have their ST-E2, and it does a very nice job controlling my metz's flashes.

Their flashs rating are a bit off on the with the guild number they are not as powerful as they say, but the dedicated flash does ttl. And they do work.

Figures, everyone has good luck with their flashes, but mine (460II) has a recharge problem.

The wireless triggers on the other hand never failed me, RF602 fo life.

Liberation, does everything work except it doesn't flash? If so, your capacitor is bad. I just replaced the one on my 460II yesterday and it works great now.

BrandonSi wrote in post #12242591
The only "problem" I've had with the RF-60x triggers is that when the battery gets below a certain point, it won't fire. It will still give you the right lights, things will light up, and look like it should be working, but you won't get a flash. When in doubt with YN stuff, replace batteries.

yeah I experience the same thing.

Got me to wonder if this happens to even the more expsensive triggers like skyports or PW.

I bought a YN-560 about 6 weeks ago and fell in love with it, until this happened...

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Glad to see these many positive feedbacks. I will wait for the new yongnuo 565.

I read lots of bad reviews about YN flashes with plastic feet not being so good with QC and such when researching flashes, and read that the ones with metal feet seemed to be better QC'd and quality wise. Both mine have metal feet and have been flawless.
It is pretty cool that you can get that foot replaced. Congrats!

Been using the 602 triggers, I have 4 receivers and 2 transmitters, amazing value, they simply work, just ordered a YN560 BTW