Yongnuo RF-603 Wireless Trigger Set - including Nikon N3 shutter release cable
Pair of Yongnuo RF-603 Nikon Transceivers, including a N3 shutter release cable.
Yongnuo RF-603 Main features
- Transceiver-based system: Each Yongnuo RF-603 unit automatically detects when to switch to either transmitter or receiver mode.
- PC port for off-hotshoe synchronization
- Standard 2.5mm (sub-miniphone) port for shutter release cables
Yongnuo RF-603 Product Details
Most of the features of the new triggers are the same as those on the Yongnuo RF-602. The YongNuo RF-603 is a manual flash and camera trigger. It comes in two basic flavours, RF-603C (for Canon) and RF-603N (for Nikon), each with a dedicated hot-shoe for the corresponding system. Despite the dedicated shoe, it does not support TTL. The dedicated shoe is only to “wake-up” remote flashes that has entered power-save mode with a half-press. The dedicated shoe, however, means that you need to get the correct transceiver for the brand to want to use it with. In particular, a tranceiver put on the “wrong” brand will not detect the camera and will therefore not understand that it is supposed to transmit. The Canon and Nikon versions are compatible, so a RF-603N tranceiver mounted on a Nikon camera will communicate fine with a RF-603C transceiver hooked up to a Canon flash unit.
Like the RF-602, the RF-603 should not be connected to a flash with a trigger voltage above 12 volts.
The Yongnuo RF-603 operates in the 2.4 GHz band - unregulated worldwide, so you don't have to keep a separate set if you travel between Europe and the USA.
The main difference, compared to the YongNuo RF-602, is that there is no longer a separate transmitter and receiver. Any unit may act as either transmitter or receiver, and roles are assigned automatically when the photographer pushes the test button. Since the transceiver has a hot-shoe on top, you can install a another radio transmitter, or a flash, in it when the transceiver is mounted in the camera's hot-shoe. This hot-shoe does
not pass through any TTL-control, it is just for triggering.
Unlike the RF-602, the RF-603 has a special channel to be used exclusively for camera triggering. The timing of this channel is separate from the timing of the channels used to trigger remote flash units, because the camera and remote flash units need to be triggered at slightly different times (the camera's shutter does not operate as quickly as the flash). RF-603 require only 3 units to perform both functions: One in hand to start the process, one on camera to trigger its shutter, and one under the remote flash unit to trigger the flash.
The new Yongnuo RF-603 transceiver units run on two standard AAA 1.5 volt batteries. The expensive disposable CR2 lithium battery used in the RF-602 transmitter is gone!
Both Canon and Nikon flashes (except the Nikon SB-600) are reported to benefit from automatic wake up from sleep mode on a shutter half-press. The RF-603C is wirelessly compatible with the RF-603N, allowing Canon cameras to wake up Nikon flashes and vice versa.
The bad news is that the RF-603 units are not compatible with the older RF-602 units. However, by putting a RF-602 transmitter in the hot-shoe of the RF-603 transceiver, you will be able to wirelessly trigger remote units hooked up to either type.
Yongnuo RF603 - N3 cable compatibility
This Yongnuo RF-603 set contains the
N3 cable , used for connecting to a camera that uses what is known in the wider world as the
Nikon MCDC2 remote terminal. Cameras with this terminal include:
- Nikon D90
- Nikon D3100
- Nikon D5000
- Nikon D7000
Yongnuo RF603 YouTube video
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