Neewer 750II TTL Flash Speedlite with LCD Display for Nikon D7200 D7100 D7000 D5500 D5300 D5200 D5100 D5000 D3300 D3200 D3100 D3000 D700 D600 D500 D90 D80 D70 D60 D50 and Other Nikon DSLR Cameras

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Well after almost 1 year and only occasional use, it is kaput. I will be honest I had enjoyed the flash on each occasion up to this week. I used it on camera and with a 3m cord for simple off camera use usually battling bright Phoenix AZ sunshine for midday portraits. I have a big shoot coming up in a week, so I was fiddling with it trying to make sure I had my settings and familiarity with the speed light dialed in. Well after 5 shots it froze up. I swapped out fresh batteries and one good flash and then 2-3 flickers, nothing. So again I swapped another set of newly charged batteries, thinking maybe I had stale batteries. One pop and nothing else. Sometimes too good to be true is, at $50 this is a bargain but nothing should be disposable. I think I shot literally 150 images with this flash, my D500 has no flash so when I searched my EXIF data in my photo library for images using Flash and then took out any cell phone images there were under 200 images since Dec 16 last year using a flash. Maybe I got a dud of a unit, manufacturing variance? Maybe this is what is to be expected? This is simply my review of the flash unit I have and will be disassembling to see if it is something simple or more serious. I always carry it and the modifiers separately in a padded case, never dropped or handled poorly, even stored with no batteries to prevent accidental corrosion. Good luck, as I said while working it was a really convenient and inexpensive flash, and the tel feature was really accurate in metering for the scene. Update, Neewer support site also not responding and Service Ticket page on site for return auth is disabled.

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Within a couple of months of having this flash the screws on the bottom that attach flash to camera - started to come out one by one even though I would tighten them. At one point i was down to one. I called neewer directly and they made it impossible to even learn what kind of screw to buy (didnt even offer to provide replacement screws). During a session - lightly used - it broke completely. I need this flash for my business and it let me down. Batteries wouldnt last long at all barely 30 minutes of sporatic photos.

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Good price. But it doesnt work as Nikon CLS (basically off the camera TTL). But still good price. ==== Update ==== Very inconsistent light output. At smaller aperture (bigger number) this flash consistently over exposes. I compare more in depth with my d800 + sb800. I wanted to make sure it wasnt my body or lens. It works ok at f2.8 and about 1/2 stop over exposed at f4. But then it get almost bright white at f5.6 and f8.0. Then it almost return to normal at f16. I mostly use flash at f2.8 and f4. And I bought it as backup to my sb800. But I cannot recommend it as primary flash.

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It is a flash and allows for a bit more versatility than my Bower which is on its death bed but still usable. I use them off camera so not worried about the TTL nor have I tried it. The zoom sounds horrible like there is something in the screw or just needs some lithium. I have not had the chance to take this apart. Does the trick for the price so that outweighs the negatives. I can mount it, gel it, stop it down, and fire it. If you are looking for a cheap flash that has a sold feel to it, this is your ticket. Perfect for OCF, backup, or main, if you need. Does have an optical slave and can be linked to a command, if I am not mistaken. I personally use a different wireless flash trigger connected to the hotshoe for my needs.

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Be careful with this. I have used it for maybe a total of 100 flash images in the last 4 months and it is already dead. Not sure what options I have but I would possibly look elsewhere due to quality problems. May 17, 2017 update: Changed from 1 to 3 stars. After 2+ weeks of emails, sending video clips showing the problem (yes!) and finally returning my broken flash, I have received my new replacement unit. It is the same as what I originally purchased and it works. Neewer is managed in China with a skeleton crew in a NJ warehouse from what I can tell. Sending emails always takes 24 hours to get a response. Keep trying. I had to send a few to get the process moving. Once the lead team in China verifies your problem through the video clip and acknowledges proof of purchase, they will send a notice to the warehouse to mail the replacement. It takes a lot of effort to get it done. Patience, but be stubborn too.

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Ive only had the VK750-II for a few days and have done nothing but try and gain some familiarity with the flash. But made one discovery that may help other people whove discovered the same. One thing that I struggled with, and Ive seen various questions online about, is with the Zoom feature. Typically, you would press the Zoom button and use the D-pad to change the zoom level. I noticed that this feature appeared to work intermittently, and struggled to determine why. As other reviews have mentioned, the manual is pretty bad and was no help at all in figuring this out. What Ive discovered is that the there is an internal switch that is triggered when you pull the Diffuser out. This switch seems to set Zoom to 14%, you lose the ability to control Zoom, and Zoom does not adjust as you change the lens zoom level. Once you slide the Diffuser back into the flash body, manual control of Zoom is restored and again automatically adjusts when you change the cameras Zoom level. I hope this helps to answer the question for others whove been unable to figure this out.

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My original is close to one year old but recently stopped working. I purchased a second after thinking the first had died. But...... My advice is to open the unit if it stops working. My first unit would do everything, but fire. After opening the case, I noticed a white wire had burned free from the circuit board. I carefully soldered it back and it works again. If you decide on a repair beware, it still will shock you. If yours has died check it before you toss it. There are four white wires which more than likely get very hot if the flash is getting a good workout. My failure started with a dimming/flickering display. FYI the screws are under the rubber caps on the side as well as two next to the label. The caps are held on with adhesive, that will stick if slightly heated. Function wise, Id recommend the Neewer plastic diffuser. It will greatly improve diffusion over the built in cards. This is a great flash for taking the workload off of your more expensive flashes. They do not have SBxxx power, but if youre on a budget or need decent fill flashes they are good options. Id recommend two. The assumed failure could have ruined my first paying shoot.

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3/22/18...Update. Finally got to use my replacement flash at our annual woodcarving show. Impressed! In the "bad old days", B.D. (Before Digital) We were always warned to "form" our main flash capacitors by firing them manually 3 or 4 times, to "wake them up". The first exposures I took were underexposed, but a +3 compensation on the flash cured that. As I took more photos, exposure compensation dropped from 3, to 2, past 1, and finally leveled out at 0. My Nikon flash doesnt need that sort of "warm up", but, at 5X the price, youd expect it no to. A GOOD, basic flash, with a good set of features that work! Some photos I took once the flash was warmed up. I really liked this flash, It worked well, until it didnt. Great features! Reasonable guide number, fairly light, modes, a delight to use, bright LCD display, easy adjustment, the head depresses -7 degrees for macro, and thermal protection, to keep us speedlite commandos ("Strobists"?) from burning it out prematurely! It comes with a nice stand, too. The flash is a Christmas Present from my daughter, and I really, really wanted to like it! When I first hooked it up to my camera, I loved the metal hot shoe, but after a few exposures, I noticed the color balance was not ~5600 Kelvin for daylight or flash, but more down the range to ~2700 K, which is Tungsten light. It also started underexposing by 2 stops or more, and exposure compensation didnt help. Just hoping I had gotten a flash that was built on a Monday or Friday, I returned the defective unit, (Thank You, Amazon!) and ordered a replacement. It came this morning, and the Postman hadnt reached the end of our Cul de sac, when I had a fresh set of Eneloop batteries in it, and started testing. Good results!, Proper exposure from semi-macro to living room distances. In the midst of all this , my cameras LCD screen went blank! Oshoot!" (or words to that effect, sez I. Also "DRAT!" User error! I found that I had accidentally changed my shutter speed to 1/500 sec, which was over the flashs sync speed of 1/320 sec. Farble corrected, the flash performed flawlessly! Then...WHY only 4 stars? Longevity and reliability have not yet been tested. I dont expect that for the price, the build quality will match that of Nikon or Canons flashes, but for the majority of us, I suspect it will do just fine. If that proves to be true, I will upgrade.

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So Ive had the chance to use the 750II for a little while now and here are my impressions of this unit. for the price, you cant go wrong, I had previously purchased the NM561 speedlight and that one left few things to be desired that the 750II includes for just a few bucks more, Im upset at myself for not coming across the 750II first. Overall impression, the flash looks sturdy and legit like a brand name speedlight, a big but small detail is the fact that the PC terminal is threaded, that is a huge for anyone using triggers to keep connections secure. The flash head swings 180 degrees CCwise but only 90 degrees clockwise (reverse from their 561 unit), not a deal breaker but a big bummer for me since their other units are oposite rotation my namebrand speedlights swing 180 both directions. The terminal for the battery pack is the same as other flashes so im able to use by external battery source with this unit. I like that the power button is a switch like the name brand and not a button as their lower unit. Another huge for me was the fact that the flash head zooms when the lens is zoom and manually on manual mode as well. These details are what made me bang my head against the wall for buying the 561 unit which lacks all these features. Now for the actual functionality of the unit. My intended purpose for these units is primarily off camera use in manual mode, hence why I originally bought the 561 units and saved a few bucks and got a lot of headaches. The menu/LCD layout seems pretty intuitive to me, very similar to the much more expensive name brand units, flash power, EV comp value and flash zoom are controlled by the middle directional button and the mode is controlled by it own dedicated button, no rocket science degree needed here. As a manual offcamera unit, this thing works great, i can control the zoom level and power level, and the sync cable is secured by the threaded terminal, and the unit does NOT turn off after long period of inactivity (the 561 does) exacly what I was looking for. AS a MAIN unit mounted on the camera, thats a different story (again, this is in my experience with my shooting conditions). I decided to use this unit on camera since I was having some tech difficulties getting my other units to work with my triggers and my whole setup. I shoot a lot on manual mode and do a lot of EV comp with the flash when ever its in use. I found, in my experience and shooting conditions, the TTL does not work very well with the camera in manual mode, or any mode but with EV values adjusted on camera, or EV adjusted on the speedlight and in close proximity. Ive had the unit cranked down to -2.5 EV and the flash still packs a big punch wich is not desireable in close range situations, eg a person within 5ft will be overexposed when the settings are set to underexpose, particularly with spot metering or centerweighed. Ive had to often times change the mode to manual on the flash in situation when the TTL is more ideal due to variations in distance to the subject are constantly changing. In manual mode you get too close, its over exposed, get too far, underexpose. so situations like these would be better with ttl but Ive had instances where the ttl just didnt perform as expected. I do normally shoot bounce or with a diffused dome on the flash, been doing this for almost a decade so I know what Ive come to expect from my speedlight units. In normal conditions when EV values are not adjusted either on camera or flash, and when my subjects are not within 5 feet of me, this unit performs as expected. I would assume that would be the majority of users, so in normal shooting situations this flash has performed very well, a bit on the brighter side but acceptable. Only issue is that it drains the batteries faster than my other units. I have not had any issues with this unit in regards to overheating. Overall this unit is a keeper since my main use is as off camera manual flash, I will keep shooting my name brand unit as a main but this will do for a backup in a pinch, once you get to know the pitfalls of the unit within your working conditions you can adapt and troubleshoot with ease. If youre straight up auto mode, this unit should work well and save you a few hundred bucks. Im actually thinking of selling my name brand units that I use as off camera manual units and just replace with these. In case a unit breaks, I can digest replacing a unit for around 50 bucks than a unit for over 500bucks. I shoot weddings and portraits, On camera flash is not a big part of my shooting setup but I always carry a unit as a ready to go backup plan when things go south or in a pinch when im not around my off camera units or in a run. if your shooting relies more heavily on on-camera flash, certainly give this unit a try, worst case you just spent 50bucks and not over 500 and can keep this for a solid off camera option.

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First things first: This review is for the Neewer VK750II i-TTL Speedlite, which arrived on time as promised and in perfect condition. Prime is a great thing to have, if only for the free video. THE BASICS: The flash works as promised with my Nikon, [D7000]. When I pulled it from the box, the first thing i did was check the hotshoe for pins and was glad to see that it had the four pins required for TTL functionality were there. Some of the low cost flashes which say TTL dont have these pins and some have them but theyre dummies. This is not the case here, the pins are fully functional and communicate with the camera quite well. THE GOOD: The flashs i-TTL functionality is great. Every test that I have gone through so far shows this. It also has a "strobe burst" mode for shooting continuous photos, which i havent used in the real world yet but tested and seems to work on at close range, from 1/128 up to 1/8 power. You may have guessed this mode is a manual mode. The manual mode offers everything a basic flash could offer and the S1 seems to work ok, I havent tried the S2 mode yet. The form factor is also a plus, about same size and nearly same weight with the SB910 I have at work, with more than enough space to turn the locking wheel. Simple controls, straight forward operation and good form factor. Enough by itself for five stars. THE BAD: The light quality itself is an issue for me. It seems a little blue/green in a few of my tests. Although I dont think of myself as a professional strobist, I did see it so maybe others would as well. I usually shoot to process so with a little correction it wont make a difference but its there. The flash only syncs with shutter speeds up to 1/250 in most modes and 1/320 in "strobe burst" without a sync cable, which I have at work. That test will come later. For the price, not enough reason to remove a star. THE UGLY: The instruction manual. Be forewarned, I say this as a joke. I think that even if its got a few errors and seems to be sub par as far as writing quality, it makes me laugh so much that I cant fault it. It even has some basic shooting techniques for flash usage, with simple illustrations. Honestly, my only real gripe is that the light quality isnt the best, which wont be noticed by too many people, and if you shoot to process or figure out a custom white balance setting is an easy fix. I havent had this flash for very long but Im already planning on buying another one and a dual flash power pack. UPDATE: I originally rated it 5 stars but I have an issue with the infrared focus assist: Its off center. Im not sure if its an error only on mine or how they are all manufactured. Couple that with the light quality, only 4 stars. I still love it though, and will purchase another.

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