Yongnuo's 600-exrt compatinle transmitter!

[cayenne]

But I don't need a 500$ remote.

Are you sure Canon is the best brand for you ?
I assumed you already have a rt system, thus the trigger cost actually is zero because it's built-in.

Yep, that's just another blatant example of marketing crippling by canon. 600ex-rt can remote trigger cameras, ST-E3-RT cannot.

Proof? The yongnuo ST-E3 apparently works as remote trigger.

Remote shutter release, Linked Shot (Need extra shutter cable for cameras released before 2012)

http://flashhavoc.com/yongnuo-yn-e3-rt-features/

No I think you have it wrong, the YN-E3-RT and ST-E3-RT can both be used as a receiver for remote shooting, but you can't use either as a trigger, that is certainly how the ST-E3-RT works, you need to use a 600 as the trigger, though another 600 can also be a receiver. The ST-E3-RT does not have the REL (release) option on the menu 2 scrolled interface, I expect the YN to be the same.

You need the cable to trigger pre 2012 cameras as they can't be triggered via the hotshoe,, just like the ST, ergo it seems the YN is the same as the ST.

If you want a remote release (that's also a very nice intervalometer) just spend $80 and get one of these:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005GMVGGE/ref=wms_ohs_product?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Why in the world someone would bother 'burning' the use of a 600RT that is $$$ for a simple remote shutter release, etc is beyond me.

HTH,

cayenne

 

[Loswr]

If you want a remote release (that's also a very nice intervalometer) just spend $80 and get one of these:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005GMVGGE/ref=wms_ohs_product?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Why in the world someone would bother 'burning' the use of a 600RT that is $$$ for a simple remote shutter release, etc is beyond me.

Personally, I went with the hähnel Giga T Pro II over the Vello. Similar functionality, but the hähnel transmitter is a little smaller, and thus easier to conceal in my hand if I'm in the shot (the RC-1 was great for that, but it doesn't work with the 1D X).

 

[privatebydesign]

Why in the world someone would bother 'burning' the use of a 600RT that is $$$ for a simple remote shutter release, etc is beyond me.

I use the feature a fair bit, and it was one of the reasons I chose the Canon RT system over the Phottix Odin's. I use it for real estate and architecture, camera is set up on tripod with the ST-E3-RT, I can then walk around (normally at dusk) and fire bursts of accent light onto the building from the hand held 600, I then blend in the highlights/accents in layers in PS.

 

[Loswr]

Why in the world someone would bother 'burning' the use of a 600RT that is $$$ for a simple remote shutter release, etc is beyond me.

I use the feature a fair bit, and it was one of the reasons I chose the Canon RT system over the Phottix Odin's. I use it for real estate and architecture, camera is set up on tripod with the ST-E3-RT, I can then walk around (normally at dusk) and fire bursts of accent light onto the building from the hand held 600, I then blend in the highlights/accents in layers in PS.

Good point, I was mostly thinking as a trigger only. Question (I could look it up, but I'm sure you know ) - if using a 600 as a trigger for the camera via the ST-E3-RT, if there are other 600 flash units being controlled by the transmitter, do they all fire?

Thinking of a portrait application - couple of lights on the background, with a handheld key light (in a softbox). Could come in handy with babies and young kids who turn/move frequently.

 

[privatebydesign]

Yes they do. Once you come up with some ideas for its use it really does work well. I have had other remotes inside buildings and fired them from outside with a hand aimed 600 and the tripod mounted camera in the street. The RT system really is a great system.

P.S. There is a caveat, if you have AF on and the camera can't aquire focus it won't take an image, but that is consistent with other remotes too.

 

[Loswr]

Yes they do. Once you come up with some ideas for its use it really does work well. I have had other remotes inside buildings and fired them from outside with a hand aimed 600 and the tripod mounted camera in the street. The RT system really is a great system.

P.S. There is a caveat, if you have AF on and the camera can't aquire focus it won't take an image, but that is consistent with other remotes too.

Thanks!!

 

[pedant]

It's finally out (!!!)

One seller has it on amazon for 156usd, free shipping.
Various sellers on ebay also have it for as little as 139, free shipping.
Curiously, YongNuo's official ebay store (stores.ebay.com/hkyongnuophotoequipment) does not sell it yet.
Unfortunately, all of them have ass-slow shipping from China. Delivery estimates to USA I'm seeing are consistently ~2-4 weeks (late Dec - Early Jan ETA).

buying now..

 

[privatebydesign]

It's finally out (!!!)

One seller has it on amazon for 156usd, free shipping.
Various sellers on ebay also have it for as little as 139, free shipping.
Curiously, YongNuo's official ebay store (stores.ebay.com/hkyongnuophotoequipment) does not sell it yet.
Unfortunately, all of them have ass-slow shipping from China. Delivery estimates to USA I'm seeing are consistently ~2-4 weeks (late Dec - Early Jan ETA).

buying now..

I already ordered mine, $137.23 with free delivery from here http://yn.eachshot.com/product/yongnuo-speedlite-wireless-transmitter-yn-e3-rt-for-canon-cameras-as-st-e3-rt/ using this discount code "YNE3RT" taken from Yongnuo's Facebook page, here https://www.facebook.com/YongnuoStore

I am interested in the pre 2012 body Gr mode, if it works, and Yongnuo told me it did, I will be very happy.

 

[pedant]

It's finally out (!!!)

One seller has it on amazon for 156usd, free shipping.
Various sellers on ebay also have it for as little as 139, free shipping.
Curiously, YongNuo's official ebay store (stores.ebay.com/hkyongnuophotoequipment) does not sell it yet.
Unfortunately, all of them have ass-slow shipping from China. Delivery estimates to USA I'm seeing are consistently ~2-4 weeks (late Dec - Early Jan ETA).

buying now..

I already ordered mine, $137.23 with free delivery from here http://yn.eachshot.com/product/yongnuo-speedlite-wireless-transmitter-yn-e3-rt-for-canon-cameras-as-st-e3-rt/ using this discount code "YNE3RT" taken from Yongnuo's Facebook page, here https://www.facebook.com/YongnuoStore

I am interested in the pre 2012 body Gr mode, if it works, and Yongnuo told me it did, I will be very happy.

nice, man.
they offer express shipping, too.
comes to about $160 for supposedly 3-5day shipping to USA.

 

[WPJ]

Any estimate on the flash cost?

 

[Marsu42]

comes to about $160 for supposedly 3-5day shipping to USA.

Excellent you chose the fast shipping method, in this case please give up a quick review as soon as it's there and we "free shipping" types can still hope to use the coupon code

 

[pedant]

comes to about $160 for supposedly 3-5day shipping to USA.

Excellent you chose the fast shipping method, in this case please give up a quick review as soon as it's there and we "free shipping" types can still hope to use the coupon code

Will do.

 

[cayenne]

Yes they do. Once you come up with some ideas for its use it really does work well. I have had other remotes inside buildings and fired them from outside with a hand aimed 600 and the tripod mounted camera in the street. The RT system really is a great system.

P.S. There is a caveat, if you have AF on and the camera can't aquire focus it won't take an image, but that is consistent with other remotes too.

Hmm...Like Neuro, I was thinking "trigger only" too...

Can you give more details on what you're doing? That sounds interesting!!!


C

 

[privatebydesign]

Not that interesting really, just real estate. But like many of these features that don't initially seem much practical use, when you start thinking, or seeing what others are doing with them, some can really make nice differences. I recently got a WFT to take over from the EyeFi card I got so frustrated with, boy what a difference, never saw the value of a $500 option like that before but I wouldn't be without one now, though I was lucky and got a secondhand one for $160.

Anyway, nothing I do with the REL button on a 600EX couldn't be done with a $25 Yongnuo RF-602 (which is what I used to use) in addition to any remote flash setup, but the point of the RT system is that it is built in and just works. Cuts down on lots of remotes and batteries too!

My normal setup is this, it is next to impossible to light an entire above average sized property really well with less than fifteen or so small lights. So what I do is take fifteen or so shots and move one light and then blend the results. I have my camera set up on a tripod with the ST-E3-RT and SR-N3 connected, I then walk around with a 600 and point it at the building. When I want more lights than are available inside to shine through windows etc I will set up another 600 or two to do that at the same time, it just saves some time.

Neuro's idea of using it with a key light during portraits is also very good, and I will do that, if you frame loose and can activate the camera from a distance talking to or interacting with the subject I'd expect some interesting results, people are certainly much less stuff when you are not looking through the camera.

 

[Jim O]

It's finally out (!!!)

One seller has it on amazon for 156usd, free shipping.
Various sellers on ebay also have it for as little as 139, free shipping.
Curiously, YongNuo's official ebay store (stores.ebay.com/hkyongnuophotoequipment) does not sell it yet.
Unfortunately, all of them have ass-slow shipping from China. Delivery estimates to USA I'm seeing are consistently ~2-4 weeks (late Dec - Early Jan ETA).

buying now..

I already ordered mine, $137.23 with free delivery from here http://yn.eachshot.com/product/yongnuo-speedlite-wireless-transmitter-yn-e3-rt-for-canon-cameras-as-st-e3-rt/ using this discount code "YNE3RT" taken from Yongnuo's Facebook page, here https://www.facebook.com/YongnuoStore

I am interested in the pre 2012 body Gr mode, if it works, and Yongnuo told me it did, I will be very happy.

nice, man.
they offer express shipping, too.
comes to about $160 for supposedly 3-5day shipping to USA.

Cool. Express Mail International is that fast. I have received items from China in three days via that method.

I ordered mine from an eBay seller for $145.99. It's already en route but coming by slow boat.

The $145.99 price was offset by "triple eBay bucks" that day amounting to $8.76 so a net cost of $137.23 shipped, assuming I use my eBay bucks.

 

[danski0224]

Any reviews out yet?

Would be nice to know how well the focus assist lamp does/doesn't work.

 

[privatebydesign]

Any reviews out yet?

Would be nice to know how well the focus assist lamp does/doesn't work.

Haven't seen a review yet just a comment, I forget where now, the poster was not impressed by the AF assist lamp.

Here it is http://flashhavoc.com/yongnuo-yn-e3-rt-available-this-week/ Rod down near the bottom says "Pretty happy with the unit now, though focus assist beam seems only okay, not great."

 

[pedant]

Any reviews out yet?

Would be nice to know how well the focus assist lamp does/doesn't work.

Haven't seen a review yet just a comment, I forget where now, the poster was not impressed by the AF assist lamp.

Here it is http://flashhavoc.com/yongnuo-yn-e3-rt-available-this-week/ Rod down near the bottom says "Pretty happy with the unit now, though focus assist beam seems only okay, not great."

Yeah, if you look at the images even, e.g.

http://flashhavoc.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/YN_E3_RT_j360.jpg
it LOOKS pretty primitive -- most likely just a simple, single LED. A far cry from the AF grid that the 600EX-RT skeets out.

If you guys are interested, maybe I'll do a teardown of the unit when it arrives.
I got the fanciest shipping they offered (DHL supposedly 3-5 days) because I'm about to go on a trip, and I'm not really impressed with DHL's tracking updates. It's still stuck on "Saturday, December 14, 2013 Shipment information received -- SHENZHEN - CHINA, PEOPLES REPUBLIC". I barely ever have stuff shipped DHL though, so I don't know if their tracking always sucks or if that is indicative of a shipping problem.

I'm curious to see which RF transceiver chip they selected. I also wish i had access to a real ST-E3-RT available to compare the PCB with. I bet they almost completely ripped it off, lol.

 

[Marsu42]

it LOOKS pretty primitive -- most likely just a simple, single LED. A far cry from the AF grid that the 600EX-RT skeets out.

This probable is bad news for 5d3 users as that's what the 600rt's af assist beam is designed for - for the rest of us budget shooters like with "center point only" 6d I hope the simple design is good enough and certainly better than Canon's nil solution.

 

[brad-man]

it LOOKS pretty primitive -- most likely just a simple, single LED. A far cry from the AF grid that the 600EX-RT skeets out.

This probable is bad news for 5d3 users as that's what the 600rt's af assist beam is designed for - for the rest of us budget shooters like with "center point only" 6d I hope the simple design is good enough and certainly better than Canon's nil solution.

My finger is twitching on the click button for this. I don't get a grid pattern on my 600, I get four fat vertical lines. My YN622s project a neat little grid and work fine for how I use them, so I would imagine the new transmitter would be at least as good. I'm not usually an early adopter, but this one is getting to me.