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By: Yongnuo RF-602 Wireless Flash Trigger | Eric Heikkinen Photography

Yongnuo RF-602 Wireless Flash Trigger | Eric Heikkinen Photography — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 00:23:09 +0000

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By: Paul

Paul — Wed, 18 May 2011 18:45:24 +0000

I have also two Yongnuo transmitters and two receivers but it does not work as it should. Seperately everything works fine (remote shutter release and triggering flash) but as soon as I want to trigger the flash via the transmitter on the hot shoe and the camera (Nikon D300) on remote, the two transmitters have a problem. Five out off ten times the flash does not fire. I tried different channels. When I hold the flash in one hand and the transmitter in the other, for instance, it does not work (too close?). When I take some distance from the flash it works better but still not every time. I also tried it outdoor but the same problem. A frequency problem?
Who can help?

Paul

By: Dennis

Dennis — Mon, 16 May 2011 16:47:24 +0000

The RF-602 does not have a pass-thru or hot shoe mount on the transmitter so you can not mount an on camera flash unless you put the flash on a bracket and use another receiver to trigger the flash on the bracket. I do something like this with my homemade ring-flash.

The good news is that Yongnuo is coming out with a new wireless trigger set called the RF-603 and it does have a hot shot on the transmitter or actually the transceiver the RF-603 units are both transmitter and receiver in one. They do appear to cost more than the RF-602 and are NOT backwards compatible. You would not need to buy spare transmitters though.

One thing that concerns me is that there does not appear to be a locking ring or pin on the base of the unit which means it could slide off the camera with your expensive flash attached. Once again a flash bracket with an iTTL cord might be a solution to securely mounting the flash on the camera. The RF-603 does pass iTTL information to the flash mounted on top of it which is good. The remote flashes would be in manual mode and treated more or less like ambient light while you camera mounted fill could use iTTl. It sounds pretty cool.

It’s always a good idea to get a few spares and a must to have backups for any sort of work for hire like weddings. Remember it’s going to take a couple of weeks to get replacements unless you can find an onshore reseller.

By: Julie V.

Julie V. — Mon, 16 May 2011 15:26:04 +0000

Hi,

I am trying to see if these triggers would be a good buy for me. What I am trying to accomplish is to wirelessly have 3 speedlights on lightstands all trigger at the same time along with a flash on my camera body. I shoot weddings and would like to light up the reception hall from 3 different angles and from where I am standing.
Can I do this with these triggers? It seems that most people are trying to just use 1 or 2 speedlights on a light stand without the body speedlight.

By: PCKIDZ

PCKIDZ — Sat, 12 Mar 2011 15:14:37 +0000

Julie and Terry,
Even though Yongnuo has 5 pins on the flash connector, only two are active : centre one for flash trigger (by shutter) and another for wakeup from sleep. The zooming and TTL functions on 580 EX need other pins to send signals from Canon camera into the flash receiver and also flash system needs to be TTL compliant – none of this is the case here.

So while using YN602, you will not have auto zoom or TTL. You will have to operate the 580 II as a manual flash. Hope this helps.

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By: Dennis

Dennis — Thu, 03 Feb 2011 03:48:39 +0000

I’m not a Canon shooter but I can tell you that there are no auto functions available on the RF-602. It’s 100% manual mode only but that still allows a lot of creative freedom. I often shoot off-camera flash using some sort of modifier so the zoom is typically at the widest setting.

By: Julie Bradford

Julie Bradford — Thu, 03 Feb 2011 02:01:21 +0000

I have just purchased the Yongnuo RF 602. I have a Canon 5D Mark II and a 580EXII Flash. I have noticed that when using the Yongnuo RF 602 the flash will not function in the Auto zoom mode. Do you know anything about this?

By: Dennis

Dennis — Sun, 30 Jan 2011 16:38:36 +0000

That is correct and you are going to be shooting in manual mode with the camera and flash. The camera shutter speed should be at or one stop below the flash sync speed. I usually start at 1/200th which should knock out most of the available light if you are inside a building.

By: Terry Taylor

Terry Taylor — Sun, 30 Jan 2011 05:17:58 +0000

I am trying to get into wireless flash and I have the Yongnuo RF 602. Does this mean I do not use my dedicated off camera connector cable when shooting with my flash on a bracket and the wireless gizmos? I put the transmitter on the camera, the receiver on the on the off camera bracket with the flash on top of the receiver.
BT’s article gave a lot of useful information. Thank you BT. Click–terry in Kelowna