Yong. Nuo YN- 5. 68. EX – TTL & FP HSS Flash Review. The YN- 5. 68. EX is the latest flagship TTL flash from Yong. Nuo, and the first flash unit from a Chinese manufacture to feature High Speed Sync (HSS) allowing camera shutter speeds up to 1/8. Released just in time to team up with the new, and already very popular, YN- 6.

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C ETTL and HSS enabled radio triggers for off camera flash use. Currently available for Canon cameras, though a Nikon version is sure to come . The omission of a battery port really being the only thing that may be a deal breaker for some, though the fast standard recycle may counter that to some degree. And for those looking for TTL slave flashes, compatibility with non Yong. Nuo radio triggers may also be an important consideration.

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Great Features –HSS (FP high speed sync) for shutter speeds to 1/8. Good Power – only around 3/1. Canon/Nikon alternatives. Fast Recycle – from 2 – 3 seconds at full power.

Both Canon & Nikon Optic Wireless slave functions built in. S1 & S2 simple Manual optic slave – for regular or TTL pre- flash. Sound Beep – indicates recycle ready and low exposure+ or – 5 stops of Exposure Compensation in ETTL1/3rd and 1/2 stop Manual power adjustment, even both methods combined. Compatible with Canon’s built in Flash Control Menu. Sync Port – Instead of the troublesome traditional PC sync port.

Full Head Swivel 1. Powerful AF assist light (though centre focus point only)Regular simple shoe locking ring – no complex lever system to break.

Settings saved automatically. Instant switch on/off option.

Limitations –No external High Voltage Battery Pack Port. No USB port for firmware updates.

No Canon/Nikon Optic Wireless Master control. Possible compatibility issues with non Yong. Nuo TTL radio triggers. AF assist light is centre focus point only, and can even miss that at close distances. No distance scale in Manual mode.

No Auto exposure mode (Auto is the old method before TTL)No weatherproofing. In Use –The YN- 5. EX is very simple to operate and the TTL exposures and HSS have been working exactly as expected. Also teamed up with the YN- 6. C off camera triggers the 5.

Power is about is a little below the Canon 5. Buttons and controls are easy to operate (no more mushy buttons) and the recycle beeper (particularly in ETTL) is also really handy. Overall the YN- 5. EX is a nice flash to use.

Flash Body –New Body Design. Instead of just adding HSS to the previous YN- 5. EX TTL flash model (which was a close copy of the Canon 5.

EX II body and LCD screen), Yong. Nuo have designed a completely new original body for the 5. EX, and its mostly all the better for it. It has a large clear LCD and nice solid plastic control buttons, no more spongy rubber ones. The body had a nice square shape with matt textured finish, and its actually all just a little bit smaller than the previous 5. Sims 2 Neighborhood With Lots Download Skype. EXII. Flash Head Full Swivel. The flash head also now has a full 1.

The head is tighter to click into positions, which means it will likely support modifiers and softboxes etc better without moving around. The only problem I have with this is when using pass- through hotshoes like YN’s on own YN- 6. C ETTL trigger, it puts even more stress on those if swivelling the flash head constantly. Flash Head Size. The flash head as shown above is very similar in size to the 5. EXII, with the 5. EX being just a little smaller in width and height.

So 5. 80. EX/II Stofen caps and modifiers should at least still fit over the 5. EX head, but they may need a little extra packing or gaffa tape to hold them in place. Its great that Yong. Nuo have an original design now, but one thing that would be very convenient is to retain the head shape of the current Canon or Nikon flashes for this reason. Less Locking Ring Space. Also a slight step backward from the 5.

EX II body design is less finger room to access the locking ring, its fine on most cameras, but again on the 6. C triggers or regular flash stand, less finger room makes it harder to get your fingers in there to secure the flash tightly or get it undone again. Its not really obvious in the image above, but there is considerably more room around the locking ring on the 5. EX II (shown right). LCD & Functions –Large Clear LCDThe 5.

EX has a nice large clear LCD making it easy to see and adjust TTL exposure compensation and manual power levels. Image left below shows ETTL set with + 4 and 1/3rd stops of exposure compensation. Image right shows Manual power set at 1/2 power + 0.

Simple Controls. Most of the Controls are very simple and straight forward, the 5. EX user manual even states at the beginning with a Quick Start guide – ” You can understand the function of each button by pressing them and observing the displayed content”, which is exactly the simple and intuitive operation you want to see. The exception to this is mainly for the Canon/Nikon Optic Wireless slave function, which is easy enough to select by holding the MODE button for few seconds, but then 2 buttons need to be pressed at the same time to change channels and groups there.

The other exception is selecting the custom functions which also requires a 2 button press. Arrows marked between the buttons do help as a guide to the combinations though. Ps3 System Update Patch Notes.

Overall for general use the 5. EX is very simple to operate and previous setting are automatically remembered. Stops of Flash Exposure Compensation in TTLExposure Compensation is adjusted very simply in full stops via the left and right arrows, and the the up and down arrows allow fine adjustment in 1/3rd stops. A big advantage though is the 5 stops of FEC adjustment, where Canon usually only provides 3 stops at most. This is likely more of an advantage with off camera use with the YN- 6. C triggers for creating larger ratios, or reducing bright rim lights etc, as the FEC set on the flash will add to the ration set from the camera. If adjusting FEC via the camera you still only have the 2 or 3 stops originally provided there, if FEC is set on the flash it overrides the cameras FEC setting, not adding to it.

Manual Adjustment in Full, 1/2 & 1/3rd Stops. Manual power adjustment is made in full stops via the left and right arrows, and 1/2 and 1/3rd stop fine adjustments via the up and down arrows. By default 1/3rd and 1/2 stop adjustments are offered at the same time, which is really quite handy, but you can also select just one or the other in the custom settings. One minor thing I’m not keen on is the power adjustment scrolls around in a loop instead of stopping at full power and minimum power. So from full power it continues straight on to minimum power and upward again. Again this mainly concerns off camera use, but it means you can’t easily adjust the flash inside a softbox for example just by feel, you really need to see the LCD to know where the power is set.

Power Output –We have heard some slightly varying reports regarding the power output of the 5. EX, but this unit appears to be around 0. Canon 5. 80ex. That puts the 5.

EX just a couple of tenths above the 4. II, which is reasonably consistent with most reports. It’s also about 0. YN- 5. 60 units which are similar to the 5.

EX. Results do fluctuate a few tenths though anyway, we noticed this particularly with the YN- 5. The way we tested the power was using a shoot through umbrella (flash zoom set to 3. The bare flash results were a little closer between the YN- 5.

Canon 5. 80. EX in the centre of the frame, which just shows the 5. Power Output HSS –The YN- 5. HSS enabled flash from Yong. Nuo (or any Chinese manufacturer) so we were very interested to see how well the 5. Canon units. HSS power output as we have found previously with Canon flashes can vary significantly from one flash unit to the next, we have 2 identical 5. HSS, and that is not uncommon to other peoples experience as well. But the YN- 5. 68.

EX in HSS is about the same as the lower powered 5. What does this mean is practice? People will often say you loose 2 to 3 stops of power as soon as you go into HSS.