Will a Yongnuo trigger work with a Metz AF 52 flash on a Nikon D5200?

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I have a Nikon D5200 and a Metz 52 AF flash. The D5200 does not have a built-in wireless commander. Can I use a Yongnuo trigger with this flash, and if so, will it only fire the flash or can it also support features like i-TTL?

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It depends on your definition of "work" and which Yongnuo triggers.

If you are thinking of the "manual" triggers (RF-602, RF-603, RF-603II, RF-605), then yes, they will work, but all they can do is trigger the flash with correct timing. You won't have any of the other features that are probably why you're paying extra for a TTL-capable Metz flash.

If you are thinking of the TTL triggers (YN-622N), then yes, they will work not only to fire the flash, but also with FP/HSS (if you end up upgrading to a body that can do that--the D5200 can't), 2nd curtain, and iTTL. However, the interface for power control and groups is nonintuitive with only LEDs to indicate the state of the flash, and you might prefer a YN-622N-TX dedicated transmitter on the camera (the LCD display and buttons make some things much simpler) if you want to explicitly set the flash's manual power level from the camera.

Regardless of which system you go for, you will need a radio receiver unit for the flash itself, and another transmitter unit for the camera. Yongnuo triggers are radio-based, and the Metz has no built-in radio receiver--only an optical slave sensor for CLS and a "dumb" optical slave mode.

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Yes — a Yongnuo trigger can work with a Metz AF flash, but the features depend on which Yongnuo system you use.

  • With Yongnuo manual triggers like RF-602, RF-603, RF-603II, or RF-605, the flash will fire at the correct time, but you only get basic triggering. No i-TTL control.
  • With Yongnuo YN-622N TTL triggers, Metz Nikon-compatible flashes can work in i-TTL, and users report zoom synchronization and remote control working when the flash is set to TTL.

For Nikon, the Metz flash should be set to TTL when used with the YN-622N system. A YN-622N-TX transmitter on the camera is often easier to use than relying only on transceivers, because it gives clearer controls for groups and power.

One important limitation: your Nikon D5200 does not support FP/HSS, so even if the trigger system can, your camera body will not provide that feature.

Also note that a Metz flash’s built-in wireless/radio features, if present on some models, are not the same thing as Yongnuo radio compatibility.

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