Review on YONGNUO YN560-III-USA Speedlite Flash with Built-in 2.4-GHz 📸 Receiver for Canon, Nikon, Pentax, Olympus, GN58, US Warranty (Black) by Matt Ellis

I went crazy when I first saw them. I couldn't believe you can get everything for the price. First let me say that the packaging of this thing is excellent. The big boys could really learn a lot from this company. I felt like I spent ten times as much just because of the packaging. I ordered 4 of these and a transmitter. Everything worked immediately with new Enloop batteries. I tested them at home and was very satisfied. A month ago I used them on my first professional shoot. Now I finally see that you get what you pay for. My first 560 went out while lighting up the church. In fact, it did not go out, but stopped responding to the power adjustment and just fired at full power. Had ruined a few photos. Came home and found a fatal bug. These devices overheat easily. This did not help with powerful enloop batteries. When I used all the other flashes at 1/128" with my D3s and one at 1/1 I didn't stand a chance. I won't lie, I actively use all of my gear. I'm not an amateur. Three more burned during the wedding down. I was shooting dance footage and everything was going great. I turned off my transmitter while the couple was talking but not the flashes themselves. Turned it on to catch dad's girl dancing and all the flashes went full blast. After the wedding 1 was burnt out and stopped working and 2 just worked at full capacity.Found that if they just sit with the power on they overheat.I read that you should only use them for a short time and remove the batteries, when not in use to avoid overheating hm sorry but these are not professional flashes I have used the same two SB28 for 5 years and they never overheated and jet I currently have to use them again because they are 100% unreliable. I have a 560 left that hasn't blown yet, but I'll use it as a backup. I'm all for the little guy and I usually get rave reviews, but I can't promote a product that obviously isn't ready for prime time. This is good for small hobbies or portraits where you don't need to use them extensively. But at a wedding, you can't totally trust those things. Just prepare the flash memory of your corporate branding. When a company reads this, I'm not too upset because they have so much for just a fraction of what a big name flash memory costs. I like this idea, just try to find a way to prevent the new model from overheating. I don't mind paying a little more for it. I just hate that I wasted my money investing in them.