Yongnuo YN-560 IV

£55/$70 www.yongnuo.eu

yongnuo’s entry doesn’t offer fancy features like TTL metering or High Speed Sync, and there’s only a single hot shoe contact. But there are some hidden nuances…

The head can zoom between 24 and 105mm to match the focal length of your lens, and while you need to set this manually, it’s very easy. The backlit LCD screen is also welcome, but does fade when viewed from above.

Then there’s the built-in RF receiver that allows the flash to be used as a slave, triggered by a second YN-560 IV, or from Yongnuo’s equally well-priced YN560 TX transmitter. This provides a huge 100-metre wireless range and can trigger up to 6 groups of flashguns.

The YN-560 IV isn’t short on flash power, with a GN58 rating at ISO100/105MM.