YongNuo RF603 Transceiver distance test

In this test we wanted to see how far we could trigger the flash with the YongNuo RF603-C3 Transceiver test in carpark on 5D Mk II. We were about 80m apart before we ran out of carpark, and it was still firing perfectly!

Category:

Education

Tags:

• strobing
• photography
• flash
• off camera flash
• protog
• yongnuo
• radio trigger
• radio transceiver
• RF603
• strobist

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@agentlenny1 In this video we used a Canon 5D MkII to trigger the RF603 with a YN560 flash, and the video was shot with the 7D. We have also used these trigger and flash with the 7D and it also works well with the RF603 and YN560.

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5. Being able to mount a speedlight on top of the RF603 on top of the camera also helps the camera focus in low light situations.

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3. The RF602 transmitter uses one CR2 batteries, the receiver uses 2 AAA batteries. The RF603s use 2 AAA's. Rechargeable AAAs are cheaper than single use CR2's for heavy users of wireless triggers

4. When you have an RF603 on your camera hotshoe, you can mount a speedlight on top of it. So you can fire 2 flashes with a single set of RF603 kit, rather than just one flash with an RF5602 kit.

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A few key differences between RF602 and RF603:

1. An RF602 kit includes one Transmitter, and one Receiver. An RF603 kit has 2 transceivers, so they can transmit AND receive. This is more flexible. As you add a second pair of RF603, you can have one on the camera hotshoe, and three to fire flashes, or one par for flash trigger, and the other fair for triggering the shutter. It makes them more versatile.

2. The RF603 include the shutter trigger cable. With the RF602 is was an optional extra.

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@zandmanpc the flash sync speed you can achieve without banding is camera dependent. Some models can get away with 1/250, most are limited to 1/200, some are only 1/180 or 1/160th.

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@ozdocoman yes, they are great bang for your buck. The performance is hard to beat, and we have customers who use these instead of the Pocket Wizards because they are more reliable!

[bthemedia]

Poor Design: Distance is not the only measure of performance.

The Yongnou RF-602 (trigger,receiver) and RF-603 (transceivers) do not have any lock-down mechanism on the hotshoe plate -- so they _constantly_fall_off_ my 5D in mobile everyday use. That's why I still use the NPT-04 triggers... just as reliable, cheaper, more secure.

[agentlenny1]

can i use these triggers on a canon 7d and my yungnuo yn 560 flashes

[DeathStar012]

Nice music :)

[dadvian1]

 is that maunted on a 5d mk 2 right? iv'e heard that i need to buy the right yungnuo

for 5d mk2 cuz out there are some youngnuos made only for xs xsi t1i ..and others for 5d mark 2 and 1d series is that correct?

[jessplayen]

Great video guys. I'll be getting some of these. Thanks

[masternonoy1]

awesome.... im going to buy the trigger flash ... thnx guys ..

[gregory4663]

You would use strobes and wireless transmitters at that distance when you are at a sporting event and have to mount the strobes in the rafters along with a remote camera at say a ball park or possible a fashion show.

[behbeh144]

sugar!

[kwanyinx]

Joel McNally was hire to shoot architect... It's a famous photo of him strobing NOT one observatory (building with a telescope on top of Hawaii) but multi buildings. The observatory were built next to one another and each building had to be lit.

Also, McNally had to light a huge building. It was a very long building, well over 200m if I recall correctly. The light were on it inside, he had to illuminate all the windows...huge banks of windows.

Thanks for ACTUAL useful review.