Can one trigger system remotely fire and adjust both a Canon 430EX III-RT and Yongnuo YN-560 IV flashes?
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I have a Canon 430EX III-RT and I’m considering adding two Yongnuo YN-560 IV flashes for off-camera use. I want to fire all three at the same time and remotely adjust power on both the Canon and the Yongnuos.
I’m not concerned about E-TTL, HSS, second-curtain sync, or remote shutter. I also want to avoid optical triggering and I don’t want a flash mounted on the camera hot shoe.
Is there a combination of transmitters/receivers that will let me use one setup to both trigger and control power for a Canon 430EX III-RT and Yongnuo YN-560 IV units together? Or do these systems require choosing one radio ecosystem and accepting limitations or changing flash models?
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I'm planning to buy 2 Yongnuo YN-560 IV flashes and some receivers/transmitters.
You need to decide which triggering system you want to use and then commit to dealing with its limitations. Here are your choices:
Use optical triggering with the 430EX II-RT and the YN560-IV, in which case you only need an optical master unit to trigger everything.
Use Yongnuo's radio triggers, and accept the limitations that has for controlling your 430EX II-RT.
Use Canon's radio triggering system, and either choose a receiver for the YN560-IV that works with the RT system, or choose a different flash that works with the RT system.
What you can't do is mix Yongnuo's simple radio triggers with Canon's much more complete radio system. The reason the YN-E3-RT can't fire the YN-560 IV is that the former is a transmitter compatible with Canon's RT system, and the latter has a receiver that's part of Yongnuo's system.
If it were me, I'd pick Canon's RT system, even if I were choosing Yongnuo products. For example, you could buy two YN600EX-RT II and a YN-E3-RT, and then you'd have a system that doesn't need any separate triggers and which gives you full control over power settings for each unit. Or, if you really want to go with the YN560EX-IV, you could trigger that with a YN-E3-RX. But since the cost of those two together is nearly as much as that of a much more capable YN600EX-RT II, that doesn't seem like a great option.
If you choose Yongnuo's radio system, then you need to accept the fact that the RF-603 can't control power on the 430EX II-RT. Consider replacing the 430EX II-RT with a third YN560EX-IV, and throw in a YN560-TX, and you've got a three-flash system with radio triggering and control over power for each one.
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Not fully, no. The Canon 430EX III-RT and Yongnuo YN-560 IV use different radio systems, and you generally can’t mix them in one setup with full remote power control for both.
Your practical options are:
- Use the Yongnuo 560 system: you can fire and control the YN-560 IV units, but the Canon 430EX III-RT won’t have equivalent radio power control there.
- Use Canon RT: you can fire and control the 430EX III-RT, but the YN-560 IV does not natively join Canon’s RT radio system.
- Use optical triggering: this can trigger mixed flashes, but you said you want to avoid optical.
- Change one side of the system: either add RT-compatible receivers/flashes for the Yongnuos, or choose additional flashes that match Canon RT.
So the core answer is that you need to pick one triggering ecosystem and live with its limits, or replace/add gear so all flashes speak the same system.
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