Yongnuo flashes?

[crackboy]

Anyone have any experience with them?

Was thinking of maybe picking up the YN-465 since it is a pretty cheap TTL flash

its a shame it is not wireless enabled but oh well

[smmokan]

Yep, I have one and used it recently for a wedding (Powtron's). I don't really know what to tell you since I'm not an expert on lighting, but it does the job just as well as the Sigma Super DG-530 (?) I used to have. It recycles relatively quickly, although there were a couple times well into the shoot that I had to wait for a couple of minutes for it to cool down. However, that didn't happen until at least 50-60 shots were already taken. Here are a couple of shots I took with the flash- the ballroom was a poorly lit area, if it helps. They were taken with my Canon 15-85mm on the 50D.

[crackboy]

more looking for input on the build quality etc. i was thinking a decent flash would be nice to have especially with a newborn around and shooting inside a lot more. Really want something basic, but at the same time if i am buying a flash i might as well buy something with some more advanced features to learn with and not have to buy a new flash if i want to do more

[smmokan]

Build quality is comparable to the Sigma I had, which supposedly was similar to the Canon flashes. I actually like it better- more adjustable settings on the angles and swiveling, and it includes a couple of extendable flash accessories (white card, clear filter). I think I paid around $75 for it, and it's well worth the money.

[advres]

Off topic, smmokan, how low did you set your flash compensation when shooting with the DG. I got one and no matter what, even @ -1 2/3 which I hear is typical it usually blows out a bit.

I need to really start reading strobist.

[smmokan]

Embarrassingly, I can't answer that. I honestly don't think I did anything to change the compensation... I just played around with the manual settings (on the camera) until I got a result that I wanted. I'm probably the wrong person to ask questions about flash since I use mine 1-2x a year.