Wireless flash triggers
Yongnuo RF-603 II
£28/$32
Shoestring budget contenders like this can often disappoint, but first impressions of the RF-603 II are encouraging. The fit and finish are more than acceptable for the money, and while the receiver’s cold shoe mount is plastic, the two hotshoes are metal. Naturally you can’t expect many frills for such a low cost, so there’s no TTL metering or high speed sync, but this system does manage to nail the basics.
Although there are no group options, 16 frequency channels are available to avoid interference, though they’re set using microscopic switches under the transmitter. A full-on 2.4GHz radio frequency link provides a 100-metre range, and when testing at closer distances, Yongnuo claims sync speeds of up to 1/250 sec. We could only manage a reliable
