I got a copy of the YN-565EX for a quick review.I must say that I don’t have any YN flashes till now, as I still have plenty of Canon flashes, “collecting” them during the pre YN era. I’ll say that for my kind of flash use I don’t need any thing more complex than a flash with manual settings ,decent power and recycle times and that’s all. If I had to buy a set for strobist photography today, there is no doubt that the set will be mostly based on those Chinese strobes.
I must say that I don’t understand Canon’s legal department, how can they let YN COPY thier flash bit bit?! The YN565EX looks exactly like the 580EXII (minor differences) with 430EXI digital back, as if someone made a joke of Canon’s stuff…

But lets move on and see some specs about this new flash:

When you look for Canon brand flash for under 200$, you’ll only find the Canon 270EX who is a light one, but very low power. The amateur flash will be the 320EX (220$) or the 430EXII (+250$),  those ain’t cheap.

Here is my review for the YN565EX:

PROS:

• High power- GN58 is what canon offers with their 580EXII.
• Low weight – it weights less than the Canon 580EXII, although same size.
• Build quality – I must say that it looks very solid and I’m one that is used for Canon flash (no Vivitar and other 3rd party brands).
• Accuracy – This is the most important flash feature, I tested it for couple 100′s clicks and it looks very solid.
• Sound – It makes a beep while charging and ready sound (some my like it and some won’t).
• Slave modes – Has the S1 and S2 like their other flashes, but the big news are about their wireless control! It can be a wireless slave to the master Canon580EXII (I didn’t checked it yet with the 550EX , but I think it will work too).Being able to get an ETTL wireless ability from a 3rd party flash is a surprising feature, you could get thi one to work in groups and channels.

Cons:

• The big bummer with the YN565EX is the fact that he can’t sync fast (FP), so if your camera syncs 1/200th sec like my 5DMKII, thats the fastest shutter speed you can get here.
• I must say that I found some flaws in the YN565, but mostly because I’m used to my 580s.
• The YN565 has a hot-shoe lock like the 580EX – a rotation ring, not a lock gask like the 580EXII.
• Yongnuo copied well the buttons in the swivel head, but its not a lock button like in the other Canon flashes.
• The worst manual ever seen for any device on earth!!! But there is some funny sides to that – they actually used the same ducks diagrams for the wireless section as in Canon’s manual… There are pages there that you’d think that my 3 years old boy can write better. Guys, you decided to play the pro background – put some more minutes in the manual…
• Reputation.

 

 

Bottom line:

This flash is packed with features- high power, recycles fairly fast, has all the strobist features you’ll need (even a pc sync),ETTL and a very good price (about 160$) you could buy 2.5 YN565s at the price of one 580EXII…For normal use=home use and personal (not wedding photographer that flashes about 2000 per night) this unit is a very good option, especially if you consider Canon unit…

Personal thoughts:

I must say that I was sure that with the wireless control that puts this flash in a very apprising status, there will be also high speed sync, but no!!! This is my only disappointment from that flash. It costs less than the Nissin and Sigma who are the leading 3rd party “pro” flashes out there, but has the same and more features. This isn’t just a strobist flash but also a useful flash for 160$ bucks.

Recommended!!!

YN565EX provides a charging socket for an external power pack and a PC port for more connections.

I heard some times about other YN models that there are some problems with the battery doors, not with this one, feel EXACTLY like Canon's!

The YN565EX has a new LCD back display very similar to Canon's 580EXII, big +

Front view YN565EX

If you have any questions about the YN565EX please feel free to comment here, you’ll get fast personal answer!

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Martin Prihoda is an advertising and fashion photographer living and working in Mumbai.

I think I bumped his name on flickr and visited his blog. In his blog he writes about some of his recent works, some very high quality fashion shootouts. Some of his posts also has a “behind the scenes” images, which you can easily learn about lighting for models and fashion photographs. Take a minute and visit his blog, browse the posts and learn how the big ones do it.

A post that I really like on Martin’s blog is this one link . It covers some behind the scenes from on of Martin Fashion photogarphy sessions for May’s 2010 issue of Verve. Very  nice and clean work and a good use of beauty dishes.

http://atomicsafari.blogspot.com/

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This post is for you guys that needed for some reason another umbrella, but what the heck, you don’t have another studio tripod that you can attach a swivel head that will hold the your flash and umbrella. So you are stuck? You say there must be a solution for that? Get your camera tripod and use it as a flash&umbrella holder!!!Easy thing to do and all you need is 3 things:

Small swivel flash  holder- you probably already have one and if not you must have one.

The camera tripod thing that holds the camera to the tripod.

The item you probably don’t have and that’s the time to get it is the 1/4″ and 3/8″ Female Threaded screw Adapter , so go on and get one, you’ll see that you might need it. Search on ebay or go to your local studio camera store.

There are two easy steps and I guess you already know what to do after you have those items, but what the heck here is what you need to do in some simple steps!

At the bottom of the swivel head flash holder you should place the screw adaptor.Make sure you leave the smaller diameter at the bottom side.Close tight the adaptor.

Now screw the quick release panel to the bottom side of the swivel head. and thats what you get.

All you have left to do is to attach the quick release panel to the tripod as if you connect a camera.Put the flash on the top of the swivel head and ad in the umbrella.

Start taking your photographs!

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I must say the I was sure the score will be determined in the third day of games,but Israel’s players got the upper hand after just two day!!!

On friday H.Levi beet Andreiv 3-1 and D.Sela got the say score against Youjny!2-0 after to games who would believe it!!!

On the second day of games our doubles players AndYoni beet 3-2 the great Russian pair M.Safin and Kusntyn!!!

Unbelievable!!!

In two moth from now we’ll play against Nadal  in Spain in the semi finals!!!

Official Davis Cup match report, Israel – Russia 4-1

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Yep Israel finally made it the quarter finals in the Davis cup.The games will be played this weekend 10-12 July,so expect me to slow down my writing.After that I have some tight two weeks as I go for the some army training,but be sure I get back firied up with ideas!!!

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One of he options for controlling the size of your flash light beam is using a snoot or a grid.Both of those methods will be introduce to you  in very simple DIY projects that will improve your photographic creativity very fast and easy.But there is another way to control the size of your flash beam and it is controlling the flash zoom manually.Here is a quick example to the change in the beam size as you change the zoom factor.The camera Canon 40D on the wide side of the Canon 17-55 IS (27mm film equivalent):

flash zoom 105mm

flash zoom 80mm

flash zoom 70mm

flash zoom 50mm

flash zoom 35mm

flash zoom 24mm

You can easly see how the flash cover changes as you change the zoom of the flash.

How to use it for your photography creativity?we’ll load some photos soon!

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After publishing my first good looking DIY project-the DIY 40cm*40cm SoftBox,it got a lot of buzz and comments in the forums where I show the DIY project.One forum that I like the most (fredmiranda.com) got my thread into some kind of an argue about whether you should use this diy project for professional work or not.

My opinion about the gear=photographers quality  issue is that any service provider should be judged by his results and not by the equipment he/she owns,as simple as that!

But the purpose to many of my DIY projects (there will be much more to come,so stay tuned) is to experience your photography talent and improve it.It doesn’t matters what you photograph I’m sure as hell that the DIY SoftBox will improve your photo results if you only used your flash of camera with a small diffuser…

So go and do the DIY SoftBox and enjoy your results and test your talent.

I’ll be happy to see results of the  photos you took.

For the fredmiranda post about the DIY SoftBox click here.

So what this blog is about?It is about getting some inspiration and ideas for better photography and photography methods.Plus you’ll your share of some of my simple DIY gadgets.

Enjoy !

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This site is for all you photography enthusiastic  guys and girls out there! If you want to get start and learn about studio photography without spending a lot of money for the pro photography lighting gear.Actually all you need to start with is a digital camera (a film camera will do it too,but is not so good for beginners testings) an off camera flash a tripod and you can start shooting like a pro.Read the DIY Photography Stuuf category to get some easy to do light modifiers and you can start learn and examine your photography abilities! 

You’ll see that the tutorials in this site are made in a standart living room or a spare room that I can use, but the photographs results are some of a pro quality.This means you can do it too,you just have to want to do it!!!

Hey my name is Moshe Samuel, I’m 34 years old from Aseret,Israel.I started photography when I was about 5 years old and loved it since.Check the tutorials in my site and lets start learn how to shoot better!

Enjoy!

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