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Unboxing and Review of the Yongnuo YN-622C ETTL flash triggers.

June 19th, 2013 Lighting 63 comments 652

In the below video I do an unboxing and review of the Yongnuo YN-622C ETTL flash triggers. I know you’re thinking, hey he has Cactus V5 radio triggers, why would he want ETTL as well. Well as you may or may not know ETTL lets you control functions of you flash from the back of your camera. The most important being the output of your flash.

Having to walk over to each one of your flash units on a job can take up a lot of your time. There essentially can be 4, 5, or more speedlites used in a portrait job.

Though Pocketwizard is the pro standard for firing off your speedlites or strobes, it’s pretty expensive to have a whole set of them. And before the 622Cs, finding a cheap ETTL solution was hard to do.

What you do need are ETTL capable flashes. Canon sells 3 this trigger can fire. The 600EX-RT, the 580exII and the 430exII. Yongnuo also sells an ETTL flash, the YN-565ex  for about $160, which is well cheaper than the cheapest Canon. Since I only have one pair of Yongnuo triggers, I show how I can control the output of the key light from camera and use my Cactus V5s to simply fire other flashes off – setting their output manually.

Questions? Fire away…

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63 Comments

  1. Damian Dodd
    June 18, 2013 at 10:05 pm Reply ↓
  2. StoneyPlays
    June 19, 2013 at 8:53 am Reply ↓

    can you tell me what the actual max sync speed you get with these? i have the 602’s and i get 2nd curtain shadows appearing consistently at 1/200th, and a little fringing at 1/160th occasionally. I’m trying to determine if it’s a delay with the flash or a the trigger being slow?

  3. Damian Dodd
    June 20, 2013 at 10:38 pm Reply ↓

    I’ll need to use them more and do some googling. Will try and get back to ya soon.

  4. Joe Shannon
    July 1, 2013 at 6:49 pm Reply ↓

    Sounds like my new purchase lol…

  5. Joe Shannon
    July 1, 2013 at 7:54 pm Reply ↓

    what’s up buddy I have a small problem I tried to research didn’t find any answers maybe you can help…I have the yongnuo 602 trigs they work, but only when I try to use my wireless shutter trigger with my yongnuo 560 flash that’s when the problem starts I tried to create a low key photo of myself when I tried to take the pic the flash was late maybe the flash was delayed or trigger being slow…I NEED HELP PLEASE LOL thx bud

  6. DoctorzandFriends
    July 2, 2013 at 12:08 pm Reply ↓

    1) Does the Cactus sync only trigger mounted on the 622c fire correctly with the shutter sync, or does it fire before the shutter flash because of TTL pre-flashes?

    2) Can you just use a 622C transmitter and a Cactus sync only trigger mounted on it to fire a bank of sync only receivers without any TTL flash in the system anywhere? Or do you also need a 622C receiver and a TTL flash in the system too?

  7. Damian Dodd
    July 3, 2013 at 8:06 am Reply ↓

    Let me get it straight, you had a 602 on your camera and a 602 on your Yongnuo 560 flash, and the flash was delayed in firing?

  8. Joe Shannon
    July 3, 2013 at 1:16 pm Reply ↓

    yes…using wireless 602 shutter remote

  9. TetradOpus
    July 7, 2013 at 11:48 am Reply ↓

    What do you use to charge the Flash? I don’t like the idea of purchasing batteries over and over again and would rather use some form of rechargeables or attach a battery pack to the flash unit. What do you use?

  10. Damian Dodd
    July 8, 2013 at 7:19 am Reply ↓

    @TetradOpus I’m using Eneloop rechargeables, but supposedly you get a slight more power output from regular AAs. But I’ve been happy with the Eneloops. They drain slower than others. But I tend to charge all my batteries the day before a shoot. Most flashes have a power adapter to connect a power pack to if you’re shooting a long time.

  11. Mauricio Fernández
    August 28, 2013 at 7:24 pm Reply ↓

    Can you get high speed sync with a youngnuo manual flash? Or it has to be in TTL only?

  12. Damian Dodd
    September 1, 2013 at 9:37 pm Reply ↓

    To my knowledge only the YN-568 has HSS, and also TTL.

  13. Savan de Silva
    September 11, 2013 at 4:06 am Reply ↓

    Hi Damian,

    I think u set the 2 yongnuo flashes to slave mode. Basically they would fire regardless u had them on ur cactus or not. I use the 622 to fire my 430ex and put the yongnuo flash on slave so that both fires. I might be wrong but just check

  14. jasam123
    September 26, 2013 at 4:17 am Reply ↓

    And I thought digitalrev is funny!

  15. sbogadi
    October 16, 2013 at 5:52 am Reply ↓

    Can’t you just press ISO button and from there change your flash exposure compensation with one of dials (not sure right now which one)?

  16. solidarios
    October 16, 2013 at 4:03 pm Reply ↓

    you can mix flashes. TTL and manual

  17. solidarios
    October 16, 2013 at 4:04 pm Reply ↓

    Yn-622 TX is your friend

  18. stoplossM4
    October 16, 2013 at 6:38 pm Reply ↓

    how are these holding up?

  19. Damian Dodd
    October 18, 2013 at 11:11 am Reply ↓

    @stoplossM4 I honestly haven’t used them since my review. I’ve been shooting video and using continuous lights in studio. So anyone else who’s been using them a lot please weigh in.

  20. Tony Fernandez
    October 21, 2013 at 8:27 pm Reply ↓

    LMFAO..on Just the opening credits… NiCe!

  21. TPTV
    October 24, 2013 at 4:10 am Reply ↓

    couldn’t get alien bees to do HSS with these is this possible

  22. Damian Dodd
    October 29, 2013 at 2:12 pm Reply ↓

    @TPTV Read this from another review does this help?

    Yes, it is enabled by default. If your flash doesn’t support HSS then the maximum sync speed is 1/250s or less, depending on your camera.

    There is also a mode called ‘Super Sync’ for manual flashes with long durations (e.g. studio heads). Set your camera to HSS mode and plug the flash into the receiver’s PC sync port. Yongnuo warns that Super Sync results may vary depending on your camera and flash combination.

  23. icebird101
    November 12, 2013 at 11:57 pm Reply ↓

    Thanks for the nice video, i have a comment on 18:50, im not sure about
    your camera but i’m using Canon 650d, and i can go there from the main
    shortcuts i just click on the info button then on the flash icon and wala u
    r there 🙂

  24. icebird101
    November 13, 2013 at 12:04 am Reply ↓

    22:20, when you put them on S1 they are firing optically when the first
    flash goes off, not because of the upper trigger !

  25. Lee Cant
    November 24, 2013 at 8:25 am Reply ↓

    When you say that you have to go back into the menu each time, can you not
    change the power of the flash from the top lcd screen using the flash
    exposure compensation? – if not it does suck that you have to go through
    all the menu again (unless you put the flash function settings into ‘my
    menu’ ?

  26. Darren Alexander
    December 2, 2013 at 6:08 pm Reply ↓
  27. xiong cam
    December 14, 2013 at 12:53 pm Reply ↓

    You can hit your Q button and the flash exposure compensation is available
    there

  28. Adam McKenzie
    December 28, 2013 at 10:57 am Reply ↓

    I’m using a 7D with two flashes (580exii and a yn565ex) and want to know how to go about setting up for group firing at different ratio

  29. EZ-VFX
    December 31, 2013 at 9:37 am Reply ↓

    does the 622c works with the 560-III speedlight ?

  30. Jayson Gamboa
    January 9, 2014 at 8:31 am Reply ↓

    I’m trying to control my 430EX II with my 6D through 622c but nothing happened.

  31. Mark Pugh
    January 18, 2014 at 1:16 pm Reply ↓

    Great video! Now I know I can control my 430 EX II with the Yung trans/receiver and my 430 EX with a set of cactus!

  32. 風神
    February 23, 2014 at 9:18 am Reply ↓

    I like it!! ^^

  33. Cesar Torres
    February 28, 2014 at 9:16 pm Reply ↓

    Very well done Damian, I love the way you explained it all and the icing was putting the other non ttl trigger. i thought about trying the same thing with a cheaper 20 bucks version for some other light group as well.. I will let you know

  34. Edit Effect Line
    March 10, 2014 at 3:08 pm Reply ↓

    great, do u know if it works with canon t3i

  35. Davis
    March 11, 2014 at 5:49 pm Reply ↓

    You can become human again from helping someone as a shade and not dying or completing the “quest” whether that be the boss or fog gate

  36. Jomi Garrucho
    March 12, 2014 at 5:31 pm Reply ↓

    you do know that you can change the flash exposure on the top LCD, and not dig into the menu, right?

  37. Jota Soares
    March 19, 2014 at 4:54 am Reply ↓

    Don’t forget the highspeedsync unavailable on the canon430, and available on the yongnuo 568!

  38. ThailandNewsNow
    March 22, 2014 at 1:34 pm Reply ↓

    Add a message to your video

  39. marcandsebe
    March 22, 2014 at 3:38 pm Reply ↓

    Could the 2 of these be set as slaves/receivers and be controlled by a 600EX RT or ST E3 RT?

  40. John M. Raggio
    March 31, 2014 at 11:23 am Reply ↓

    The bit at the end was interesting, but I think that S1 is for optical slave mode, no? I think to test the Cactus triggers you should have left the Yongnuo flashes on master, as if they were on top of a camera.

  41. Roshawn Woods
    May 16, 2014 at 6:10 pm Reply ↓

    Make a custom menu for your flash and any normally used modes. I never used custom until I started dealing which flash on a serious level.

  42. German Prado
    July 9, 2014 at 9:18 pm Reply ↓

    can use master mode at the 580 over the 622c to activate the 430 in slave mode?

  43. Heidi Anne Morris
    August 22, 2014 at 6:45 am Reply ↓

    Thinking of buying these .. anyone have them ? 🙂 I really like this model http://www.amazon.co.uk/Yongnuo-YN-622C-Wireless-Trigger-580EXII/dp/B0090BSSZO with the added lowlight beam. I have problems focusing in low light.These work with my 600ex rt speedlite apparently #fb #tum

  44. Juan D
    August 27, 2014 at 2:20 am Reply ↓

    Great opening : D It’s from DOCTOR WHO theme? <3I will buy a pair of this ones 🙂

  45. Glyn Owen
    September 2, 2014 at 1:25 pm Reply ↓

    ???????? V should’ve won

  46. Ashley Nadin
    September 10, 2014 at 12:58 am Reply ↓

    On my mrk2 flash compo button is on the top LCD

  47. CoastToaster
    October 14, 2014 at 11:31 am Reply ↓

    85k views 94k likes…. Illuminati confirmed!!!

  48. Lucien R
    October 20, 2014 at 9:49 am Reply ↓

    Thanks !

  49. Team Magnum Gaming
    November 3, 2014 at 7:48 pm Reply ↓

    where did you get your manual from? My manual that came with the set looks nothing like that?

  50. 45Supergun
    November 10, 2014 at 9:07 am Reply ↓

    You can use the “Q” button to quickly change FEC. You can also set the “Set” button to adjust FEC with ONE push. That’s why they include an instruction manual with the camera.

  51. 3dmaxuser
    November 10, 2014 at 2:23 pm Reply ↓

    Thanks for this video Damian after watching it I went and I got myself two of these Yongnuo 622 ETTL triggers but the Nikon version “622N” and a YN-622N-TX, with the TX unit I can use one of the YN-622N units to trigger the camera , must say I love this set up its great value , anyone thinking of getting these bits of kit do it they are great ! . thanks again Damian for pointing me in the right direction :)all the best dude !

  52. นราธิป แก้วอุ่นเรือน
    November 20, 2014 at 10:53 pm Reply ↓
  53. The design and interior
    November 21, 2014 at 10:33 pm Reply ↓
  54. Pablo x
    November 23, 2014 at 6:58 pm Reply ↓

    lmao that intro is hilarious.

  55. Marcus M.
    November 28, 2014 at 10:32 pm Reply ↓

    Cops wear AI sleeves now too? Lol

  56. panchoskywalker
    November 30, 2014 at 12:12 am Reply ↓

    Can you control the power of the flash from the camera, I mean not it TTL.

  57. Manuel Colón
    December 4, 2014 at 9:48 am Reply ↓

    I think those two Yongnuo flashes are firing because they are set to Slave 1. Maybe I’m wrong…

  58. Damian Dodd
    December 4, 2014 at 10:14 am Reply ↓

    +Manuel Colón Well if I screwed something up in the review I apologize. I suppose the point is still delivered and the correct operation comes with practice. It’s a toss up between unboxing and that initial use of gear vs having it a while and getting everything right in a review. I remain humble and appreciate mature corrections.

  59. Damian Dodd
    December 27, 2014 at 10:28 pm Reply ↓

    Yes works with 430EXII

  60. Yinon Landau
    January 14, 2015 at 12:33 pm Reply ↓

    your camera has a designated button for flash compensation.there is no reason for you to go in to the camera menu.(is doubles as your ISO button). press it and turn the dial..

  61. welloffgs2
    March 30, 2015 at 6:07 am Reply ↓

    prob a little late now lol but you have a flash exposure comp on the top of ur camera quick buttons.use your aperture wheel to control it.

  62. George Torres
    May 10, 2015 at 7:43 pm Reply ↓

    good review… Did you know you can have favorites on your camera? Put the flash controls in there and when you hit menu it will be where you left off.

  63. Stoked Productions
    August 2, 2015 at 11:10 pm Reply ↓

    wait so what if i were to buy that wireless flash trigger. Then put a youngnuo 600 rt on my camera with the transmitter, then on the side have my 580 ex ii with the other transmitter. will they both fire?

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