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mtclimber · Feb 19, 2011, 8:44 PM

I was able to borrow a Young-Nuo 560 flash from a friend to use for the weekend. The YN560 is supposed to be their most powerful flash from Young-Nuo. Dave bought the YN560 on E-Bay for $72.00 delivered.

I was interested in trying the YN560 because I like bounce flash a lot. here is the photo I took with the HS10+YN560 combination.

Sarah Joyce

mtclimber · Feb 19, 2011, 8:46 PM

And here is a photo of the YN560 mounted on my HS10.

Sarah Joyce

gjtoth · Feb 19, 2011, 10:15 PM

Bounce is the way to fly for indoor portrait stuff, Sarah. I use my Vivitar DF383 on my HS-10 and my E-620. I have a Stofen Omnibounce that I use for outdoor use and it works very well. I also have a Lambency light dome (knock off of a Fong light sphere). It works GREAT but I think it's a bit bulky for stuff like weddings. BTW, I also have a pair of Vivitar 285HV for off-camera flash stuff.

Cresho · Feb 20, 2011, 3:43 AM

Now that's a good shot! I see no flash shadows in the back. Looks natural!

toshi43 · Mar 22, 2011, 1:50 AM

I have a Sunpak auto 383 thyristor flash that I use with my new HS10. It has a bounce/swivel head and a guide number of 36m at ISO 100 and it worked great with my old S9100, even better with the HS10.

I found it interesting to compare a shot of my Sony DSLR-A200 taken with the HS10 and one of the HS10 taken with the A200 mounted with a Sony HVL-F20AM bounce flash.

Surprisingly, no matter what I did the HS10's flash shots always came out better than the A200's. The HS10's auto WB was more accurate than the A200's and the lighting was much more even.

DigMe · Mar 22, 2011, 8:55 AM

The fun thing about the YN-560 is that you can take it off the camera and trigger it with your pop up flash in one of it's slave modes. That really opens up a lot of doors for creativity in lighting. I have 2 YN-560's and an SB-600 that I use off-camera. I trigger the 600 with a radio trigger (Phottix Strato) and the 560's with the built-in optical trigger. Also check this out for something exremely simple that can really improve the light quality of on-camera bounce flash:
http://neilvn.com/tangents/2009/11/21/the-black-foamie-thing/

BTW - I got my YN-560's for $65 shipped through Amazon seller New Harbor. He seems to be sold out at the moment though.

brad

Feb 19, 2011, 8:44 PM	#1
mtclimber Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Oregon, USA Posts: 18,143	External Flash Experiment with the HS10 I was able to borrow a Young-Nuo 560 flash from a friend to use for the weekend. The YN560 is supposed to be their most powerful flash from Young-Nuo. Dave bought the YN560 on E-Bay for $72.00 delivered. I was interested in trying the YN560 because I like bounce flash a lot. here is the photo I took with the HS10+YN560 combination. Sarah Joyce Attached Images Last edited by mtclimber; Feb 19, 2011 at 8:47 PM.

Feb 19, 2011, 8:46 PM	#2
mtclimber Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Oregon, USA Posts: 18,143	And here is a photo of the YN560 mounted on my HS10. Sarah Joyce Attached Images

Feb 19, 2011, 10:15 PM	#3
gjtoth Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Louisville, KY, USA Posts: 6,944	Bounce is the way to fly for indoor portrait stuff, Sarah. I use my Vivitar DF383 on my HS-10 and my E-620. I have a Stofen Omnibounce that I use for outdoor use and it works very well. I also have a Lambency light dome (knock off of a Fong light sphere). It works GREAT but I think it's a bit bulky for stuff like weddings. BTW, I also have a pair of Vivitar 285HV for off-camera flash stuff. __________________ Gary ---- "The best camera is the one you have with you." <><~~~~~~~~~~~ Pentax K-70 ~ Panasonic FZ1000 ~ Panasonic ZS40 My Gallery -- Hebrews 13:3

Mar 22, 2011, 1:50 AM	#5
toshi43 Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Vernon BC Canada Posts: 1,618	HS10 external flash I have a Sunpak auto 383 thyristor flash that I use with my new HS10. It has a bounce/swivel head and a guide number of 36m at ISO 100 and it worked great with my old S9100, even better with the HS10. I found it interesting to compare a shot of my Sony DSLR-A200 taken with the HS10 and one of the HS10 taken with the A200 mounted with a Sony HVL-F20AM bounce flash. Surprisingly, no matter what I did the HS10's flash shots always came out better than the A200's. The HS10's auto WB was more accurate than the A200's and the lighting was much more even. Attached Images __________________ Fujifilm FinePix HS10, Fujifilm FinePix HS20 EXR, Pentax E-80 P&S, Sunpak auto383 flash, Optex slave flash, Velbon VGB3 heavy-metal tripod, TechPro TP-242 tripod with B62 ballhead, assorted filters and other bits.

Mar 22, 2011, 8:55 AM	#6
DigMe Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2010 Posts: 473	The fun thing about the YN-560 is that you can take it off the camera and trigger it with your pop up flash in one of it's slave modes. That really opens up a lot of doors for creativity in lighting. I have 2 YN-560's and an SB-600 that I use off-camera. I trigger the 600 with a radio trigger (Phottix Strato) and the 560's with the built-in optical trigger. Also check this out for something exremely simple that can really improve the light quality of on-camera bounce flash: http://neilvn.com/tangents/2009/11/21/the-black-foamie-thing/ BTW - I got my YN-560's for $65 shipped through Amazon seller New Harbor. He seems to be sold out at the moment though. brad Last edited by DigMe; Mar 22, 2011 at 9:04 AM.

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Cresho Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 1,092	Now that's a good shot! I see no flash shadows in the back. Looks natural!

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