Short review, just wanted to get one on here since none have been posted yet!
This is the second iteration of the YN600EX-RT, and is therefore the equivalent to Canon's second iteration of their 600EX-RT (which is the 600EX II-RT).
I'm an amateur experimenting with flash photography and got a single 600EX II-RT to start. I quickly moved to off-camera flash. Optical control using my Canon EOS 80D as a master worked fine, but I really wanted the on-camera TTL control of all the flash settings, which requires radio. I couldn't afford to buy another Canon 600EX II-RT at their price point and I'd seen Yongnuo flashes everywhere, even among well-known professionals, so I decided to check them out. I almost bought the YN600EX-RT but thankfully thought to just check their official website to see if they had an update to match Canon's update, and sure enough they did - this YN600EX-RT II!
Being so much cheaper than the Canons (1 Canon = 4 Yongnuo), I decided to buy two to use as radio off-camera slaves and use my Canon as a radio master. They all work wonderfully (Canon master, Yongnuo slaves).
As expected and as others mentioned for other Yongnuo models, build quality isn't quite on par with Canon. There's no push-button release for rotating or angling the flash head; rather, you simply have to apply enough force to overcome the notches. The amount of force required makes you second-guess yourself at first, wondering if you're about to break something. Given this design, it makes sense to find some kind of grease between the body and flash head. It's not excessive and leaking all over things, but I did notice it was there you might be able to swipe some off the edges with your fingers. Overall build quality is fine though. Not tanks, but not overly cheap either. Quick list:
- No push-button release for rotating and angling of flash head; requires a lot of force to turn
- Set button in center of selection wheel rotates with the wheel (so "Set" can be upside-down, etc.)
- Flashes arrived at maximum LCD contrast; clearing settings and resetting to default actually sets medium contrast which is pretty weak/hard to see and might make you wonder if your screen just "broke" during your reset.. it didn't, just go bump the contrast all the way back up.
Again I'm no professional, but overall I think these are great especially considering four of them can be had for the price of a single Canon 600EX II-RT. Unless these all fail very soon, this definitely seems to be the way to go unless your pockets are just overflowing with cash. So thanks, Yongnuo!
The various official steps for updating the firmware seemed inaccurate to me. The first comment on this review contains steps that worked. I updated my firmware on two flashes from 1.10 to 1.12 (downloaded from YONGNUO's official website; unable to navigate via the site, I instead found the official product page via Google search and the firmware link is at the bottom of that page).
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Yongnuo YN600EX-RT II Wireless Flash Speedlite TTL HSS MASTER for Canon DSLR Camera
Features Information:
1. Supports RT System --- One YN600EX-RT can be used as on-camera master unit and remote slave unit of Canon's RT system, and supports Gr grouping mode.
2. Fully Compatible with YN-E3-RT II, Canon's 600EX-RT / ST-E3-RT Wireless Signal
a) One YN600EX-RT II can be used as master unit to trigger another YONGNUO YN600EX-RT or Canon's 600EX-RT, and live display the flash groupings of slave unit and recycling information.
b) One YN600EX-RT II can respectively receive the wireless signal from master unit YN600EX-RT, YN-E3-RT or Canon's 600EX-RT/ST-E3-RT, achieving remote TTL, M and Gr flash.
3. High Guide Number, Supports High-speed Sync --- GN60@ISO100, 200mm; supports high-speed sync TTL, manual flash, Gr grouping flash; the highest synchronous speed can reach 1/8000s.
4. Supports USB Firmware Upgrade --- The YN600EX-RT II equipped with the USB interface, supports firmware upgrade, the users can download the upgrade firmware through the Yongnuo official website to upgrade the flash.
5. Supports Wireless Optical Slave function --- The YN600EX-RT supports YONGNUO, Canon's and Nikon's wireless optical master signal, supports S1 and S2 pre flash cancel mode.
6. Support Auto/Manual Zooming --- The YN600EX-RT supports auto and manual zooming, the zoom coverage is from 20~200mm.
7. Settings Save Automatically, Supports Custom Settings(Fn) ---The parameters on the flash will automatically save when the flash is turned off; the users can customize the setting of the flash.
8. Ultrafast Charging Recycle System, Supports External Power Supply.
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YONGNUO was founded in 2006, it is mainly engaged the product development, manufacturing and retailing of photographic equipment.
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Died after only one session
I was curious to see if I could get away with using this off camera as a replacement to the Canon 600exiirt, I was wrong. After one family session which lasted only 1 hour, it burned. Shooting in manual mode between 1/16 and 1/32, there were full power random bursts. Guess I will have to stick with original.
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