Can a Yongnuo YN-568EX control another YN-568EX while also being used on-camera?

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Can the Yongnuo YN-568EX be used on-camera as a fill flash and also act as the commander for another off-camera YN-568EX? I’m trying to understand whether the YN-568EX itself can control remote flashes, or if I need YN-622 transceivers or the YN-622-TX.

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No. The YN-568EX cannot act as an optical or radio master. The YN-568EXII (Canon only at the time of this posting) can act as an optical TTL master, but has no radio transmitter capability built-in.

If you need TTL on-camera fill flash, your best bet, if you're a Canon shooter, would be to use a YN-622C on-camera, and to put the YN-568EX on its pass-through hotshoe, and use the camera menus to control the remote YN‑568EX via another YN-622C as a receiver on its hotshoe.

See also: the TOYUG.

If, however, you're a Nikon shooter, sandwiching a YN-622N will not be a great solution for you, because there is no control of remote flashes from the camera menu, and you'll have to use those, um, less-than-intuitive buttons and LEDs on the YN-622N to change the power setting on the remote flash. It will work, but it's a pain. Your best bet is probably to find a Nikon CLS commander speedlight of some kind, such as an SB-700, and put that on the passthrough shoe, and then you can control the remote lights via the SB-700's menus.

See also: Flash Havoc's report on the YN-622N triggers and LightingRumors description of how to set remote power with a YN-622N.

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No. The Yongnuo YN-568EX cannot act as a master/commander, either optically or by radio.

If you want on-camera fill flash and off-camera TTL control, you’ll need a separate triggering system such as YN-622 units. A common Canon setup is:

  • YN-622C on the camera
  • the on-camera YN-568EX mounted on the 622C pass-through hot shoe
  • another YN-622C under the remote YN-568EX

On Canon, remote flash settings can typically be controlled from compatible camera menus. On Nikon, using YN-622N is less convenient because remote control is handled from the transceiver controls rather than camera menus.

Also note: the YN-568EX II (Canon version) can act as an optical TTL master, but it still does not have built-in radio transmitter capability.

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