YONGNUOYN622C-TX YN622C TX 7-Channel E-TTL Wireless Flash Controller with LCD Interface for Canon DSLR/ YN622C/ YN622C II/ YN685

I Ordered this YONGNUO YN-622C-TX E-TTL Wireless Flash Controller  YONGNUO YN-622C-TX E-TTL Wireless Flash Controller for Canon , because I have been using the YN-622c's to control my 2 Canon 580EXII's and my YOUNGNUO YN568EXII for over a year and really love them. I sold my pocket wizards and ordered 4 of the 622cs. One to use as a master controller on the camera and the other 3 for the flashes. I have shot many portrait sessions, weddings, events using green screensand I love them. I have NEVER had a problem with them firing whether I am using them ETTL or Manual. I saw the YN-622C-TX controller and thought, wow it would be great if I didn't have to keep turning the camera down to adjust my settings while on a tripod, so I ordered it.I received the unit yesterday from Amazon and it was packaged excellently with lots padding in the shipping box and then in the original retail box. Nary (That's South Georgia for 'not a") a scratch on the retail box or the unit. I popped it out of the box, looked at the manual and set it aside as that unreadable English translation stuff makes me a little crazy. I installed 2 AA Duracell's and switched it on. I was very pleased with the very legible green back-lit screen. It would be nice to have the option to switch the light color but it really doesn't matter. It took me about 5 minutes to figure out how to set my groups and channel and I was ready to go.I then connected my 3 flash units to the 622C transceivers and programmed them without being attached to the camera...cool! After blinding my wife by accidentally pressing the test button, I moved to my office and played around moving the group controls around on the controller and watching the flash output change instantly, I was impressed, no delay no confusion on the individual flash units.I will update this post after my next portrait, or event session to let you know how well it works in the field. I am positive it will be perfect as the transceivers I am using work great already and this seems to be of excellent quality also.My goal is to purchase 3 more YOUNGNUO Flash units and 2 more transceivers to set more flash units around the reception halls for my weddings so I can light the room with my wife and I each using the YN-622C TX's on our cameras. Smooth Y'all!All you Strobist's out there JUMP ON!Pros: Quality is great Size, about the same as the 622c about 1/2 the size of a deck of cards. Works perfectly! Price, Unbelievable at $40 USCons: Please get someone to properly write the manuals in English.

This thing is amazing. No more going into the camera menu, so it's very fast at changing settings. For example, three manual flash's all at different settings in three groups. Or, you can have more than that of course in different groups, or you can mismatch some with ETTL and some with Manual. I don't ever shoot ETTL, so if you just shoot manual, you'll more than likely be able to use this with Sony, Canon, or Nikon, even if it's not Nikon branded. You just won't get ETTL, probably won't get HSS either, which I don't use anyway. For the price of this thing there is no reason not to have one. Yes, the flash's have to be on triggers, but the triggers are sold very cheap.As far as yongnuo, I've never had problems or anything tear up, except one flash and that lasted a long time. Buying another one was still better than having a Canon for that much money. Plus the flash that tore up was a very very old model.If you have something without an AF assist lamp, even when you don't have your flash with you, if you're gonna be out at night, depending on how dark your auto focus goes, you can use this as an AF assist lamp. I use it on a Canon 6D, so that already focuses in situations that are darker than anything I'm gonna encounter, also darker than any other AF point on any Canon camera. This will bring it to the point of being able to focus in extreme low light.As far as the part about triggering flash's, it's flawless. Rather you have Yongnuo flash's or not. If I had all Canon flash's I would use this as well as the triggers for them. The radio frequency is much better than putting a flash in optical slave mode, because it can be hidden deep in a soft box. It can go outdoors and be nowhere near it and trigger all of them, etc.

Great product for a great price. Bought this in combination with 3 YN-622 remotes and 3 YN-568EXIIs (minimum level flash if you want to control the flash remotely) This controls our YN560s we used with the Cowboy Studios setup, but you have to manually change the settings on the flash. We use the cheaper CS (Cowboy Studios) triggers and the more expensive Pocket (Pocket Wizards) and PCB (Paul C Buff) Cyber Commander Trigger/Receivers (for main lighting). Comparing to the others, I like them a little better than our PWs and feel they offer almost everything at a much better value. Still shop everything and read reviews of all the products before you buy because technology changes and updates fast. We use lot of different lighting, so these are for our quick/mobile shoots. I replaced our Cowboy Studios and Pocket Wizards devices as they are finicky at times matched with our speedlight whereas the Yongnuo devices have been reliable with little issues and yet to cost me an important shot or die in the middle of a shoot. Using AA batteries does make them slightly bulky, but I feel worth it when using them in combo with the Rechargeable AA Panasonic EnLoop v4s (batteries we also use with speedlights) and they have lasted for all day events without wearing down. The CS and PWs use the specialty watch style batteries, which seem to wear down faster on us and more expensive in the long run to replace. Best bang for the buck for those needing remotes/triggers for speedlight. Fits in my extra Lowepro backpack pockets that don't get used for anything else. Device is simple and easy to control after a quick glance over the manual. Currently using them on a 6D and 5D3 without issues or conflict. Only downside was I had to update to the latest firmware.