to 600rt + st-e3 or not....

[Loswr]

Would you guys advice against getting the yongnuo st e3 to save a few bucks? Also, is there a reason why you cant get an st e3 receiver/transceiver?

For me, a key benefit of the Canon -RT system is reliability. Personally, I wouldn't compromise that with a YN transmitter.

There's no receiver because it's really not in Canon's best interest to make something that allows cheap, 3rd party flashes to be added (but I wish they would, to add in monolights).

 

[privatebydesign]

Would you guys advice against getting the yongnuo st e3 to save a few bucks? Also, is there a reason why you cant get an st e3 receiver/transceiver?

I have both, the saving on money is small compared to your camera and flashes (and lenses) the ONLY reason to consider the YN-E3-RT is if you have pre 2012 bodies, otherwise forget it completely. If you do have pre 2012 bodies get both for when you really want to play with Group mode.

In my experience the YN-E3-RT is not a substitute for the ST-E3-RT, just a compliment for pre 2012 bodies.

 

[Chuck Alaimo]

TY to those who nudged me towards the 600/st-e3 system. So far I'm really liking it. The controls on the ste-3 arre a little hard to get used to but I'm getting the hang of it. the biggest bonus so far is the ability to do high speed sync off camera - that's been one of my biggest issues lately - yeah I know you can stop down to keep things within the 1/200th limit, but, I'd rather have more control over my depth of field - and I do like shooting wide open (or close to it) - so having the ability to high speed sync off camera is quite awesome!

I forget who mentioned it, but, yeah, I do feel like I need to label my flashes now because it is easy to set them up then wonder which one is A and which one is B and which one is C....lol

 

[Viggo]

I sold both my 600's and the st-e3. I bought the Godox AD360 instead, and a new amp for my car, lol.

But my 1dx is in for repair since forever and I will probably not see it before the snow gets here by the looks of it, so haven't tried it yet. It's kind of hard to sit and watch my spanking new ProFoto 90cm (3') Octa and the new flash and have nothing to shoot with...

 

[dlleno]

Would you guys advice against getting the yongnuo st e3 to save a few bucks? Also, is there a reason why you cant get an st e3 receiver/transceiver?

For me, a key benefit of the Canon -RT system is reliability. Personally, I wouldn't compromise that with a YN transmitter.

There's no receiver because it's really not in Canon's best interest to make something that allows cheap, 3rd party flashes to be added (but I wish they would, to add in monolights).

If my livelihood depended on it I would go Canon all the way. For me at this stage in my photography (I do automotive product photography as a secondary business) I find the YN stuff to be quite good. the three YN flashes and four 622 triggers haven't missed a beat. solid performers on my 5D3. no experience with their YN-E3-RT though -- I'd be careful there as I'm hearing it may have pushed to market too soon. gotta be careful with the reverse engineered stuff.