I've heard that some people quite like the Yongnuo flashes. However I've also heard that quite a few people have had some serious failures with them as well. Having never used their products I cannot confirm or deny this.
I have one 580exII that I use for on camera TTL flash work and as an off camera master. Up until now I have been using a Vivitar 285HV as a secondary off camera unit which has worked fine. It's never failed me. I've been wanting to try the LumoPro flashes out as well based on a few reviews (and a pretty strong endorsement from David Hobby on Strobist)
I just ordered one of the LP160s so we'll have to see how well it works out.
AbramG wrote:
...I have one 580exII that I use for on camera TTL flash work and as an off camera master. Up until now I have been using a Vivitar 285HV as a secondary off camera unit which has worked fine. It's never failed me. I've been wanting to try the LumoPro flashes out as well based on a few reviews (and a pretty strong endorsement from David Hobby on Strobist) ...I just ordered one of the LP160s so we'll have to see how well it works out.
You'll have to post a review once you've tried it out.
I'm set up similarly to you: one 580EX, one 285HV (which I love), and one 430EX II (my most recent purchase). I'd like to add a 580EX II to get camera-menu control of a Master from my 7D, but after that I want to get at least one more budget-friendly flash of some kind; the LP-160 looks like a good one to consider. If I don't get that, I'll proably get another 285HV.
BrianO wrote:
You'll have to post a review once you've tried it out.
I'm set up similarly to you: one 580EX, one 285HV (which I love), and one 430EX II (my most recent purchase). I'd like to add a 580EX II to get camera-menu control of a Master from my 7D, but after that I want to get at least one more budget-friendly flash of some kind; the LP-160 looks like a good one to consider. If I don't get that, I'll proably get another 285HV.
Brian,
I'll do a write-up once I've spent some time with it. I typically use Pocketwizards as my triggers (which is why the miniphone plug on the LP160 was SO appealing to me) but having good slave options would be nice as well.
I'm kind of dedicating this year to taking a better understanding of light. I can light things fine, but I want to know more. I'll let you know when I've got a review up
