01May Yongnuo YN-622C Wireless ETTL Flash Trigger
I posted about the Yongnuo YN-622c flash transceiver awhile back. It looked like a pretty good option, but I was already using a set of Pixel King E-TTL wireless triggers for flash work. Recently my Pixel King receiver took a nose dive off a light stand taking a second unit with it. The flashes survived but the cold shoe broke off both receivers and the 1/4 20 threads are in pretty bad shape. I looked into replacement cost and they want $78 a peace for the receivers.
When I looked up the cost of the Yongnuo YN-622c flash transceivers on ebay, i found out you can buy a set of 4 transceivers for $159 with free shipping which is about the same price as two replacement Pixel King receivers. I thought this might be a good opportunity to test out the Yongnuo YN-622c flash transceivers
and see how well they work.
I just left for Oregon this morning and stopped in for some Voodoo Doughnuts on the way to the motel, so I won’t be able to run any tests until I get back next week. I don’t do a lot of flash tests, so if there is anything you’d like to see tested let me know and I’ll add it to my list of things to do.
Also, I brought some test footage I shot with the Ninja and 5d mark III with me. Hopefully i’ll be able to do some grading tests while i’m in the motel and post them this week. I’ll keep you posted.
May 2nd, 2013 at 12:43 am
Look forward to seeing both tests. Though what I’d really love to see is how the 5D mkIII clean HDMI compares to the C100 compressed and out of camera. All of the footage I’ve seen shows the C100 totally blows the 5D out of the water AVCHD to AVCHD.
May 3rd, 2013 at 8:57 am
So far in the limited amount of testing I’ve been able to do. I would say you’re not going to get a sharper image out of the HDMI port, just a better codec to work with when color correcting. I’ve looked at alot of footage from the C100 and the 5dmkIII, i prefer the 5dmkIII for most things. The C100 has more detail, but generally I find that to be a bad thing for regular shooting. If you’re doing green screen work or need to crop in on a shot the C100 is a better choice.
May 2nd, 2013 at 1:29 am
Now I want a doughnut!
May 2nd, 2013 at 6:48 am
Welcome to Portland!!! If you want, I can take you to the best Food Carts in Downtown or other areas. Just let me know.
I’m a happy user of the YN-622C, I’ve tried everything (PW, RadioPoppers, and old chinesse triggers). I’ve been using the 622’s for about two month
Why I love it ?
* Manual / E-TTL Flash / High Speed Sync trigger
* Flash Power and Zoom control and mode from your camera body
* TTL pass through (you are able to use a on-camera flash)
* AA Batteries
* Excelent price. Less than $80 a pair.
* Flash wake-up from presion the shutter button half way
May 2nd, 2013 at 6:52 am
For the US users, I recommend to buy this triggers from any US Seller. In case you have to returned for the failure, you don’t have to pay a lot of money in Shipping to Hong Kong.