The latter involves just setting parameters on the flash units themselves, so that you can mix together manual, TTL and stroboscopic flashes. There are three different operating configurations for the YN-622N system: master control mode (covered in our earlier article), remote control mode and mix control mode. Beyond that, you can try ganging together multiple speedlights, or use more flags and “negative fill” (black walls) in your studio to reduce the ambient light falling on your subject.
Experimenting with different manual power levels could yield brighter results. On the left there is no flash and on the right is the same scene lit with a remote Nikon SB-800 bouncing light off the right-hand wall. However, at extremely high speeds, above 1/2000 second or so, the contribution from the Nikon SB-800 is reduced since the shutter simply isn’t open long enough to let all its light in — and this is more a limitation of the camera-flash combination than of the triggers. The Yongnuo YN-622N synchronises cleanly at all shutter speeds, as shown.
Increasing the shutter speed reduces the amount of natural light in the exposure.
Why might you need high-speed sync? In this demonstration, we wanted to shoot our 50mm f/1.8 lens wide-open for a narrow depth-of-field, but this means letting a lot of light into the camera and we weren’t able to black out the windows of our studio enough to eliminate the unwanted extra ambient light. We’ve also been getting to grips with Yongnuo’s so-called “remote control mode” — controlling your flash setup using just the YN-622N transmitter, as opposed to “master control mode” (see first review) where you have a Commander flash sitting on top of your transmitter and make the adjustments from there. In this article we’ll be looking at high-speed sync: the ability to use flashes with your camera at fast shutter speeds without banding in your photographs.
Use any info from the web with a grain of silver halide.Following on from our earlier overview of the Yongnuo YN-622N i-TTL flash triggers, we’re testing out a couple more features that these devices have to offer. I currently use the YN-560 mkIII flashes with YN RF-603N mkII triggers and found after some experimentation that descriptions on the web of how the RF-603 mkII triggers was in error.
I don't have any first-hand information on the YN-622N-TX, just what I read on the web which in this instance now seems contradictory. "Basic Trigger Mode for Non Nikon Cameras (with standard hotshoe, max sync speed is 1/250s)" I have found this conflicting statement on that implies it only works as a "dumb" RF trigger. The review may be wrong about use on non-Nikon cameras. at least in my camera+triggers+flash combo, the functioning on Nikon is dependent how you set up the flash settings in addition to keep them in TTL mode).ĭunno, if the hot shoe works, I cannot test it, because YN622-TX goes nuts on my secondary Sony. I tested that through PC-connector, it didn't work (but: I didn't go through all the possible setting in the flash. Scroll down near the midpoint of the review just before the two images of the female model. This means that I can use my Fuji camera as a secondary camera." Of course features such as TTL and HSS will stop working, but it still possible to trigger flashes and remotely adjust the power of them. "What I like about the triggers is that is still possible to use a non-Nikon camera. Here is what has said in their 7/31/14 review of the YN-622N-TX