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I can't afford a SB-700 Speedlight atm. Any other makes good or not?
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<blockquote data-quote="rocketman122" data-source="post: 235482" data-attributes="member: 14443"><p>Very good accuracy. it was a concern for me as well. build quality is excellent. the plastics on the yongnuo are a bit better as they are a little more matte finish compared to the nikon which have a polished plastic look to it and with greasy hands its a pain. also, any scratches on the yongnuo will be less visible. scratches on the nikon are very evident and noticeable. have had the 568 and sb700 at the same time and its much more evident on the nikon. </p><p></p><p>my 568 slipped off the camera shoe when I had the POS yongnuo 603 slaves in it. these slaves are pure garbage and I was stupid to use them. they have no locking wheel to tighten it to the camera body so it simply slides in. lesson learned. the flash crashed to the floor. the red plastic in front came free and the top flash housing came loose and it doesnt lift and lower (not side/side) as tightly as it once was but very acceptable. it was very tight beforehand. I simply clicked the red plastic back in place and did some tiny mod to get the head back to work fine. still works though. the locking wheel is very secure btw. the red af assist beam is nice when im on the dance floor and its dark. better than the white one on bodies like the d7000/d600. they are too annoying.</p><p></p><p>they only have a 568 no 568II for nikon ...yet. it will do ittl no problem. will sync up to 1/8000 no problem. but it cant control other off camera flashes. you need a master for that. no yongnuo flash has that capability..yet. you can use a sb700 on the camer or an sb800 on camera or an 900 or 910 and have put the 568 into slave mode (youll see 2 flashing red lights on the front body under the red lens) and you use those camera flashes to fire off the 568, but you cant use the 568 on the camera to fire the others off. even the tiny flash built in the camera can be a master to fire the 568 off camera..and yes in ttl off camera..or manual if you like..u can also cancel the monitor preflash so it wont get trigger happy and fire off when using matrix metering. thats something else to talk about. hope that helps.</p><p></p><p>oh btw, another huge plus! with the yongnuo, if I want to lower or increase power, I simply press the button left or right. with the sb700, I have to press SEL first then play with the wheel and for me under stress at times, every second matters. small things that make a huge difference.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="rocketman122, post: 235482, member: 14443"] Very good accuracy. it was a concern for me as well. build quality is excellent. the plastics on the yongnuo are a bit better as they are a little more matte finish compared to the nikon which have a polished plastic look to it and with greasy hands its a pain. also, any scratches on the yongnuo will be less visible. scratches on the nikon are very evident and noticeable. have had the 568 and sb700 at the same time and its much more evident on the nikon. my 568 slipped off the camera shoe when I had the POS yongnuo 603 slaves in it. these slaves are pure garbage and I was stupid to use them. they have no locking wheel to tighten it to the camera body so it simply slides in. lesson learned. the flash crashed to the floor. the red plastic in front came free and the top flash housing came loose and it doesnt lift and lower (not side/side) as tightly as it once was but very acceptable. it was very tight beforehand. I simply clicked the red plastic back in place and did some tiny mod to get the head back to work fine. still works though. the locking wheel is very secure btw. the red af assist beam is nice when im on the dance floor and its dark. better than the white one on bodies like the d7000/d600. they are too annoying. they only have a 568 no 568II for nikon ...yet. it will do ittl no problem. will sync up to 1/8000 no problem. but it cant control other off camera flashes. you need a master for that. no yongnuo flash has that capability..yet. you can use a sb700 on the camer or an sb800 on camera or an 900 or 910 and have put the 568 into slave mode (youll see 2 flashing red lights on the front body under the red lens) and you use those camera flashes to fire off the 568, but you cant use the 568 on the camera to fire the others off. even the tiny flash built in the camera can be a master to fire the 568 off camera..and yes in ttl off camera..or manual if you like..u can also cancel the monitor preflash so it wont get trigger happy and fire off when using matrix metering. thats something else to talk about. hope that helps. oh btw, another huge plus! with the yongnuo, if I want to lower or increase power, I simply press the button left or right. with the sb700, I have to press SEL first then play with the wheel and for me under stress at times, every second matters. small things that make a huge difference. [/QUOTE]
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