YONGNUO YN568EX II Master & Slave TTL Flash Speedlite with High Speed Sync

As a pro photographer, I use a lot of flashes on location shoots. I was looking for a little more reasonably price unit that would do what I needed and not break the bank. Man, was I in for a surprise! These flash units offer all the capabilities of the high end flash units at about a third of the cost. What really surprised me is when I did a side-by-side test of the Yongnuo 568EX ll and the Canon 580 EX. The Youngnuo was 1/10th of a stop BRIGHTER! Full ETTL functionality and high speed sync capabilities, as well. I Liked it so much, I ordered another the next week and then a third 2 weeks after that! Very highly recommend these flashes! The quality of light and the build of the unit is remarkable. All at a very reasonable price. Buy one today and you will want another one very soon after.

Only just received it, but the YN-568EX II performed flawlessly at a lengthy party shoot. So far, I couldn't be more pleased with its quality and results - and especially the price! Given my Canon 580 EXII has only consistently FAILED at embarrassing moments (I thought it was me, until it was too late) and has been a complete waste of money, this Yongnuo is a gem. So far. My Canon 430 EXII has always performed reliably. Seems I'm hardly the only customer disgusted with Canon's 580 EXII, yet pleased with the 430 EXII. If this Yongnuo holds up (seems others have had battery door issues), I'll definitely be acquiring more of them! UPDATE: I'm more than sold! I've used the YN-568EX II repeatedly and consistently for two months. Indoors at parties, direct and bounce. Outdoors for team shots (25 corporate teams, daylight, over 4 hours; using this for fill. Completely natural looking.). On the road for 10 days. Flawless, reliable performance in every situation. Perfect integration with my Canon 7D on-board controls. No battery "issues" whatever: they last as long as on Canon Speedlights. No issues with the battery door. At this price? A no-brainer. I'll be getting another.

Arrived Friday, did a bridal session with it Saturday. Coupled with a pair of YN-622C transceivers, it went great. I don't know what Fremen is talking about. I shoot on a 6D and I used the meter in my camera to obtain good results on a sunset pic. I'll post some photos later. Fremen said if someone uses this flash at a wedding, you should be fired? Seriously? The flash works fine. Don't use TTL at a wedding I think is the better advice. If you know how to light a reception, this flash throws just as much light as the canon brands with only a marginal stop of light difference. Frankly, these lights are best for adding to ambient light anyway! Off camera, it was a joy to use on my outdoor portraits. Don't use product reviews to whine when you don't understand the tool, Fremen. Save your pennies and get some proper strobes if you're worried about weddings. In the mean time, stop debating. This flash is great for the price. $400 of savings? Yes please! I bought 3 with some yn622c and the new yn622 tx. Works awesome. 4 stars instead of 5, because I share some other concerns with the users about the battery door breaking. Definitely need to be careful when closing the battery door. Otherwise, construction is solid. Recycle was pretty fast at 2.8-9 seconds at full power, for me.

Great product, at a great great price. I am so thankful that I came across this product while researching flashes on YouTube. This flash would be comparable to the Canon 580ex II. When I first decided to get into off camera flash, I foolishly bought two Canon 430ex II flashes ($250 each). In my naivety, I just assumed that, because I owned a Canon DSLR, I needed to buy a Canon speedlite. Big waste of money. Of course, I still use them, but all future purchases will be Yonguo flashes. I am that happy with them. At the time of this review, I see the Canon 580ex II for sale on Amazon for $470. With the Yongnuo at under $100, I can almost buy 5 flashes and fill my softboxes full of them. To me, knowing what I now know, this is a no-brainer. I will NEVER buy Canon flashes again. I really don't do (or try not to do) on camera flash. So, I trigger this flash with the Yongnuo YN-622C-TX E-TTL transmitter and YN622C receivers. Yongnuo, you have created a fan here. Just keep producing good, inexpensive products that do what they're supposed to do, and I'll keep buying.

EDIT: Had it for about two months now. The battery door is bulging out. Looks like the "teeth" on one side of the battery door broke off. Still works but I'm unhappy about that. That means I'm sure the other "teeth" will break off sooner or later as well. I am pass my return date and have contacted Amazon. Amazon instructed me to contact the manufacturer and provided me with the information to do so. I received no replies from them. This has confirmed my belief that their warranty is nonexistent. I went back to Amazon and asked if there is a way it can be fixed or if I can get another one. They can't provide me an exchange due to it being sold by a seller and only being fulfilled by Amazon. So my case would be reviewed for a refund. They emailed me saying they'll give me a refund and I'll have to send back the speedlight. Then received another email with a restocking fee attached. All of this was decided without my input. At the end of the day, I am sad that this speedlight didn't work out when I have had great success with their other ones. It also looked like many other people had the same problem with the battery door. It was a decently built flash but the weak link is the battery door. Yongnuo responded to one of their Facebook post saying they admit there is a problem with the battery door and suggest we buy a new version after October 2013 since a new batch is coming out. So basically anyone that bought one already is out of luck and will need to buy a replacement battery door. I would seriously pass on this flash. Don't buy it. Original rating: 3 stars. Original review: My Canon 580ex II stopped working and I was looking for a replacement. The 600-RT was just too much for me. I have 4 Yongnuo 560 II and love them. I decided to give this 568EX II a try. The primary thing I was looking for was an assist beam and TTL. I use this speedlite during weddings as my on-camera flash with the 560 II as my off-camera. The good: It feels beefy and it feels solid. Much more so than the 560. There is no "cheap" wobble. I love the build quality. The hyperspeed worked really well and the auto zoom did as well. I don't really use it as a master flash so I can't comment on that functionality. The bad: I am sad to say that I am disappointing with the assist beam. It does this criss-cross laser pattern. 1, it doesn't go very far. 2, You'll need a good focusing system to go along with it. I use a 6D and normally stay on the center focus point. It doesn't line up with the criss-cross pattern. Compared to the Canon 580ex II, the camera takes a few seconds longer to focus on it. I can possibly see the 5D Mark III do a little better if the focus point was set a little to the left/right. I also found the TTL to be inconsistent. I don't feel it reads the scene well. For the same shot, one would be nice, the next would be too bright. Or one would be too dark then the next would be to bright. I am not on bracketing either. I got too frustrated with the inconsistency that I just went back to manual. I decided to keep it. I like the hyperspeed sync, the auto zooming, the build quality, and rear sync. Honestly, I am keeping it because there is no other alternative for the same price.

I have two of these and use them every time we go on a walkabout. Wonderful product - GREAT price! Seem to be durable too as I have dropped one of mine onto a concrete walk TWICE (getting old and clumsy). The batteries flew everywhere and the door dismounted but I picked all the pieces up and reassembled it and all works as before and I can't find a single scuff mark on the case where it hit concrete from 4' up. When one of them fail I will without fail or hesitation reorder a new Yongnuo speedlite. Works great with the YN622C remote triggers and the new YN622-C LCD remote trigger. HIGHLY recommend this product.

It worked very well for the first 10-12 months I used it. I was quite happy with the power and the E-TTL performance. There were no communication problems with the camera when directly mounted on the hot shoe. There were no communication issues when using a YN-622C-TX on the camera and a YN-622C on the flash. Everything worked as expected: E-TTL, HSS, Second Curtain Sync. Sometimes bouncing it required a little positive exposure compensation. Starting about 10 months after I bought it there were occasional times when it would seem to fire at full power when mounted on the hot shoe of a Canon 5D mk III and set to E-TTL. A time or two I had to turn it off and then back on to get it to reset and begin letting the camera control the power again when this occurred. Without the power cycle it would continue to fire, but seemingly at full power for every shot. It happened so rarely and still worked well the rest of the time that I didn't think a lot of it. At just past 12 months I had an incident when setting up for a shoot where the flash was mounted on the hot shoe but the camera did not detect it. I couldn't access any menu setting on the camera that required the flash to be active nor would the flash fire. The menu on the flash appeared to be working, but no matter what the setting was it would not fire via the camera. A power cycle didn't change anything. Another power down, removing the flash from the hot shoe, then placing it back on the hot shoe, and powering it back up seemed to fix it and I thought no more of it as it worked fine the rest of the evening. Then, about 14 months after purchase it pretty much stopped working at all. When I turned it on with a fresh set of batteries installed it would give one very bright (full power?) flash, regardless of the power set, and then refuse to fire again. The light indicated it was ready to fire again but neither the camera nor the test button could cause it to fire. The longer I left the batteries in the flash the warmer the flash felt to the touch! The only solution was to turn it off and uninstall the batteries. After an extended cool down time it will fire again for one very bright discharge and then show it is ready to fire again but refuse to actually fire. I've tried this several times over a several day period with always the same result. I shoot mostly sports/action and don't use flash at all for a large part of my photo activity. I would estimate that there were only 2,000-3,000 total pops on the flash when it stopped working.

This is a very early on assessment of the YN-568EX II. I received my unit last night, and put it through its paces.... + I can say that issue with the battery door seem to have been addressed with my unit. The door latches seem as "big" as the ones on my YN-560EX II which I have had about a year with no issues. + The Issue reported on many sites regarding the loss of output when tilting the head around while in Evaluative mode, is not present on my unit. It works very well in both Average and Evaluative with head-on or bonce flash. - My only gripe is the flap that covers the 2.5mm jack, pops open, but this is way toooo minor a deal to have it replaced. Over all, I am very happy with my flash. I tested it while walking in and out of differently lit places an it behaved like a champ! I highly recommend Yongnuo flashes. There is no better value in speedlites out there!

I'm fond of features of cheap, and this flash product by Yongnuo fits the bill. Why would you want to go for the 3x costlier Canon alternative then? Well, that one is more reliable! In my usage, I faced syncing issues at times, more particularly when NiMH batteries run low. Also on generic Alkaline batteries, I faced syncing issues. That can be troublesome when you're working on a project and shooting continuously. Give the flash a break when such a problem is faced, and charge the batteries meanwhile. Should work just fine! Apart from that, the flash works just as it is supposed to be!

I'm new to photography but my pro friends tell me that these are excellent for the price. I did use it to take a few photos of my son's wedding and had great success.

Everything was as described. Better than expected given the good price. Came very quickly.

The Flash light was delivered right on time. Light body but looks solid. The only issue I felt that it bits hard to pull down/move side ways the upper part. But over all its functioning well.

Le flash est défectueux mais le vendeur a bien coopérer le colis envoyé j'attend mon remboursement