Question about third party flash systems

[hamlet]

I'm wondering if i put one of these things on my d3200, how many remote flashes can i set off at the same time with it? If you own one of these Yongnuo things and Yongnuo flash guns, could you give me a play-by-play of how this exactly works?

 

[astroNikon]

How exactly do you want to trigger them?
With your on-camera flash ?
via infrared ?
via a radio trigger ?

do you want to use Groups - say up to 3 groups of multiple flashes ?
you can flash a bunch of flashes if there were all lined up in a row on steps in front of the camera ... so more information is needed.

 

[Josh66]

In my experience the third party systems are reliable provided that they have fresh batteries in them. All failures I've had have been due to weak batteries.

 

[Designer]

I'm wondering if i put one of these things on my d3200, how many remote flashes can i set off at the same time with it? If you own one of these Yongnuo things and Yongnuo flash guns, could you give me a play-by-play of how this exactly works?

I missed what, exactly, you are to put on your camera. Are you talking about a Yongnuo flash? You can trigger any number of remote flashes with your camera's built-in flash if the remotes are set to optical slave mode. As many as you wish to purchase, because they each contain their own power supply and will trigger all at the same time.

 

[hamlet]

I'm sorry, i forgot to link the little gadgets i was talking about that triggers the flashes: YONGNUO RF-603/N3 - 2er Set - Funkauslöser und: Amazon.co.uk: Camera & Photo

 

[hamlet]

I'm just gonna say that i need multiple flashes to use in the field, but i need them to be these cheapo ones, because i need a lot of them, this has to be a portable little studio i can use on location.

 

[SCraig]

It appears that this device is nothing more than an RF trigger, although not being familiar with them I could be wrong. You do understand that if that is the case it is literally JUST a trigger, right? Meaning that all it will do is fire the flashes, no exposure information is transmitted back to the camera so you will have to set the power of each flash individually to achieve a proper exposure. That can get somewhat complicated depending on your definition of a "Lot of them".

 

[hamlet]

It appears that this device is nothing more than an RF trigger, although not being familiar with them I could be wrong. You do understand that if that is the case it is literally JUST a trigger, right? Meaning that all it will do is fire the flashes, no exposure information is transmitted back to the camera so you will have to set the power of each flash individually to achieve a proper exposure. That can get somewhat complicated depending on your definition of a "Lot of them".

What would you suggest if you are working with more than one off camera flash? I have to be able to trigger the flashes without one on my camera.

 

[manaheim]

Your initial question topic implied you were asking about FLASHES... which are the things that create the actual light. None of the triggers create light. Not sure if you understand that... but you must have a trigger AND a flash for each remote location... and the trigger control unit at the camera.

Also... everything SCraig said.

As far as recommendations... can't help you. I bought the super expensive pocketwizard ones. If you're looking for cheap, there are tons of options and I don't know which ones actually work. The cactus ones work with a limited range (last I checked) and can be modified to work further away (last I checked).

 

[hamlet]

What about these little things? http://www.amazon.co.uk/Yongnuo-YN-...id=1406459694&sr=8-1&keywords=Yongnuo+YN-622N

It has i-ttl and i don't know how useful that is on a beginner camera like the d3200.

 

[hamlet]

I personally feel like this is overly complicated technically and needlessly so. Does anyone really understand how these wireless things work?

 

[Designer]

What about these little things? http://www.amazon.co.uk/Yongnuo-YN-...id=1406459694&sr=8-1&keywords=Yongnuo+YN-622N

It has i-ttl and i don't know how useful that is on a beginner camera like the d3200.

The i-TTL function is very useful on your camera.

 

[Braineack]

What about these little things? http://www.amazon.co.uk/Yongnuo-YN-...id=1406459694&sr=8-1&keywords=Yongnuo+YN-622N

It has i-ttl and i don't know how useful that is on a beginner camera like the d3200.

beginner camera or not doesn't matter; dont use that as an excuse. The question is: Do you want to use TTL on your remote flashes or not?

Enough though the D3200 doesn't have a commander in the built in flash, you could still trigger six hundred and three flashes off your beginner camera if you wanted to.

Does anyone really understand how these wireless things work?

... dude.

 

[SCraig]

What would you suggest if you are working with more than one off camera flash? I have to be able to trigger the flashes without one on my camera.

I don't use third-party electronics much, so personally I'd recommend either upgrading to a D7xxx or D90 body which has a built-in flash commander mode or look at the Nikon SU-800 commander.

I don't know how compatible the third-party TTL modes are. Perhaps 100% perhaps much less, I just don't know.

Alternatively, as Manaheim pointed out, you can use any RF trigger system from Pocket Wizards (the gold standard) to Cactus and set your flash power manually on each flash.

 

[Braineack]

if you have a trigger/receiver you don't need the optical commander.