Four Yongnuo YN565EXII speedlites and five Yongnuo YN-622C remotes. Maybe more.
I typically use two 60" white umbrellas (45" for outdoor shoots) with two speedlites per umbrella. In most cases, this isn't essential, but the two speedlites allow for dialing down the power to get very short recycle times. I can shoot a manual burst of 2-3 shoots without delay.
I don't use ETTL with these speedlites. I prefer the consistency of shooting in full manual and don't always trust what my meter happens to be reading. Plus, these speedlites are great in manual mode, not so great in ETTL. If ETTL is high priority, then Canon flash is a must.
The YN-622Cs work quite well with the 5D3. One could get by with cheaper remotes from Yonguo, but I like using the 5D3 menu to control the power and zoom setting of each flash (or up to three groups of flashes). This is very handy. The built-in optical slave is another option, but I use these for fill flash with some outdoor shoots. It has become easier to simply use one remote per flash and not worry about whether the optical slave flash will see the master flash.
Another option is using 1-3 speedlites on it's little stand-alone foot shoe and place them on tables to bounce off the ceiling. This all depends upon the room.
If shooting with a backdrop, I also bring two Yonguo YN460-II with two more YN-622C remotes. I particularly like blowing out white backdrops, so these speedlites work well for this.
I typically use two 60" white umbrellas (45" for outdoor shoots) with two speedlites per umbrella. In most cases, this isn't essential, but the two speedlites allow for dialing down the power to get very short recycle times. I can shoot a manual burst of 2-3 shoots without delay.
I don't use ETTL with these speedlites. I prefer the consistency of shooting in full manual and don't always trust what my meter happens to be reading. Plus, these speedlites are great in manual mode, not so great in ETTL. If ETTL is high priority, then Canon flash is a must.
The YN-622Cs work quite well with the 5D3. One could get by with cheaper remotes from Yonguo, but I like using the 5D3 menu to control the power and zoom setting of each flash (or up to three groups of flashes). This is very handy. The built-in optical slave is another option, but I use these for fill flash with some outdoor shoots. It has become easier to simply use one remote per flash and not worry about whether the optical slave flash will see the master flash.
Another option is using 1-3 speedlites on it's little stand-alone foot shoe and place them on tables to bounce off the ceiling. This all depends upon the room.
If shooting with a backdrop, I also bring two Yonguo YN460-II with two more YN-622C remotes. I particularly like blowing out white backdrops, so these speedlites work well for this.
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