-JAY- wrote:

But you can change it remotely. it's a godsend, and such a breath of fresh air at these prices.

Yes they are. Now if someone will come up with some quality lenses that are as good at 1/4 of the price then we would pretty much have it all.

Caitin Bre  wrote:

Yes they are. Now if someone will come up with some quality lenses that are as good at 1/4 of the price then we would pretty much have it all.

Yongnuo is making a 50/1.4 coming out soon.

-JAY- wrote:

Yongnuo is making a 50/1.4 coming out soon.

I would be very interested in checking that out. I have a keg (50 1.2) right now but could always use another 50.

-Jeff Stanton wrote:
There is already a recall of sorts on the battery back for the 860.

Source?

-Jeff Stanton wrote:
Godox is the manufacturer.  Neewer and Cheetah are resellers with their private label.  There is already a recall of sorts on the battery back for the 860.  So you may want to wait and see what Yongnuo comes out with.

What? never heard of it? I have never had a single problem with any of mine. I have 8 of them now not one problem with any of them. getting another 8.

Hello,

Thanks for your recent purchase from New harbor on Amazon.com! We are writing because we were notified by our distributor that some stock we received of Neewer TT850/TT860 speedlights were supplied with the incorrect battery which doesn't perform as it is intended. If your TT850/TT860 battery hasn't performed as expected please let us know, as we have replacements available to send out.

We hope you're happy with your Neewer Speedlight purchase and that it has performed to the advertised specs. If you have had an issue with battery performance please contact us so that we can resolve it for you immediately.

Seems like it's a thing... and surprise, a knockoff import is on top of things, and sending out emails and replacing things.

Caitin Bre  wrote:

Yes they are. Now if someone will come up with some quality lenses that are as good at 1/4 of the price then we would pretty much have it all.

Rokinon makes some gorgeous full manual focus lenses.  I have the cine lens trio of t/1.5 glass and they're pretty swell.  The chromatic abberation is horrendous wide open, but there are fixes to it.  However, shooting outdoor bikini with 85mm at an equivalent f/1.4 is pretty great for about $250.  I just have to remember to take several shots with a micro adjustment through the focus to make sure one of them is razor sharp on my chosen point.

-Jeff Stanton wrote:
Godox is the manufacturer.  Neewer and Cheetah are resellers with their private label.  There is already a recall of sorts on the battery back for the 860.  So you may want to wait and see what Yongnuo comes out with.

I've had 2 of 6 go south. I believe they were bought in April. My understanding is that the ones that were mfg'd after June 2014 are okay.

Smedley Whiplash wrote:

I've had 2 of 6 go south. I believe they were bought in April. My understanding is that the ones that were mfg'd after June 2014 are okay.

I got mine in Dec 2013, no issues at all.

cwwmbm wrote:
Hey Jay, you got any shots outside with HSS that we could check out? How is it with battling the sun?

Nothing in direct sun yet, haven't found the right shoot for that yet.

This though... 1/32 power in shade (4ish stops less than sunny 16 @ f/1.4 1/640)




Compared to ambient:


while I like the ambient (given a little time to work on it, above is OOC with WB adjusted) I like the OOMPH that the conflicting WB and controlled light gives.

cwwmbm wrote:
Sigh... I really need to learn to shoot with the shallow DOF and not wide lenses. Just can't do it for some reason. Cool stuff, thanks!

Step 1: Mess around until it looks good
Step 2: Figure out why it looks good

-Джей- wrote:
у меня было их немного сейчас, но были на длительного перерыва от съемок, и не положить много усилий в вещи в последнее время. Однако теперь, когда я получаю обратно в вещи, которые я хотел бы поделиться своими первыми впечатлениями об Neewer TT850 speedlite. сегодня я продал все мои Profoto передач, чтобы купить больше из них. Мой аукцион всех* мой YongNuos заканчивается в воскресенье в 7:00. Это он. Конец. (*все, кроме 2 560IIs и 3 602s) хотя я все-таки рекомендую YN серия вспышек, как более недорогой, но если вы можете управлять дополнительные $20-$30, не проходите идите...  Основные характеристики: 1.5s корзины на полную (стрельба по 1/2 или 1/4 или меньше - не больше, чем в... это чертовски мгновение.) 650 выстрелов на одной зарядке (опять же в 1/16-1/4 90% времени... я еще не до зарядки аккумуляторной батареи, начиная с марта. Же мощности, как и любой другой флагман flash. С FT-16s беспроводная система... 16-канальный, 16 групп с беспроводной 1/3 stop регулировка по мощности (и по $32 без необходимости аккумуляторы в приемник, хороший... обычно жевать через AAAs на мой нормальный приемники) беспроводной HSS с клетками II Система запуска (в настоящее время только Canon, хотя есть Nikon обходные пути.)  --------------------------------------------------------------------- Я никогда не видел сочетания идеально подходит, этот недорогой. А YongNuos я так люблю удивительны, и служили мне... роскошь менее battery management (и связанных с ними дополнительных расходов, четыре AAs приведение 560II в пределах $20 или около того от Neewer) приятно, я ненавижу зарядку 32 батареи регулярно... Скорость приветствуется, пуз за $140 или так (для клеток II) и дополнительные вспышки и срабатывает на уровне $115 (еще одна вспышка и один приемник) -- конечно YN имеет HSS варианты аналогичным ценам с YN500ex и 622 (который также имеет ttl, это хорошо, но требует 2 622s, так что ближе к $190/$140) 500 мощность поменьше, и медленнее. И wireless power control для 16 групп является блестящим. Я обычно не больше, чем 2 или 3 группы, но даже до сих пор... даже с одним, не успев упасть гремел салон блюдо, чтобы сменить власть-это великолепно, в этом ценовом диапазоне.  Гораздо более скоро.

Очень хорошая статья спасибо

Single Ukrainian wrote:
Очень хорошая статья спасибо

You're welcome.

-JAY- wrote:
Nothing in direct sun yet, haven't found the right shoot for that yet.

This though... 1/32 power in shade (4ish stops less than sunny 16 @ f/1.4 1/640)




Compared to ambient:


while I like the ambient (given a little time to work on it, above is OOC with WB adjusted) I like the OOMPH that the conflicting WB and controlled light gives.

Agree. I've tested my 860 for HSS, but haven't used it on an actual shoot yet.  I did shoot this yesterday using the 860 and very small Softbox I got on Amazon-

http://www.amazon.com/BestDealUSA-Porta … ht+softbox


160 @ 5.6  D610  85mm D 1.8,  100iso, 860 set to 1/2 power


My wife makes veils and dresses etc, so I just did a quick couple of shots for her.

-JAY- wrote:
Seems like it's a thing... and surprise, a knockoff import is on top of things, and sending out emails and replacing things.

Update: I got the email, and said that I wasn't sure... I haven't put them THAT much through their paces to notice significant flaws, so I wasn't sure.

Today: 4 new batteries.

"might be broken, here's some new shit" ain't a bad business practice.

Caitin Bre  wrote:
ok here is something new to try. Jay got me thinking about using the remote to adjust power.
Ok even when using the cells 2 keep the original remote in pocket. set each flash receiver ftr 16s to a different group with keeping the same channel. Should be able to remotely control each flash (using original remote in hand) to different powers and still fire all from the cells 2 (on camera).
Anyone tried it yet? I am giving it a try this weekend.

The FT-16s transmitter works handheld. I have the flashes set to different groups (and seriously... 16 groups? step up Canikon) and have the FT-16s on a lanyard when using Cells II (and on top of my 622N when using Nikon)

Handheld adjustment works just fine.

-JAY- wrote:

Update: I got the email, and said that I wasn't sure... I haven't put them THAT much through their paces to notice significant flaws, so I wasn't sure.

Today: 4 new batteries.

"might be broken, here's some new shit" ain't a bad business practice.

This is encouraging. Mine are recent purchases so I thought I'd be past the bad batches of batteries but I just did a shoot this weekend (approx 180 images) and even with the flashes set under full power, one ran out of juice and the other drained down at least 1/2 way. I guess I'll be contacting Amazon! I do love these things though. I really like that the receivers don't require batteries and are so small they can fit in the case along with the flash.

-JAY- wrote:
The FT-16s transmitter works handheld. I have the flashes set to different groups (and seriously... 16 groups? step up Canikon) and have the FT-16s on a lanyard when using Cells II (and on top of my 622N when using Nikon)

Handheld adjustment works just fine.

Ya might be kinda hard to remember where you set each one of those 16 buggers. But hey very handy for real estate gigs....

Random Image wrote:
Just my 2 bits.  I had one with a bad battery, they did send me a new one with very little hassle.  Like other have said, the battery life is amazing.

2 shoots with it so far, still 3/4 battery life.

it's seriously fantastic. I think I've charged my batteries 5 or 6 times since last spring.

Random Image wrote:
Indeed!

My only complaint so far is that I haven't been able to get the HSS to work with my 50D.  Not sure if its me or the flash.

Are you using the Cells IIc trigger or the normal FT-16s?

Is the flash in HSS mode?  Press and hold the third button for 3-5 seconds.

JeffB_Photography wrote:
The battery for my 850 expanded while charging and blew open the plastic case.

More bang for the buck?


-Sorry. I just couldn't stop myself...  ;0

JeffB_Photography wrote:
The battery for my 850 expanded while charging and blew open the plastic case.  About 1 year old and not a lot of charges done.

Neewer admitted to having a bad crop of batteries.  (It was on the front page of thier webpage for a bit)

They replaced mine free, as it just died, didnt explode.

Might be worth contacting them.