Can a Yongnuo YN-E3-RT be used off-camera through YN-622C triggers?
Asked 9/2/2016
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I want to hold my YN-E3-RT in my hand instead of mounting it directly on the camera, to avoid touching the camera during multiple exposures. My idea is to put a YN-622C transmitter on the camera hot shoe, then mount the YN-E3-RT on a YN-622C receiver and use it as if it were on the camera hot shoe.
Has anyone tried this? Will the YN-E3-RT pass through the YN-622C system correctly, including manual group/power settings for RT flashes, or will the YN-622C take over the master control functions?
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Based on my experience using the YN622C system I would guess you probably could attach a YN-E3-RT to your camera using a set of YN622C transceivers. But I've never known of anyone actually doing it. The only way to find out if what you are proposing works is probably to try it yourself as I doubt anyone else here ever has. There may be issues between the 622C on the hot shoe and the YN-E3-RT conflicting over which one gets to be the Master controller.
There is a much simpler and cheaper solution to using a YN-E3-RT without moving your camera when you touch the flash controller: An off camera hot shoe cord.
https://www.amazon.com/Vello-TTL-Off-Camera-Flash-Cord-Canon/dp/B005GMWEI8
Attach one end of the cord to your camera and the other end of the cord to your YN-E3-RT. The flecibility of the cord will prevent any movement of the controller from affecting the camera in much the same way that a wired shutter release works.
Regarding your 9/16 edit: You don't need the 622 at all if you attach the YN-E3-RT to the camera's hot shoe using a TTL cord.
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It’s not a reliable setup for full RT control. Based on the reported test, the flashes may fire, but the YN-622C system overrides the YN-E3-RT’s settings: groups are changed to ALL and power levels are reset to whatever is set in the 622 controller. In other words, the YN-E3-RT does not behave transparently as if it were directly on the camera hot shoe.
That makes sense, since both units want to act as the master controller, so they can conflict.
The simpler solution is to use an off-camera TTL hot shoe cord. That keeps the YN-E3-RT electrically connected to the camera as if it were mounted on the hot shoe, while letting you hold it away from the camera and avoid disturbing alignment between exposures.
So: yes, the lights may trigger through the 622s, but no, it’s not a good way to preserve normal YN-E3-RT control. A Canon-compatible off-camera shoe cord is the better choice.
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