Comparing Speedlites - Yongnuo YN460, Canon 430EX, Canon 430EX II

[MrEltel63]

Very useful comparison, thanks

[shgfe3ay]

i dont unsterstand what people mean by slave. i get u can usethis as a main light..but hot do i get a second 'slave' for my canon 600d?

[thepsyfox]

Looololololol @thetechnoland hahahahaha

[TheTechnoland]

man those flashes are heavy....

[rusackson]

Do the Yongnuo speedlites work with the built in Canon wireless optical slave? I am thinking of using these for a product photography studio so not super concerned about refresh rates but would prefer to use the canon built in wireless system over pocket wizards or a transmitter. Good review, thanks for sharing.

[rickjbradbury]

@rusackson they don't work with the build int wireless TTL function of the 600D, 60D or 7D. but they do have basic optical slave modes that will watch for another flash to fire.

[rrrripbing]

Interesting review. Thanks for posting.

[rickjbradbury]

@rrrripbing Thank you.

[MrJamesonKurt]

Thanks snoop!

[SuperMangn]

The 430 ex on ebay is about 130 used it seems and the ex2 is 190 on amazon so I would much rather get a new ex2 because the used ones might have broken thermal protection making them dangerous and they could fail any day.

[fogster31]

good review cheers

[yeyc77]

AMAZING REVIEW!! THANK YOUUUU :)

[rickjbradbury]

@yeyc77 your welcome, thanks for the comment.

[MrJamesonKurt]

I was in the local camera store yesterday and the guy there informed me that the non-canon flashes like the YongNuo Speedlite YN462 or the Neewer TT520, the one I bought, could short out the hot shue and ruin it because of differences in voltage. Have you heard that before? Any truth to it? Thanks

[rickjbradbury]

@MrJamesonKurt Never heard of any problems, I dont personally mount mine on my camera because i generally use my 430 EX II on camera as it has more power. Older speedlites like the Vivitar 285 will short he hot shoe though.

[snoop0x7b]

@MrJamesonKurt Not true at all.. If they're designed for Canon digital cameras they're probably designed to have a low sync voltage. The guy was just trying to sell you an expensive new canon flash.

Older flashes (including canon) that have high sync voltage can fry the camera. So if you get an old flash be careful with it. Also it isn't shorting it out either, it's over volting it... That's an entirely different electrical issue. If you're in doubt measure the sync voltage with a volt meter.

[Snakekilla12]

what wireless triggers you have? I got YN602s for my YN560 :-)

[rickjbradbury]

@Snakekilla12 I currently use Cactus V4 triggers but am changing them for the next version V5 soon due to better build quality and different frequency ranges they run with.

[Snakekilla12]

@rickjbradbury ah I tried those, they only worked for 2 feet, and wouldn't shoot through a person sadly...

[vishalnrz]

Thanks a lot Rick !!

[rickjbradbury]

@vishalnrz Your welcome :)