Yongnou RF-602 radio slave trigger works with Olympus e420 & FL-40
I finally received the replacement RF-602. I had ordered one before X-mas, but it turned out to be defective, so I had to send it back to China for replacement. I first ordered the thing on Dec 7th, 2009, and finally have a working one today Feb 12th, 2010.
Anyway I checked it out and it works with my new e420, and the old C-5050z; using the FL-40 speedlight. Since Olympus claims it is dangerous to mount the FL-40 on the e420, that is a good thing. I did make a little plastic bit to block the TTL terminals, and can use it on the hot shoe with as an auto, not TTL, flash, but it makes a snug fit and the little plastic bit would be easy to lose. So the RF-602 is a good thing.
FL-40, Press-T, RF-602
Above you see the e420 and the FL-40 mounted on my Press T flash bracket with the RF-620 providing the connection between the two. Some brief experiments shows that the combination works fine in auto mode with the camera on A or M.
Of course the setup will work with the flash on a light stand or held at arms length just as well. Heck it will work with the flash upstairs in the bedroom.
Anyway, $40 or so is a lot cheaper than buying a new FL-50R. And it is a bit more versatile as well. Unfortunately, the RF-602 will not fire my studio strobe (Norman P-808m).
(The above also appeared on Photo Camel in the 4/3rd’s form in a slightly different form)
I bought it on eBay. However, I can not particularly recommend the seller. He was listed as being in Hong Kong, but when I had a problem he had me send it back to an address in mainland China.
If I was to buy another I would buy it from Yongnou’s Hong Kong outlet (hkyongnuophotoequipment), it would cost more but I think you will git better service.
I did order a cable to use it with my battery grip from nice-photo who turned out to be actually in Hong Kong.
I have never had a problem with an order from a Hong Kong seller that caused a lot of problems for me, and they usually get to the USA in 7-10 days instead of 3-4 weeks. However, I have noticed a lot of mainland sellers are claiming to be in HK nowadays. I have started asking before buying, they just do not respond to that question for some reason… I can not figure out why (sarcasm). Anyway, if they are lying about their location, they are already a cheat, to my way of thinking.
Where did you get this from? I am looking into buying one to use with my E-510 & FL-36.
Thank you,
Glenn