YN 560 IV Hands-on Review 

only suggestion is to stop repeating 560. we know it is all 560. mark 3, mark 4 and tx

Just to make sure, this review was about the 560 mark 4? :)

Awesome Review! thanks for the great breakdown! One thing, if I may suggest, to make your next video easier to watch would be to drop the "full name" after you already introduced the item, for example after saying once: "560 Mark Three" just say "Mark Three" to avoid a ton repetition. And thanks again for the review!

Thank you for the fast reply. I'm going to look for the setting. I just received my two flashes today. I bought them based on your reviews. I'm very new to photography. My wife and I are learning together. We even got matching his/her D7100, lol

Outstanding review. I like that you've taken such a methodical approach to explaining the feature sets. I purchased the Mark III models recently and have been enjoying them with the triggers, but this is fantastic news. They're so inexpensive, I might just buy 3 new Mark IV models and keep the IIIs for backups.

Do you know if there a way to turn off the slave mode indicator light?

Hello, 1. Are you able to trigger the YN 560IV with the EOS 70D's pop-up flash? 2. If YES to the above, are you able to adjust the flash power via the on-body menu?

Well explained thank you!! Just bought the mark III. Don't need the features of mark IV atm :)

Not only a good review but also an excellent tutorial on setting up and using this flash with YN560IIIs.Thanks.

Thank you for let me know all this details for the yn 560 series.I have build a system with yn560tx yn560iii and yn560iv that help me a lot with my photography. Keep up this good work......

Great video mate!!! Very much appreciated!!! I wish to buy YN 560 IV within a couple of days but I have a question. I currently own a Nikon D7200 and my question is can I fire this flash in slave mode using my camera's in built flash as a commander? If yes, then would you please be kind enough to explain me how it's done or guide me to a link where I can find answer to my query? Keep the good work going!!! Thanks!!!

Nice tutorial. This is what i really need to understand my 560 iv

What is the # after the Group for? You can set, for example, A1, A2 or A3. The number doesn't do anything. Why is that even on the flash??

Great video. I have 3 YN 560iii units but I wanted a backup for a few upcoming jobs and more lights can only help. Good refresh on setting up. Silly how they cut out the other 3 channel control the Tx provides. Oh well.

a very clear and comprehensive review - well done

The reason it will not reset the slave flash from hot-shoe signal is you may need to use lower or higher settings on the slave flash from time to time.. then you can re sync after the custom shot settings..

Dude, this review is awesome, is so complete and very usefull. Thank you very much

Hi, should I go for the YN600EX-RT as it supports ETTL? The YN560IV is a bit cheaper though, thoughts?

Great review, I was wondering if you have any idea how the power save mode works as I noticed in the previous versions they still turn off after 60 mins , I was wondering if that is the same in this version or if you can set it so it does not turn Great review, I was wondering if you have any idea how the power save mode works as I noticed in the previous versions they still turn off after 60 mins , I was wondering if that is the same in this version or if you can set it so it does not turn off till the batteries run out.

this is good option for Canon700D (like only one lamp)?

This video answered a lot of questions I had. Definitely buying one!! Thanks!!

Awesome review! I have a query. I own a YN-560 iii and a YN-603N (ii) trigger. Planning to buy a YN-560 iv. I want make a setup as 560 iv (As master) will trigger the 560 iii (As slave) WHERE 560 iv will be OFF-CAMERA communicated via YN-603N trigger with my camera. Is it all right or I am making a mistake? Thanks in advance.

Thanks for your review. I had a question about the III and IV AF-assist beam. Do these actually have an AF-assist beam? Is it a beam matrix as it is in the 468II for example or is it just a red led? How does it work on the hot shoe? Does it turn on when you half press the shutter (I'm guessing no since there is only one pin?)

Can someone help me, I just got my YN560-TX along with a YN560-IV, and I am not able at all to have them talk to each other in anyway. are my units defective or what. I have put all the same channels tried diffrent channels and groups synced on both but nothing. any pointers?

Thank you very much! So clear explanation, I will buy one yn560iv!!!

Hey, great Video. But how can i change the flash time? YN says the 560IV has a flash time between 200-20000 but how can i change it? Thanks for your help!

ATG & Yongnuo will be hurting Profoto B1, Phottix Indra500, Godox Witstros AD360, Qauntum Trio. Your video reviews is good that many are confused that they will need to watch it 6 times. Buy this flash is the best bang for buck over other flashes & still control settings by radio. ATG/Yongnuo are so good that B&H Photo is selling it. 10 flashes for only $700.00. or 5 flashes for only $350.00. Awesome baby power lighting control instead of just one light from those above mentioned.

Very good review. Tons of information and straight to the point.

Thanks for the great and in-depth review! It answered a lot of my questions!

Hi, great review. I have a question for you. It is possible to use the Yongnuo 560IV on a Fujifilm X-E1 on TTL mode or this Flash does not have TTL mode? Thank you for your answer.

thanks for your informative video. If I want to use the Mk IV as an off flash, should I get the TX?

Great review, Thanks! Question: I'm planning to use a triple flash adapter(1 yongnou 560 III / 2 yongnou 560 IV) Should I anticipate any problems in the settings with the 2 yongnou IVs? Obviously, one of the IVs will be the master. Any advice?

Great job! Super helpful. One question, Can you change the channels of the flashes remotely as well? I'd like to be able to modify the flash set up on the go, from let's say to remote flashes to three, or four. Is it possible from the master flash or do you need to physically walk to each to change the channel?

Is it possible if you can do a video of how to set up the IV with the camera straight? I find it pretty complicated as I've never used a speedlite before.

+ZY Productions Please do more videos on the YN560IV and working tutorials on it..

Always thorough!!! love your reviews man!!

Hey, good stuff. Not sure if anyone has told you though, you slipped up a bit. At 4:40 you mistakenly said to press the "Mode"+"Function" buttons in order to activate, when you should have said "Mode+"Activate" buttons. It had me confused for a second. When I actually did just that, there's a different function that it activates, and now I have to look that up because I've no idea of what it actually did. Just FYI. Otherwise, thanks for the video. D

Thank you for the awesome review!!! Questions: Can I use the Mark IV on top of the 622?

Thanks, love your videos! I just bought the YN560IV. I own the Canon 100D and when I placed the flash on my camera I am getting the message that it is incompatible with the camera. I bought the Canon version. Am I doing something wrong?

I wasn't able to find any info on this: Is it possible to remotely trigger the external flash in multi mode? Another question: Would I be able to trigger the YN-560 IV with a YN-568ex II?

Have you ever tried Nissin Di600? Which would you recommend the most?

You are best on what you do... More power to you!!!!

May sound strange, but can the 560 IV on the camera act as a trigger to 602 or 603 with another flash on them? You said it works the other way around.

Would 2 of these be good for interior photography ? Also what shoe mount would work on the camera body to fire the flashes ? I have the SONY A77 Mark 2? Please help I'm new at this. Thank you

I decided to order the mark iv and the 560 tx would this be a good setup to have for off camera shooting? i plan on ordering one other 560 iv

So I want to use one 560 IV as a slave in a softbox while using another 560 IV as master on my camera. Am I able to change the flash values so they are different from each other when i take a picture. E.g. the softbox flash is less intense as its closer to the subject while the on-camera flash is stronger because its further away. Am I able to turn off the camera flash If I just want to use the external flash? Great video by the way. Chock full of information. Thanks!

Is it compatible with Nikon D5200? Also what about YONGNUO YN560 TX and YN560 III. I want to use flash off camera, so can you please suggest me what should I buy which is not much expensive? Thanks in advance.

Thanks for your great review! Can the 560 IV be set to only fire the Rx flash (560 III) without firing the 560 IV itself?

When you activate the 560 III to work in groups does that negate its ability to work with the rf 603 or does the rf 603 even care? In other words, is there a drawback to activating the 560 III?

Hi, great review!! I have a question, if I want to use the 560iv off camera, do I need to get a pair of 603 (1 for camera + 1 for speedlite) or should I get a 560tx unit, giving me the possibility of having a bigger setup later on?

I have the YN-560 III. I want to buy a flash that have TTL what will work as TX to the YN-560 III just like the YN-560 IV. Please me me choose. Thanks!

hi. does yn560 IV and a yn622ntx works together. if not whats the best way you recommend? thank you.

Great video. Very informational and rich in knowledge.

Nice review, I just picked up a Yongnuo mk iv and it's worked very well for me! If I have a second Mk IV can I use one flash just as a trigger for an off camera flash (the second MK IV), or will it always fire even when in master mode? Just wondering if I have to buy a flash trigger or not...

This is going to be a very obvious question - please keep in mind I would be using this with the Fuji X series system. If I purchased three of the Y IV flashes - can I have one ON camera that will fire normally from the hot shoe as a bounce flash, but will also radio control 2 other flashes around a room?. This is for a wedding situation. Thanks!

I watched the video. But from what i see, it appears as though the transmitter flash unit can only send out the same output to the reciever flash unit. I can't say, have transmitter on 1/2 output and have the reciever as say...1/8 output?

@Rogers, this flash does not have TTL.

Did this flash support Nikon D5300 I'm in serious nervous about it. Please reply.

Hi, i hope you can help me with this question. I have one yongnuo 560 iv unit and a 560TX transmitter, but i would like to sell my transmitter to instead buy another flash unit to trigger my off camera flash unit. Can i independantly fire my off unit while firing my on camera unit at a different output? I'm wondering because if i have my on camera unit set to the transmitter mode to adjust my off unit, how can i possibly be adjusting my camera unit at the same time? Is it possible? thanks, Patrick

Great stuff here! 1 question: If i were to get either the YN 560 IV or the YN 600 EX-RT. Which one would you recommend and why? Thnx so much!

since the price is now the same (around U$ 70) , is it better to have 2 units of the mark IV, or one mark III and one mark IV? another question: can you please tell me if there is a possibility to fire another camera using some receiver, to fire at the same time that I have pressed the shutter of a first camera? i want to have two pictures of a same situation. but from different angles.

Thanks for sharing, very informative. I just got the YN 560 IV and noticed when I am on Tx mode and press the PILOT button, the flash doesn't fire. It fires on Other modes but not on Tx mode. Is that normal? I don't have other YN flashes yet.

I'm having an issue with my YN560 IV and rf603 N ll. I've mounted the rf603 on my Nikon D3200, and had set all the correct settings on both flash and trigger but it still won't fire the off-camera flash. I have to connect the cable on my camera to the trigger only then the flash would fire. Are my rf603 faulty?

Hi am planning of getting two IVs and am using a Nikon D90. If I want to use an RF603N, should I get 2 triggers if I want to use both speedlites off camera?

I can't find any info or videos explaining the multiflash function. Could you explain how to use that function?

i have a poblem plz help me why pilot red light colour change to blue light colour

Hello, can you use the flash YN560 IV with the shutter YN 622 C ?

I have two 560-IV flashes and I've set one to TX and the other RX with both on the same channel in the same group. I can't get the RX to flash. I've searched all over and can't seem to figure out what I'm doing wrong. Any suggestions?

Is it true to say the higher the number, the better the flash in the Yongnuo range?

hello, I had the 560IV and the 568exII as a kit, but the latter after years of honorable service since yesterday has decided to always and only shoot at full power! well what to say after 5 years to the whip there is that spring ... waiting to take the 685 I can not explain why with a trigger rf603 on 5dmk3 I can not flash the 560IV without external trigger! should have integrated it and also changing the channels (obviously equal between flash and trigger) nothing does not want to know! am I wrong?

Great video thanks for the info. I am very new to photography and the price and quality sounds like it's just what I need and as a beginner I have a stupid question. I am also obsessed with vintage cameras. I think they are beautiful bricks of engineering art and wand to know if mounting TX or any flash on a cold shoe damages the units meaning the flash or transmitter by the contacts touching the metal shoe base? I was pleased to see in my last purchase I found the sync cord or is that the right name of the cord? So far I have a Minolta SR-T101 and a Yashica 635 that I love learning to use. I was planning on buying the 560 TX with a set of 560 IV flashes for my Canon rebel 300D (yes even my digital is ancient) and now that I found the sync cord whatchamacallit I was hoping to be able to use it with all my old cold shoe cameras now and future cameras.

The yongnuo TX can deactivate groups as i saw on your other video. Can the mark 4 do the same?

I just saw a video,showing a problem with YN 560 IV,that when it set to triger to 105,flash fires only once,u cannot fire more than once ?is there a problem,I myself tried and found the same problem

I have Polaroid extension tube without autofocus, will the flash work with it???

Hi, is it possible to trigger the mark IV from a canon 430 EX using slave mode? Are the two flashes compatible that way?

Hey my friend, great review.! I have a question, I have a Yongnuo RF-603 N3 2.4GHz Wireless, can I use this flash with this?

When a YN560 IV is in the RX slave mode, does it fire when triggered via the PC sync port or via the hotshoe?

Im trying to figure out if the 560 IV has infrared AF grid? My YN 565EX used to have it.

And how Can I get a laser beam for focusing in the dark with the yongnuo 560 II? Is there a special transmitter that has a laser built in?

so what i can't figure out is if I already have a 560iii and a 603ii transceiver, can i add this 560iv flash OFF camera and use the 603 on camera and still have the 560iv control all three groups (a,b,c)? or do i need to use the 560iv ON camera or buy a 560-tx and have it ON camera?

I currently own two YN-560 III and a YN-560 TX. Is it easy two incorporate the IV into this setup? Particularly, I'm curious to know if you can easily swap the TX for the IV as transmitter, so that if you want to alternate between having the IV on and off camera, you just switch between TX mode and receiver mode on the IV? So that if I have the IV in group A, one 560 III in group B and one in group C, the only difference will be whether the IV acts as master or slave?

does it have the autofocus beam to autofocus in the dark or shoot in low light environment? ??

well I have the 568 ex and 2 622c triggers tranceivers, and Im wanna buy the yn 560 IV to fire it as a slave flash, do I need to buy another 622c trigger transceiver to make it work?

Hi I would like to buy and to use for to light from an other angle do I need an extra device for to make the connection with my dslr?

Question: Can you please explain what settings to use for both the Speedlite YN560 IV as well as the Canon t5i camera to get them to work when attached via the hotshoe? Problem: With the Speedlite attached to the Canon via the hotshoe and both items turned on I receive the the following message in the Canon Menu screen: "This menu cannot be displayed. Incompatible flash or flash's power is turned off'. Thanks for any assistance you can give.

I have one Yongnuo 560 IV flash on my camera as my master and a secondary 560 IV in a softbox. Is it possible to turn off the the onboard flash and only have the secondary flash go off? I've tried pretty much every combination of settings and I can make the slave and master fire, or only the master, but never just the slave! Any input or suggestions would be appreciated.

I bought 2 of these. Both, within 2 weeks only shoot in full power, then shut off. A huge disappointment. It was very convenient to control these from the 560 TX. I've kind of lost trust with this company. How many do I need to buy that will work for a long time?

Hi I have the 560IV two pocket wizards, an alien bee and 5dmark iii, is it possible to use the 560iv to fire the alien bee? thanks

So where in the menu does it control the actual flash head of the Mk IV? And how easy or quick is it to change settings/deactivate that flash or other groups? Can it easily be done on the fly in a quickly changing event like a wedding?

I just got two YN560IV for a small light tent setup, but having trouble remote firing them with a RF-603C II? What mode and setting should I have them on?

Question: I purchased two of the IV's in October of 2016. I have used them maybe twice. I use a Pentax K-3. I tried to use both of these a couple of days ago and neither one would fire from my hot shoe. They fired pushing the pilot light but not my shutter. Any suggestions?

I don't want to have a flash mounted to my camera, therefore I am purchasing a 560TX trigger. I want the full control of my flashes (power) from my TX trigger, so my question is do you recommend the IV's or III's. Not sure if there are any differences if I'm using them with my 560TX trigger.

hi! i have this flash and the focus asst lamps if they exist on this flash don't work. is there a setting for it?

Hi! Can the 560IV trigger 560IIIs without firing the flash on the 560IV? Basically, working as heavy 560TX with less features. How do you set up this? Thanks in advance!

So basically the iv can control flashes that have a receiver.

will this flash work with the Cowboystudio NPT 04 wireless trigger?

Hi, Possible to use the 560IV as a transmitter for my other 560IV but also at the same time have the same flash set up to receive a 'dummy' flash signal from my camera popflash? I basically use my popflash to trigger my other off camera flashes.

Please Tell Me If I Use YN 560 iv On 1/1 Power How Much Will It take to recharge for another flash fire Please Reply

does it work as a slave flash with the pop up flash in nikon d7100 set as commander?

I have canon 70d an just bought youngnuo 560 iv.would like to use as master speed light.please tell me how to set up the camera and the speed light,to work together. thanks.