How do I use a Yongnuo YN560 IV in manual mode with a Nikon D5600?
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I’m using a Yongnuo YN560 IV Speedlite with a Nikon D5600. The flash fires when I take a photo, but in Manual camera mode it seems like the camera is exposing for the scene on its own rather than balancing with the flash. In Auto mode the flash works, but the result is overexposed. How should I set up the camera and flash to use this flash correctly in manual?
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Jimmy Poroye
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The Yongnuo YN560 IV Speedlite is a fully manual flash. So there is no communication whatsoever with the camera, apart from the flash signal from the camera to the flash.
I understood from your posting, that the flash does indeed flash on manual. Then that is all there really is. On manual mode and with a manual flash, you have to find your settings all by yourself or with help of a flash meter.
So set your camera to a shutter speed of equal or slower than your camera's flash sync speed (in your case 1/200, I think).
Set your aperture to what you want to achieve creative-wise. Set Iso to 100 for start. Now take an image with flash turned off.
This is your background or ambient exposure. You can now tweak it to your liking (by changing ISO or adjusting the shutter), then add flash to further illuminate the subject.
The ambient exposure can range from a completely dark frame, if you want to totally control the light, to almost correct exposure, where just a smidge of light is missing to emphasize the subject.
Turn flash on and start with a a medium setting like 1/32 - then correct the flash setting to your liking.
Voila!
As the flash is manual only, whenever the situation changes, you have to re-adjust the flash completely.
If you need a flash that does that automatically, you will need a more expensive TTL Flash, which communicates with your camera. Please be aware that each camera brand uses their own protocol for TTL, so make sure you buy the flash for your specific camera.
You set the off-camera flash tag to the question: So make sure that the trigger unit is paired with the flash before. You can test that via the test button on the trigger. The rest stays the same.
Originally by Kai Mattern. Source · Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0
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The YN560 IV is a fully manual flash, so the camera does not control flash power or meter TTL exposure. The D5600 only tells it when to fire.
To use it in Manual:
- Set the camera to M mode.
- Keep shutter speed at or below flash sync speed (about 1/200s).
- Start with ISO 100.
- Choose an aperture based on the look you want.
- First take a shot with the flash off to set your ambient/background exposure.
- Then turn the flash on and adjust the flash power manually until the subject is exposed the way you want.
Key idea:
- Shutter speed and ISO mainly affect ambient light.
- Aperture and flash power strongly affect flash exposure.
If Auto mode is overexposing, that’s because the camera is making its own decisions, while the flash itself still isn’t being automatically controlled in the way a TTL flash would be. With the YN560 IV, you must dial in both camera exposure and flash power yourself, or use a flash meter.
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