Should I get some triggers or not

My current body doesn't have a commander mode for the flash (D5100), so I've been looking into a Yongnuo YN-622N setup of sorts to do some off camera flash triggering.

I'm looking at getting
YN-622N x2 (for my SB-700s)
YN-622N-TX x1 (as the commander)


I think the above will work quite well (thoughts welcome from members), however I have a dilemma in that I will be looking to make the jump to a D7100 (or a D7200 if it comes out) at some point in the near(ish) future.
Now the D7xxx series all have built in commander modes for the flash, so would I be wasting my money on the triggers now, or do you think these would be a useful addition to my D7xxx body?

Thanks

Triggers are a must in my book...Do it...

I used exactly the same set up with my D5100 and it works great. Well worth the money for the results you can get from multi off camera flash.

I would like the TX transmitter but since I must have a flash on camera when im on the dance floor, thats out. Im a bit frustrated with my 6-622n. ttl btw, is far from accurate and almost always underexposed. also take into consideration that you get about 3 fps at most, regardless what camera you will shoot with because it needs time to send the signal. just so you be aware. many dont mention this. when I first got mine, I though something was wrong. it seemed to slow my whole system down like it was shooting at 1/30 of a second.

IF you get the D7XXX later, well, thats later. its a cheap transmitter so not like youre investing in pocket wizards. my friend uses it with the D4 D4s and seems to enjoy remotely adjusting pwer levels on the fly.
Id like that too, but im not giving up my camera flash for that. nuh uh..

Built in commander is IR and depends on line of sight, Yongnuo is RF and doesn't care about line of sight. RF also has much longer range. I use both (SU-800) and 602s on my bodies. Plus, you can control flash AND shutter with the RF remotes (at least you can with my 602s).

rocketman122 said:

Im a bit frustrated with my 6-622n. ttl btw, is far from accurate and almost always underexposed. also take into consideration that you get about 3 fps at most, regardless what camera you will shoot with because it needs time to send the signal. just so you be aware. many dont mention this. when I first got mine, I though something was wrong. it seemed to slow my whole system down like it was shooting at 1/30 of a second.

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Interesting about the lower fps and that TTL is underexposed (though I suppose a few test shots could fix that if you adjusted accordingly)

After using a set of Vello triggers (inexpensive, and non-TTL) I decided to pick up a set of the Yongnuo's. Haven't tested them yet, but I will try and shoot something in the next day or two to see if it suffers from the underexposure issue. I do very little flash photography, so simply having something that shoots TTL should be enough for me (fps matters not), provided it exposes the image properly.

Regardless, if you're using a speedlight having a set of remote triggers is almost a necessity. How often you use them and in what situations will dictate just how much you might be willing to spend on them.

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Interesting about the lower fps and that TTL is underexposed (though I suppose a few test shots could fix that if you adjusted accordingly)

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yes. when I first started using them I thought something was wrong. it was very slow. but yet again, its logical. it has to send signal back and forth between them so this takes time. so no matter what camera youll use, be it even my D3/D3s, it will bring the camera down to screeching halt to aprx 3 fps.

adjusting doesnt mean much if your scene is changing non stop, like on a dance floor. trust me, adjusting has nothing to do with it. 622 and 568 both underexpose. I did a wedding with 4 flashes in a rectangular shape around the dance floor. no flash on camera. on shot under one shot good, one shot under one shoot ok. that was the last time I shot ttl with it. from then on, only manually adjusted flashes and always a flash on camera as well. havent used HSS yet. dont care for it. meh.

Don't forget that flash units need time to recharge. Using continuous on the camera is probably the cause of the under-exposure since maybe the units don't have time to fully recharge before they are asked to fire again.