Yongnuo CA-63YN-560TXC YN560-TX Wireless Flash Controller and Commander for YN-560III YN-560TX YN560TX Speedlight for Canon DSLR Cameras

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I am a real estate and architectural photographer and use my YN560-TX, as well as up to six YN560 III/IVs, multiple times per week. I purchased one as soon as they were available, as I knew it would be a game-changer for my line of work. Well, I was right! This thing has saved me an INCREDIBLE amount of time. Some shots have one flash behind me, one in a room to the left, to the right, up the stairs and in the far kitchen. Before, if any of the flashes were off, Id have to walk to each one and change it by hand. Not anymore! I bought a second one of these as a backup just because of how incredibly functional it is. If youre having trouble pairing your YN560 IVs with the TX, I have a review/setup on Youtube you can find entitled, "Yongnuo YN560-TX Flash Remote Control Transmitter Setup Tutorial / Early Review ". The photo included has two YN560-IVs and a YN560-TX. One flash behind me and one out the window to the right. Before the TX, I would have had to walk outside multiple times if the power was off.

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This control really makes a complete OCF system. Paired up with the YN-560III this thing rocks. Now pay attention this is made for the YN-560iii and will do what its intended to do with this model flash only. When I say intended I mean it will allow you to adjust the power setting, zoom flash, set groups and channels from this control unit itself. I will re emphasize the YN560-TX + YN-560III = Success. Now it will still trigger the RF-603s and RF-602s but does not allow any kind of control from the YN560-TX unit itself. So dont be upset when you get it home and it wont allow you full control over your RF-603s and RF-602s. Its important to know what you are buying before you order. I am rating this product based on what its intended to do not what I want or wish it to do. Im happy to say it does it very well. Not that I had a problem before walking over to my units individually and adjusting them one at a time or God forbid I had one of my flashes all closed up in one of my soft boxes having to open it up adjust the power only to find i was still off, you get the point. It could become a little cumbersome and a bit of extra work thats taking up extra time you could be using to focus on more important things ( like getting the shots you need ). However this Unit alleviates any need for this, and makes using my flashes enjoyable again. Not to mention it gives you a more professional look separating you from the pack. Not just in the Wow factor but more so on the fact that it gives off the impression you have control of whats going on which you do and always did. But from a clients perspective having to run around adjusting individual flashes all the time doesnt come off to them as such. I am very pleased with this product. I always love anything that makes my job easier and gives me more time to focus on my creative vision. Producing in the end a better all around product I can deliver to my clients. The YN560-TX really delivers and if you are just getting introduced to Yongnuo you are in for a real treat. One last thing as far as pairing this unit up with your flashes it can be a little confusing so I will break it down for you in a few easy steps. 1: Turn both the TX control unit and flash units on. 2: on the TX control unit hold down the zoom/ch and Hz/Fn at the same time. The screen will display A C T or something to that nature and the flash unit will have a blue light. 3: on the flash unit press the OK button located in between the up, down, left, right buttons making sure the light remains blue. Hold down the GRP and CH button at the same time( thats the 2nd and third button on top). Your group icon will start flashing on the LCD screen of the flash unit. Designate the desired group to that flash by pressing the up or down button on the flash and accept by pressing the OK button in the center of the up, down, left, right, buttons. (Step 3 deals only with the flash unit and not the TX control unit). Thats it. It should now be paired.

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I literally ran home when I saw this thing was finally delivered to the house! I currently have 2 Yongnuo 560III flashes and was frustrated every time I needed to change the power or zoom on them because I had to either pull down the light stand or open the softbox to do so. But when I saw that the YN560 TX had come out I couldnt wait to get this thing on my camera and try it out. So far I havent really done a through run of the thing but from my early setup and testing it works flawlessly. I saw some other folks post some videos of how to connect it to your flashes which made it easy as can be. Simple turn on the flashes and the YN560 TX, put them on the same channel, put the flashes on the "- -" setting, push the 2 buttons on the TX, press the "ok" button the flashes and your good to go. Obviously there’s a few more steps but it was pretty much that easy. Now that I have the means to adjust my flash power and zoom without going back and forth between stand and camera, I can definitely start doing some more serious lighting with my 560 III. I plan on getting a couple more 560 III to go along with this thing so I can really use them on the go versus lugging those big old strobes. Now if you do have some strobes/monolights, you can obviously only trigger them with this, so dont buy it expecting to control your lights power from this, but an actually commander. This only controls the power and zoom of the 560 III so far, maybe it will work with the new Yongnuos equivalent to the Canon 600 down the line. Overall, rock solid product that I highly recommend because of the cost, convenience and so far, the performance. I dont think you can get this anywhere else, where you can by a trigger plus a couple lights and only end up spending under 2 to 3 hundred bucks. Great Job Yongnuo...keep the great affordable products coming!!!

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Im using the Yongnuo YN560-TX flash commander to trigger and adjust multiple Yongnuo YN560 IV speedlight strobes with built-in receivers and they work flawlessly. Since the speedlights have the receivers built in, you don’t need separate receivers and cables for each flash. It makes for a very compact and powerful flash setup with the ability to make critical adjustments to all your Yongnuo strobes at a long distance from your camera position without having to move. I also have the Yongnuo YN560-TX which triggers the same strobes. Those do not allow you to make any adjustments to the strobes, but are considerably smaller. Since the Yongnuo YN560-TX flash commander can make all the flash adjustments even if its not mounted on your camera, I find it useful to make the adjustments using the YN560-TX which I can keep in my pocket and put the RF-603 II on the camera to do the actual triggering when I want to keep the camera streamlined. The Yongnuo YN560-TX uses two AA batteries. Id give it five stars if it came with a padded protective case. It does not come with the shoe-mount stand that its pictured on.

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This is perfect for triggering my Yongnuo YN560-IV flash and Panasonic Lumix FL360L flash (with Yongnuo RF-605 attached). Set-up is extremely easy. From the YN560-TX (attached to my camera), I can adjust the power output and zoom of the YN560-IV flash, but not of the Lumix FL360L flash (these must be adjusted manually on the flash unit itself). Radiofrequency triggers like this are extremely reliable (no misfires at all, and does not require line-of-sight to the flashes) and much better than infrared or optical slave mode. When I first tried to attach the YN560-TX to the hot-shoe of my camera (Panasonic Lumix G85), it didnt fit and did not trigger the flashes when I pressed the shutter. I thought it was defective and was about to return it when I looked closely and realized the problem: The YN560-TX has 1 central pin through which the cameras hot-shoe triggers the YN560-TX which subsequently triggers the remote flashes. In addition, there are 4 other pins which have something to do with sleep mode on a Canon camera; in my case, these are not only completely unnecessary but prevents the YN560-TX from being pushed in all the way into the camera hot-shoe and thus prevents the central firing pin from making correct contact. I overcame this obstacle by using a small blade to lift up the 4 interfering pins before pushing the YN560-TX into the hot-shoe.

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Im a long time Yongnuo fan and a "Strobist" (Sorry David Hobby, but the term is here to stay). I use a variety of flashes, both Yongnuo (460, 560, 560 III) and Canon (430 II, 580 II), as well as RF-602 and RF-622 Triggers. I mostly use manual flash, so I dont actually use my RF-622 all that often. I admit I largely got this because it sounded cool and was so cheap that I didn’t flinch at an unnecessary purchase. Most of my off-camera flash work is done in the studio, where it’s not really that difficult to reach over and adjust the power on a flash. But I have two uses where it’s really useful: soft boxes where the flash is internally contained, and in architectural/real estate work where I’ll put a flash in another room or even outside a window. The trigger works great, as well as my RF-602 or RF-622 units. I use it to trigger my YN-560 III flashes directly, and it will also trigger any flash on a RF-602 receiver (can also work with RF-603), but it’s just a dummy trigger; it can’t adjust power/zoom. I haven’t had any issues with reliability yet, but I’ll report back after some heavier use. The locking mechanism is the same screw type that Yongnuo uses, not as nice as Canon’s latch, but not a big deal. The display is quite nice and is backlit. The unit feels really large, but I’m used to the tiny RF-602 transmitter. It’s a nice size for reading the display and the control buttons, but it feels bulky on the hotshoe. But if you’re used to having a flash on the hotshoe then you won’t even notice. I only one issue with it: There’s just one button for selecting groups, so you have to scroll down. I wish they used the up and down arrow for selecting groups instead of fine tuning (1/3 stop increments) the power. I select groups far more often then I fine tune. In summary: it’s a great unit that does exactly what it says: it’ll fully control (power and zoom) YN 560 III units without additional triggers, plus activate either RF-602 or RF-603 triggers that you have. Given the ridiculously cheap price I’d say get it anyway. But just how much you’ll use the remote power/zoom control depends on what type of work you do. For outdoor work, or real estate photography, I’ll take full advantage of it. But in a small studio I’ll probably still just use my RF-602 since it’s just as easy to reach over and adjust flash power directly.

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I want to give some specific information on the Yongnuo YN560-TX for Canon or the Yongnuo YN560-TX for Nikon with the Yongnuo YN560 IV manual flash for first time users of off camera flash. I use these two flash controllers/triggers with the Yongnuo YN560 IV manual flash. It’s a great combination. The main reason for getting these flash controller/triggers is so you don’t have to walk back and forth to each flash to change the flash settings. I also had an incident when the person I was working with (who was shorter in height than me), could not change the settings on the back of the flash because the flash was too high on the stand and couldn’t see the LCD display! This controller/trigger eliminates this problem. Also, this controller/trigger uses two AA batteries which are easy to find and replace. I use the Eneloop batteries. I only need to carry one type of battery with me. If you check on the Interent, many people are rewiring their Yongnuo triggers (Canon version) to work with Panasonic and Olympus cameras. For those of you who use Panasonic cameras, the Yongnuo YN560-TX for Nikon WILL WORK WITHOUT ANY MODIFICATIONS. I have used it with a Panasonic GH4. The Canon version must be rewired and is very difficult to slide on to the hot shoe. If you’re not careful, the Canon version can get stuck in the Panasonic hot shoe! So just use the Yongnuo YN560-TX for Nikon controller/trigger instead. I use this flash setup for any lighting situation where flash fill is needed. A quick way to determine this is to look at the subjects eye sockets. If the sockets are dark, which I call “Raccoon Eyes”, you need to fill it with flash. If you are outside, the main light is from the sun and the Yongnuo flash will provide the fill. I usually put the Yongnuo YN560 IV flash on a light stand, 10 feet away, set at the widest flash setting 24mm. A good starting point is to have the flash contribute 30% of the total light to the picture. The other 70% would be from the sun. You can do this by “chimping”, that is, change settings-shoot-view LCD until the picture looks correct. Or you can use a light meter that can calculate the flash plus main light ratio for you and give you the camera settings. I use a light meter since I can usually lock in the correct settings with two test shots. Some of the Sekonic light meters have the ability to calculate flash fill percentages. Examples are the Sekonic L-358 and Sekonic L478D. NOT ALL METERS CAN DO THIS. If the light meter is too expensive, just rent one for a week until you get the feel of calculating the settings yourself. However, I really recommend using a meter since you can lock in the settings quickly and spend more time shooting and less time fiddling with camera settings. You’ll actually save money if you’re shooting a paid model. One last comment regarding the Yongnuo YN560 IV manual flash. I purchased this one because it can accept an external battery pack such as the Canon CP-E3 and CPE4. But, I do not recommend the Canon packs since the clips that hold the batteries in place always break. You can buy a cheaper 3rd party external pack instead. This will dramatically cut down the recycle time of the flash, especially when using the flash at full power. Although the Yongnuo flash has a beep tone to let you know when the flash is fully recycled, you may not be able to hear it unless you are in a quiet place. If you are a fast shooter, the flash might not be recycled on the next shot resulting in underexposure.

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I cant say enough about this unit, it just works. Coupled with the Yongnuo YN560 IV, it works out of the box to remotely trigger multiple flashes, set the flashes up to receive, turn the transmitter on, and, flash!!! I cant answer about range, I only plan on using it in small areas, but, I have used this with both the YN560 IV flash units, as well as with the Yongnuo RF-603 II flash triggers, it has worked flawlessly, hasnt misfired yet! I use this with the RF-603 II N3 to fire both 3rd party speedlights, as well as my Speedotron flash. Before you spend hundreds of dollars on the "name brand" radio triggers, you should give the Yongnuo products a look. This lists on Amazon for $39.95, and the Yongnuo RF-603 II N3 flash triggers for $34.44 a pair. Buy the YN560-TX and two pair of the Yongnuo RF-603 II for $100, and spare change, you can control 4 flash units.

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I shoot with Fujifilm gear so I dont have much available in the way of flash gear like Canon or Nikon users do. Because of this, I have been using a three-flash setup of Yongnuo strobes for the past year. The first photo shoot I had after I received my YN560-TX was for "Babys First Christmas" in a cramped apartment with poor lighting. I set up two umbrellas and put the controller on my XT1 and proceeded to dial in the flash levels perfectly. The outcome couldnt have been better: not only was the flash always spot on, but I was able to dial things in with a more professional appearance, instead of running back and forth between the speedlites pushing buttons on them. For the price, this controller and a set of Yongnuo flashes is a boon to folks who arent ready to spend several hundred dollars on higher end gear but want to have great control. The quality is good, fit and finish are in line with other Yongnuo gear. The controls are adequate, though I wish they had put a rocker next to the D-pad to select the flash: you have to press the top left button repeatedly to switch channels. Also, the pairing process is poorly documented, but a bit of searching online gives the magic handshake needed to get things going. This flash controller works with my Fujifilm XT1, XPro1, and X100s. I put big labels on the three strobes, "A", "B", and "C", to make things easier when working with the controller. Because of the quirky pairing process, I dont want to do it again, so if one strobe breaks at a shoot, Ill simply grab another from the bag and use its letter instead.

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With this, I also bought a pair of Yongnuo YN560 IV wireless speedlites, the most updated version as of this writing. Yongnuo should have produced their own How-To video by now to explain these, which is their only drawback. Printed instructions are horrible, translated from Chinese, I assume. Theyre rated right alongside the Canon products that cost at least twice as much, and are every bit as good. My only regret is that there is a cheaper kit with this YN560-TX and two YN560 III speedlites as a package. The only difference between the version III and version IV is the IVs ability to transmit a signal (as does the YN560-TX). Shoulda bought the cheaper version IIIs.

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