YONGNUO YN685 GN60 2.4G System ITTL HSS Wireless Flash Speedlite with Radio Slave for Nikon DSLR Cameras

I have no reason to not give this offering 5 stars. I tried my hand at some product photography and needed a third light to control from my YN622n tx. I have an SB 800 and a YN568EX on 2 YN622 tx. The transceiver for this flash is built in. Unlike my other Yongnuo flashes the menu system seems intuitive on this model. The mounting slide and lock is a great addition too! Using a shoot through umbrella, the built in radio transceiver allows a more central placement of the light. The flash appears to work really well without the use of modifiers too. Update: I should point out that I am not a professional hammering away with this light. I doubt I have fired it 100 times in a day, I never have used a second set of batteries or external power. I think the light may be a little cool. But I was blown away this weekend at the reach this light has.

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Love these flashes. I have two for my Nikon d7200s. They work well, no glitches with Nikon. More powerful than my sb-700. I give them a good pounding. I use for backyard wildlife and macro so Im getting pretty much a maximum burst with each shot. Mostly on-camera but sometimes I use off-camera with the YN-622N-TX trigger. You can google all the good things about Yongnuo flashes, this review is mainly just to say I got two good units and they are holding up well.

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I own three of these along with a YN965 and a YN622-TX controller. I have used these shooting sporting events to have two different groups/settings using two different cameras to capture runners coming from two directions. Very reliable.

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I have 4 of these speedlites. I purchase this one used with a slight crack in the red plastic cover. I works perfectly and I got a great deal on it.

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These flashes are some of the best deals in photography. If they were twice as expensive, they would still be some of the best deals in photography. I use these professionally for weddings and they have been rock solid.

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Did my homework before purchasing and Im very happy with this flash. Worked and fit perfectly. Watched a few video tutorials and programmming was a breeze.

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Youtube setup instruations and you are good to go.

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Very good product for the money you pay. If you are going to use it professionally in an event you want to get an external battery like Godox Propack PB960 with a Canon cable (eventhough the flash is for Nikon cameras).

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It is definitely a large flash. It has functioned flawlessly for the last 5 months with medium use. I really like the large size for shooting material sample shots in my lab but wish yongnuo would also make a smaller flash to keep a smaller footprint when traveling.

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This flash, considering the price, is amazingly good. As a long time Nikon speedlight user (though I think they peaked at the SB800 and are going downhill since) I expected a piece of junk, frankly, but since it was RF compatible with the YN622N-TX, i figured I would try it. On the bad side it is really large, the documentation is typical Yongnuo (i.e. bad), and the head does not give a very clear indication when level vs slightly depressed. But on the good side it is powerful (Id guess a bit below an SB800, but not much), recycles very fast, has all the features I needed, and so far has worked flawlessly. It also has a very nice "lock" position for the on/off switch that keeps you from accidentally changing settings while repositioning it (I wish the YN622Ns had that actually). I use it primarily for off-camera flash, where the size is perhaps even an advantage. It is usable on-camera, but a bit bulky (not so much heavy as just large). I have also tested it in high speed sync (i.e. FP sync in Nikon terms) and it worked nicely up to 8000th, on and off camera. Some test shots against an SB800 showed similarly even spread of light, no hot/dark spots. Considering the price of a new Nikon RF enabled flass (and worst the RF controller for their pro cameras) this is a real bargain.

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