Yongnuo Speedlite Transmitter ST-E2

Well, their available, but a tad more expensive than what James at Yongnuo had told me.

Big question is whether it can control their own ETTL flashes ( 468 )???

For the price of one new Canon 580 II. up here in Canada, you could get 3 ETTL 468s, a set of the new RT triggers and this controller !!! + or - a bit, haven't worked it out exactly, but the 580 is 500.00+ then add 13% tax

I have a 7D, but can't seem to do wireless from the on board flash in ETTL with the 468 ( as I would be able to do with most of Canon's later model flashes ), so will try and find out it this new gizmo can control the 468s wirelessly and/or their 560s in manual. Link to their website, but there is more info at the Eeekbay listing.
http://www.hkyongnuo.c​om …_rsAll=9&catego​ry=1.Flash

The link http://stores.ebay.com …gnuophotoequipm​ent?_rdc=1

I'm assuming this is not a RT unit, I'm kinda new to all this off camera flash stuff. Hope the info is of some use to the forum, I am in no way promoting their products, just info (+:

Maybe a more knowledgeable Flash user can add an opinion about what they think. Thanks

YONGNUO ST-E2 can't use with YN560. 560 have no TTL.

brillant wrote in post #10907253
YONGNUO ST-E2 can't use with YN560. 560 have no TTL.

Right you are, thanks

whoa, $159 is a lot more expensive!
I was thinking of picking one up mainly to use as a cheap focus assist beam source, but no thanks!

I would spend $70.00 more for real Canon, peace of mind.

Acorrding to their website there are some improvements in range and adding group C control though so it might be worth it. I just picked up a Canon version 2 months ago slightly used for $150 so i won't be testing. I am more interested in the EX clone flashes.
Also uses 2 AA 1.6V batteries rather than 2cr5 6V which could save a few bucks and time

@ $150 price range, it's getting near the range of Pixel Knight. Makes it difficult to swallop. Pixel knight w/ two receivers + 1 transmitter is ~$250 but it's RF instead of IR.

I wanted to get one of these, but honestly, I could pick up a used Canon ST-E2 for around the same price.

xcel730 wrote in post #11047280
I wanted to get one of these, but honestly, I could pick up a used Canon ST-E2 for around the same price.

Isn't the trigger reliability of the Yongnuo supposed to be better than the unreliable ST-E2?
At the end of the day, I don't give a damn about brand name, so I don't see why getting a 'Canon' branded ST-E2 for 'only' $70 more for a worse product is of ANY real benefit, other than the fact it's got a 'Canon' badge on it, or is the Yongnuo worse in other areas?

Hasn't it already been stated that the ETTL flash units can't be tripped by the 7Ds ETTL capability? What makes anyone think that they didn't get it right with the flash but they could with the flash controller?

rhys216 wrote in post #11047400
Isn't the trigger reliability of the Yongnuo supposed to be better than the unreliable ST-E2?
At the end of the day, I don't give a damn about brand name, so I don't see why getting a 'Canon' branded ST-E2 for 'only' $70 more for a worse product is of ANY real benefit, other than the fact it's got a 'Canon' badge on it, or is the Yongnuo worse in other areas?

I wasn't aware that the ST-E2 was 'unreliable'. It doesn't work well in bright light which is stated in the manual I believe. Is that the unreliable you are talking about?

Titus213 wrote in post #11047831
I wasn't aware that the ST-E2 was 'unreliable'. It doesn't work well in bright light which is stated in them manual I believe. Is that the unreliable you are talking about?

Yeh, strangely I had someone on ebay ask me a question about some TR-332's I had for sale, and they said the reason they were looking at the Pixels was because the ST-E2 was no good outside when doing weddings.

The below diagrams illustrate the differences between the two ST-E2's according to Yongnuo.
If they are indeed accurate, and the Yongnuo didn't have any glaring flaws I would personally opt for the Yongnou even if it was the same price as the Canon.

So the ST-E2 works according to its specs - that's reliable. The Yongnuo has different specs - on paper.

Using any ST-E2 (Canon or Yongnuo) for focus assist is not really a good idea unless you now exactly what you're doing..

https://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthre​ad.php?t=791160

Titus213 wrote in post #11048455
So the ST-E2 works according to its specs - that's reliable.

Ok... then it's spec's are inadequate in my opinion, and I seriously can't understand why a company like Canon hasn't built an RF based triggering system instead of continuing with this inferior IR ST-E2 based solution.
At least the Yongnuo has a more 'usable' spec if the chart holds true.