New Flash from Yongnuo!

This looks like a great flash: http://www.thephoblogr​apher.com …gger-system/#.U-t3M-NdVRV

I have been using YN flashes for about a year now and they've been great, my only complaint is that they didn't have a plug for an external battery port. Looks like they've finally put everything into one flash, battery port, pc sync, ettl, HSS and a little more power, GN 60.

We've been waiting for this for several months. I think Flash Hovac showed it on the site last spring.
Its the YN version of the Canon 600EX-RT.

I can't wait. This is exciting.

Kevin,
YN has been saying October for quite awhile. Hopefully it won't slip.

dmward wrote in post #17093313
We've been waiting for this for several months. I think Flash Hovac showed it on the site last spring.
Its the YN version of the Canon 600EX-RT.

Yep.
This was announced last fall as well. Last month they were saying it should be ready to ship in October. This release says the same. I'll definitely be grabbing a couple of these when they come out.

Thanks for the fyi David!
I have a few YN items 602 (x4), 603 (x4), 622 (x2), 560 vI (x2), 560 v3 (x3) and love them but will not mind to unload them all for this setup.

I have been on the fence if I should wait for this or jump on the Godox V860C.

328somewhere wrote in post #17093464
I have been on the fence if I should wait for this or jump on the Godox V860C.

I have the V860C and the Canon 600. So far the focus assist does not seem to be as good as the Canon.

I do LOVE the V860 but still on the fences using it at dark events.

I have a few of the lower end YN flashes and this looks nice. Just want to make sure I understand it correctly. There is the smaller unit that mounts on the hot shoe and allows full control of the flash from the camera? If so I can not wait, I get so tired of walking to the flash to change settings.

Littlejon Dsgn wrote in post #17093823
I have a few of the lower end YN flashes and this looks nice. Just want to make sure I understand it correctly. There is the smaller unit that mounts on the hot shoe and allows full control of the flash from the camera? If so I can not wait, I get so tired of walking to the flash to change settings.

I have a YN-622C-TX and a few YN-622C transmitter/receivers to deal with this now. It'll just be nicer with the YN-600EX to not have an extra "thing" to attach to the flashes to get them to remotely fire reliably.

The 860C is a good speedlite if one wants to use the 580EXII ETTL control system with YN622 or similar triggers. The 600EX-RT ETTL control system is completely different and offers substantially more capabilities.

Its just a matter of deciding what capabilities one needs and getting the equipment that delivers those capabilities.

328somewhere wrote in post #17093464
I have been on the fence if I should wait for this or jump on the Godox V860C.

I have the 600ex-rt and the v860c but returned the v860c, it's been reported and I also had the issue that if you go + or - of the FEC it goes all out of wack, at 0 it matches the canon 600ex-rt but if you move it +1 or -1 or other figures it doesn't match the canon with the same setting, so watch out from that,

it happened to my unit and my friend's unit

i'd guess the yn 600ex-rt would be a better choice than that v860c. the canon 600ex-rt is better than than v860c

rwong2k wrote in post #17095040
I have the 600ex-rt and the v860c but returned the v860c, it's been reported and I also had the issue that if you go + or - of the FEC it goes all out of wack, at 0 it matches the canon 600ex-rt but if you move it +1 or -1 or other figures it doesn't match the canon with the same setting, so watch out from that,

it happened to my unit and my friend's unit

i'd guess the yn 600ex-rt would be a better choice than that v860c. the canon 600ex-rt is better than than v860c

There are firmware updates available now to correct these issues with the V860C. As far as I can see they are working really well now.

http://flashhavoc.com …ent-page-1/#comment-19539
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elv wrote in post #17095177
There are firmware updates available now to correct these issues with the V860C. As far as I can see they are working really well now.

http://flashhavoc.com …ent-page-1/#comment-19539
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Thanks !!!!

I have been reading about the updates on the V860C and it seems to have sorted itself out. If that is true I believe that will be the route I go. Although I may go V850 instead because I like manual and HSS. When they announce the street price of the YN 600 ex/rt I will make my decision.