YongNuo Speedlite YN-560 IV

Advantages: Performance; Build quality; Power; Built-in radio transmitter.

Disadvantages: Reloading is not as fast as the Japanese Canon / Nikon; No autofocus light; Lack of TTL (although this is not a drawback, since TTL adherents will not consider this flash); The batteries are discharged even when the puff is turned off, they need to be pulled out of the baht. compartment, in my opinion this is the "disease" of Ungnuo. Lack of details in the SC and expensive repairs (see comments below)

Comment: After the original Nikonovskaya pyha (25 thousand rubles) burned down in the first year of life and the repairs came out more than 10 thousand rubles, I chose Ungnuo 560II. Later I took the same 2. Now I bought an additional 560 IV and use it as the main one ... it turns out a good kit for an exit light. Ungnuo live for a long time, they are qualitatively assembled and in terms of working capacity are comparable to nikon / canon. A serious disadvantage is the high cost of repairing the flash! Lack of parts in service centers, delivery of parts from China can be expected for more than a month. On the set, they pushed the rack from the 560II, broke, the lamp was intact, for the replacement of the display and part of the motherboard, they counted 4300 rubles for repairs, while the cost of YN-560II was 5200 rubles. at that time, stupidity, it's easier to buy a new one. It is also not particularly suitable for strobe reporters. She does not give nimble work. A nice bonus is the built-in transmitter, almost all the world at exhibitions, events and many photo studios use Ungnuo synchronizers ... I connected to someone else's studio light at the Expo a couple of times)) I highly recommend this flash if you do not want to shake over the canon / nikon original for 20 t .r., and even more so if the puff is for you a working consumable that plows like a horse and often finds itself in "extreme" situations, as in my case.

Advantages: Price, buttons are conveniently pressed,

Disadvantages: I haven't found it yet.

Comment: I must say right away - in flashes I am a full kettle (pros may not pay attention to my review), before that I shot a little with a Canon 430. But that Canon (at least the one that I had in temporary use) is a) expensive. b) the buttons were pressed very inconveniently - a very deep stroke. I play with this Jung-as-her-there 560 for two days until I like everything. When I put it for the first time - out of habit, I did not tighten the fixation ring and the flash flew out (well, straight into the hands). Tomorrow I will shoot live people.

Advantages: Unpretentiousness, triggering with an "ax" effect when synchronizing with YN560-TX, build quality.

Disadvantages: Not too economical operation of the batteries, gaps when the batteries sit down. Recently I could not change the group on the flash - changing the channel is not a problem.

Comment: I got a couple of such flashes a year and a half ago and Commander YN560-TX - I'm not overjoyed. A very convenient thing for working on staged photosets (filming cars, concerts, etc.). They are perfectly controlled from the commander, no TTL is needed in this case, when the power must be steered manually and get a stable result under the same conditions. Filmed at a small concert, where I used these flashes on stands with color filters to simulate stage lighting - the result was fire and the whole series was processed very quickly with a minimum of cost. Also, the third flash in the setup for such shooting - YN968 - works from the commander in manual mode. The power of 1/4 on each of the three flashes in the corners is quite enough to get excellent photos at a minimum ISO 100 and aperture of 5.6 in a small but very dark room. Batteries really need to be removed from the flash outside of working with it. I did not test impact resistance.