Yongnuo YN-565 EX Flash Review

Finally the new Yongnuo YN-565 EX has arrived in the Speedlights.net office! Buying a flash is a quick thing thanks to the internet. What’s very time consuming is the testing, reviewing, and the writing process itself.

Which is why I’ll do it differently this time – this review gets published now, and will be updated and completed over time so that you don’t have to wait forever before the whole text comes together.

Here’s the full review program – available parts as of now are linked from the table of contents:

Intro: Flash Modes and Wireless Flash
Accessories
Build Quality
Test: Flash Recycling Times
Test: Guide Number
Speedlights.net Power Index
AF Assist Beam

coming soon:
-Operation & Ease of Use
-Power Supply
-Flash Head Features
-Flash Duration
-Remote Slave Mode
-Radio Triggering & Optical Slave Mode
-E-TTL Performance & Exposure Quality
-Flash Sync Modes
-Other Features
-YN-565 Review Conclusion

An overview of the YN-565 features can be found on the YN-565 info page – make sure to also check out the user comments and discussion there. For the instruction manual, go here.

In the picture above you can see the new digital flash among its ancestors; all four models are available in Canon version, but for Nikon the choice is still limited to either YN-465 or YN-467as of August 2011.
 

Send me your YN-565 Questions now!

What are you most interested in when it comes to this flash? Post your questions in the comments or send me an email at fransener @ speedlights.net – I’ll answer them as fast as I can!
 

Flash Modes Intro: Digital TTL, Manual Mode “M”, “Multi” Mode, Wireless Slave

Yongnuo’s YN-565 is the new top flash in their lineup and positioned against the Canon speedlite 430EX II (picture left) – to be competing with the professional 580EX II, the master mode and high speed sync / FP sync are missing.

In the table you can see what flash modes are available on the previous Yongnuo top flashYN-468 (picture right) and the Canon mid-range flash 430EX II.

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