Why does a Yongnuo YN-565EX need a separate receiver with a YN-560-TX?
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I’m considering a Yongnuo YN-565EX TTL flash for Nikon and saw that the YN-560-TX transmitter says the YN-565EX requires an RF-602, RF-603, or RF-603 III transceiver to work with it. I thought the flash had a receiver built in. Why does it need a separate receiver, and what kind of wireless system does the YN-565EX actually support?
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Yongnuo only makes two types of flashes with built-in radio triggers: manual-only flashes (YN-560III & YN-560IV), and the Canon-RT compatible flash, the YN-600EX-RT. The YN-565EX/568EX/500EX (and MkIIs) models do not have a radio receiver built in. (The YN-685 apparently has a YN-622/RF-603/RF-605 receiver in it).
The built-in slave modes on the YN-565EX are optical (light-based), not radio. It can be used in Nikon's CLS (or Canon's wireless eTTL) system, and can be used as a "dumb" optical slave to fire from a flash burst from any flash (similar to SU-4 mode on a Nikon speedlight). Optical-based triggering, though, has range of line-of-sight requirements that become more stringent and restrictive if you're shooting outdoors and in bright sunlight.
The YN-560-TX transmitter is a "manual" trigger: it can only tell a flash when to fire, and it works with the YN-560III and YN-560IV speedlights, and the RF-602, RF-603, RF-603II, and RF-605 radio trigger units. So, to trip a YN-565EX from a YN-560-TX, you need to add on a radio receiver unit. However, the only control you have over the remote flash is firing it. You cannot use iTTL, FP/HSS, or remotely control the power level/zoom of the flash. The YN-560-TX can only control the power/zoom/group of the YN-560III and YN-560IV.
The YN-565EX/YN-568EX, however, can be used with i-TTL, FP, remote power, etc. etc. if you use a YN-622N transceiver as a receiver on the flash, and another YN-622N or the YN-622N-TX as the commander unit on the camera's hotshoe.
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The YN-565EX does have wireless slave capability, but its built-in receiver is optical, not radio.
That means the YN-565EX can respond to light-based triggering, such as Nikon CLS-style optical signals or a simple flash burst in optical slave mode. The YN-560-TX, however, is a radio transmitter. Since the YN-565EX does not have a built-in Yongnuo radio receiver, it cannot understand the YN-560-TX directly.
So if you want to trigger a YN-565EX off-camera with a YN-560-TX, you need to attach a compatible Yongnuo radio receiver/transceiver to the flash, such as an RF-603 series unit.
In short:
- YN-565EX built-in wireless = optical slave
- YN-560-TX = radio control
- Optical and radio are different systems, so a separate radio receiver is required
If you want a flash that works directly with a Yongnuo radio transmitter, you’d need a model with a built-in radio receiver.
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