Yongnuo

Shenzhen Yongnuo Photographic Equipment Co., Ltd.
Native name	深圳市永诺摄影器材股份有限公司
Industry	Photographic equipment
Founded	2006
Headquarters	Shenzhen, China
Products	Smart Camera,Lenses,LED Video Light,Flash Speedlite,Flash Trigger,Microphone, Softbox, and other accessories.
Brands	YONGNUO
Number of employees	501 - 1000 People
Website	https://th.hkyongnuo.com

YONGNUO(永诺) is the International Trademark of photographic equipment manufacturer Shenzhen Yongnuo Photographic Equipment Co. Ltd. of Shenzhen, China which develops and manufactures Photographic Equipment, including smart camera, lenses, LED video light, flash speedlite, flash trigger, microphone, softbox, and other accessories.^[2] Yongnuo makes autofocus prime lenses for Canon、Nikon DSLR cameras, and Canon, Sony, Nikon Mirrorless camera, also make lenses for Olympus and Panasonic.^[3]^[4]

Mirrorless camera

As of November 2018, Yongnuo was developing an Android smartphone-based mirrorless interchangeable-lens camera, with 4G connectivity.^[5] The YN450 was released just in China in 2019 using the Canon EF lens mount. In 2020 Yongnuo developed a YN450M version using the standard Micro Four Thirds system lens mount, matching the sensor.^[6]^[7]

In 2021, Yongnuo launched the YN455 version, with a 20-megapixel Four-Thirds sensor, prominent handgrip, and tilt screen.^[7]

In 2022, Yongnuo released an upgraded version of YN455, improved the video follow focus speed, and shorten the minimum focusing distance.

YONGNUO YN455
YONGNUO YN455
YONGNUO YN455
YONGNUO YN455

Prime Lenses

Yongnuo lens now cover 6 main mounts: Canon EF, Canon RF, Sony E-mount, Nikon F, Nikon Z, M4/3.

For Canon EF

For Canon RF

For Sony E

For Nikon F

For Nikon Z

For M4/3

YN25mm F1.7M^[11]
YN42.5mm F1.7M II^[12]

LED video lights

Yomgnuo provides all kinds of professional lights for photographers, studios and companies, which includes panel lights, ring lights, studio lights and ice lights.

Studio light

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Ice light

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YN100SOFT
YN60SOFT
YN30SOFT
YN660LED
YN360 III PRO
YN360 III
YN360 Mini
YN360 II
YN360S
YN360

Vlog light

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YN216
YN300 IV
YN300Air II
YN300Air
YN300 III
YN60
YN135
YN365RGB

Interview light

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P360 Pro Max
YN600 Air
YN9000
YN6000
YN1200
YN900 II
YN900
YN600L II
YN600L

Selfie light

YN708
YN128

Flash Speedlite

Yongnuo manufacture a range of flash equipment including versions for macro usage, and with optical or radio remote control, capable of master and slave usage. LED lights for video usage are also manufactured.

Flash for Canon : YN650EX-RF, YN565EX III, YN968EX-RT, YN686EX-RT, YN685 II, YN680EX-RT, YN600EX-RT II, YN568EX III, YN560 IV, YN560 III

Flash for Nikon : YN565EX III, YN568EX III, YN968N II, YN560 IV, YN560 III

Flash for Sony : YN685EX-RF, YN320EX, YN560 IV, YN560 III

Flash for Pentax : YN585EX, YN560 IV, YN560 III

Portable Flash : YN200

Macro Ringlight Flash : YN24EX, YN14EX II, YN14EX

Flash	GN	TTL Shoe	HSS	Battery	Ext. Pwr.	FW up.	RX Protocol	TX Protocol	Optical Slave	Optical Master	Slave TTL
YN-200	60	No	No	1x Li-ion	No	Yes	603	No	S1/S2/Sc/Sn	No	Yes

YN-460	33	Manual	No	4x AA	No	No	No	No	S1/S2	No	No
YN-460 II	38	Manual	No	4x AA	No	No	No	No	S1/S2	No	No
YN-465	33	C/N	No	4x AA	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
YN-467	33	C/N	No	4x AA	No	No	No	No	S1/S2	No	No
YN-467 II	33	C/N	No	4x AA	No	No	No	No	S1/S2	No	No
YN-468	33	C/N	No	4x AA	No	No	No	No	S1/S2	No	No
YN-468 II	33	C/N	No	4x AA	No	No	No	No	S1/S2	No	No

YN-560	58	Manual	No	4x AA	Yes	No	No	No	S1/S2	No	No
YN-560 II	58	Manual	No	4x AA	Yes	No	No	No	S1/S2	No	No
YN-560 III	58	Manual	No	4x AA	Yes	No	603/602	No	S1/S2	No	No
YN-560 IV	58	Manual	No	4x AA	Yes	No	603/602	603/602	S1/S2	No	No
YN-660	66	Manual	No	4x AA	Yes	No	603/602	603/602	S1/S2	No	No
YN-560Li	58	Manual	No	2x 18650	No	Yes	603/602	603/602	S1/S2	No	No
YN-720	60	Manual	No	1x Li-ion	No	Yes	603/602	603/602	S1/S2	No	No
YN-730	60	Manual	No	1x Li-ion	No	Yes	603/602	603/602	S1/S2	No	No
YN-860Li	60	Manual	No	1x Li-ion	No	Yes	603/602	603/602	S1/S2	No	No

YN-510EX	53	Manual	No	4x AA	No	No	No	No	S1/S2/Sc/Sn	No	Yes
YN-560EX	58	Manual	No	4x AA	No	No	No	No	S1/S2/Sc/Sn	No	Yes

YN-500EX	53	C	Yes	4x AA	No	No	No	No	S1/S2/Sc/Sn	No	Yes
YN-565EX	58	N	No	4x AA	Yes	No	No	No	S1/S2/Sc/Sn	No	Yes
YN-565EX II	58	C	No	4x AA	Yes	No	No	No	S1/S2/Sc/Sn	No	Yes
YN-565EX III	58	C/N	No	4x AA	Yes	Yes	No	No	S1/S2/Sc/Sn	No	Yes
YN-568EX	58	N	Yes	4x AA	No	No	No	No	S1/S2/Sc/Sn	No	Yes
YN-568EX II	58	C	Yes	4x AA	No	No	No	No	S1/S2/Sc/Sn	C	Yes
YN-568EX III	58	C/N	Yes	4x AA	No	Yes	No	No	S1/S2/Sc/Sn	C	Yes
YN-585EX	58	P	No	4x AA	No	Yes	No	No	S1/S2/Sp	No	Yes

YN-685	60	C/N	Yes	4x AA	Yes	Yes	622/603	No	No	No	Yes
YN-685 II	60	C	Yes	4x AA	Yes	Yes	622/603	No	No	No	Yes

YN-320EX	31	S	Yes	2x AA	No	Yes	603/602	603	S1/S2/Ss	S	Yes
YN-650EX-RF	60	C	Yes	4x AA	Yes	Yes	603/602	603	S1/S2/Sc	C	Yes
YN-685EX-RF	60	S	Yes	4x AA	Yes	Yes	603/602	603	S1/S2/Ss	No	Yes
YN-862	60	C	Yes	1x Li-ion	No	Yes	603/602	603/602	S1/S2/Sc	No	Yes

YN-968	60	C/N	Yes	4x AA	Yes	Yes	622/603	622	S1/S2/Sc/Sn	No	Yes
YN-968 II	60	N	Yes	4x AA	Yes	Yes	622/603	622	S1/S2/Sc/Sn	No	Yes

YN-600EX-RT	60	C	Yes	4x AA	Yes	Yes	E3	E3	S1/S2/Sc/Sn	No	Yes
YN-600EX-RT II	60	C	Yes	4x AA	Yes	Yes	E3	E3	S1/S2/Sc/Sn	C	Yes
YN-680EX-RT	60	C	Yes	1x Li-ion	No	Yes	E3	E3	S1/S2/Sc/Sn	C	Yes
YN-686EX-RT	60	C	Yes	1x Li-ion	No	Yes	E3	E3	S1/S2/Sc/Sn	C	Yes
YN-690EX-RT	60	C	Yes	1x Li-ion	No	Yes	E3	E3	S1/S2/Sc/Sn	C	Yes
YN-968EX-RT	60	C	Yes	4x AA	Yes	Yes	E3	E3	S1/S2/Sc/Sn	No	Yes

* On some models, the 603 protocol is also known as the 560 mode (See § Flash Trigger), but does not support the 602 protocol actually.

Legend:
C - Canon
N - Nikon
P - Pentax
S - Sony
Sc - Canon proprietary optical slave protocol
Sn - Nikon proprietary optical slave protocol
Sp - Pentax proprietary optical slave protocol
Ss - Sony proprietary optical slave protocol

Flash Trigger

Yongnuo has made various triggers over the years with various protocols, with each protocol improving the functionality of the last. It has made its product line segregated, causing it to lose out on the competition against Godox's Wireless X system. Yongnuo's wireless ecosystem comprises 4 protocols, namely the 602, 603, 622 and E3 protocols. Early triggers such as the 600, 601, 602 and 603 transmit the fire signal only, while later triggers used the improved 603 protocol, essentially known as the 560 mode, to implement the ability to transmit Flash mode, TTL, HSS, Group, ID and Power data. The 622 protocol was created as a stopgap to implement the transmission of TTL, HSS, Group and Power data, but was not backwards compatible the 603 protocol and thus making the product line segregated. The 622 protocol ultimately failed to gain traction, as most of the flashes integrates the 603 protocol, including the YN200. Yongnuo realized that to compete with Godox's Wireless X system, it needed to enhance the 603 protocol. This led to the creation of a unified ecosystem with the introduction of the YN560-TX Pro, which uses the improved 603 protocol (560 mode). The E3 protocol is used exclusively to integrate with Canon's proprietary wireless radio protocol only.

The flash triggers produced by Yongnuo are famous for being compatible with Canon, Nikon, Sony, etc. RF603 recognized by photographers, RF603 II has become the benchmark for flash triggers.

RF603 II For Canon/Nikon
YN560-TX II For Canon/Nikon/Sony
YN560-TX PRO For Canon/Nikon/Sony
YN622 II For Canon/Nikon
YN32-TX For Sony
YN-E3-RT II For Canon

Trigger	TTL System	TX Protocol	RX Protocol	TTL	HSS	Group	Power	ID	FW up.
RF-600TX	No	602	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
RF-601TX	No	602	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
RF-601RX	No	No	602	No	No	No	No	No	No
RF-602TX	No	602	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
RF-602RX	No	No	602	No	No	No	No	No	No
RF-603	No	603	603	No	No	No	No	No	No
RF-603 II	No	603	603	No	No	No	No	No	No
RF605	No	603/602	603/602	No	No	Yes	No	No	No
YN622-TX	C/N	622	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
YN622	C/N	622	622	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
YN622 II	C/N	622	622/603	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
YN560-TX	No	603/602	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	No
YN560-TX II	No	603/602	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	No
YN560-TX Pro	C/N/S	603/602	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
YN32-TX	S	603/602	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
YNE3-RX	C	No	E3	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
YN-E3-RT	C	E3	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
YN-E3-RT II	C	E3	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes

References

^ ^a ^b "Company Profile". Retrieved 23 July 2020.
^ "Company profile". Yongnuo. Retrieved 13 February 2019.
^ Westlake, Andy (25 July 2018). "Cheap Creative Lenses under £200". Amateur Photographer. Retrieved 14 February 2019.
^ Moyen, Motek (19 February 2019). "Why Nikon And Canon Should Lower Prices Of Their Lenses And Camera Accessories". Seeking Alpha. Retrieved 26 February 2019.
^ Chacksfield, Marc (5 November 2018). "The ultimate camera phone? Yongnuo's mirrorless camera runs Android and uses Canon lenses". Digital Camera World. Retrieved 14 February 2019.
^ Aldred, John (12 March 2020). "Yongnuo to release the YN450M - A Micro Four Thirds version of their Android-powered mirrorless camera". DIYPhotography. Retrieved 23 October 2020.
^ ^a ^b Zhang, Michael (10 July 2021). "Yongnuo YN455: A New Android-Powered M43 Mirrorless Camera". PetaPixel. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
^ Carey, Louise (20 August 2019). "Yongnuo announces YN 35mm f/1.4C DF UWM lens for Canon full frame DSLRs". Digital Camera World. Retrieved 13 September 2019.
^ Cade, DL (14 May 2018). "Yongnuo unveils YN50mm F1.8 II: Version 2 of its 'Nifty Fifty' clone". Digital Photography Review. Retrieved 16 February 2019.
^ Gaz, Bryan (21 August 2018). "Yongnuo releases 50mm F1.4 for Nikon F-mount". Digital Photography Review. Retrieved 16 February 2019.
^ "YONGNUO YN25mm F1.7M，Standard Prime Lens, Auto Focus, Large Aperture, Mirrorless Micro Four Thirds, Compatible with Olympus and Panasonic Cameras". YONGNUO official site.
^ "YONGNUO YN42.5mm F1.7M II，Medium Auto Focus Fixed Prime Lens, for Micro Four Thirds Cameras, Compatible with Olympus Panasonic". YONGNUO official site.

External links

hkyongnuo.com Official site
Firmware & Manuals Official site
YONGNUO Store Official store
Yongnuo Photography Youtube
Yongnuo Photography Instagram

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[alibaba-1] "Company Profile". Retrieved 23 July 2020.

[yongnuo-profile-2] "Company profile". Yongnuo. Retrieved 13 February 2019.

[amateurphotographer-20180725-3] Westlake, Andy (25 July 2018). "Cheap Creative Lenses under £200". Amateur Photographer. Retrieved 14 February 2019.

[seekingalpha-20190219-4] Moyen, Motek (19 February 2019). "Why Nikon And Canon Should Lower Prices Of Their Lenses And Camera Accessories". Seeking Alpha. Retrieved 26 February 2019.

[digitalcameraworld-20181105-5] Chacksfield, Marc (5 November 2018). "The ultimate camera phone? Yongnuo's mirrorless camera runs Android and uses Canon lenses". Digital Camera World. Retrieved 14 February 2019.

[diyphotography-20200312-6] Aldred, John (12 March 2020). "Yongnuo to release the YN450M - A Micro Four Thirds version of their Android-powered mirrorless camera". DIYPhotography. Retrieved 23 October 2020.

[petapixel-20210710-7] Zhang, Michael (10 July 2021). "Yongnuo YN455: A New Android-Powered M43 Mirrorless Camera". PetaPixel. Retrieved 6 August 2021.

[digitalcameraworld-20190820-8] Carey, Louise (20 August 2019). "Yongnuo announces YN 35mm f/1.4C DF UWM lens for Canon full frame DSLRs". Digital Camera World. Retrieved 13 September 2019.

[dpreview-20180514-9] Cade, DL (14 May 2018). "Yongnuo unveils YN50mm F1.8 II: Version 2 of its 'Nifty Fifty' clone". Digital Photography Review. Retrieved 16 February 2019.

[dpreview-20180821-10] Gaz, Bryan (21 August 2018). "Yongnuo releases 50mm F1.4 for Nikon F-mount". Digital Photography Review. Retrieved 16 February 2019.

[11] "YONGNUO YN25mm F1.7M，Standard Prime Lens, Auto Focus, Large Aperture, Mirrorless Micro Four Thirds, Compatible with Olympus and Panasonic Cameras". YONGNUO official site.

[12] "YONGNUO YN42.5mm F1.7M II，Medium Auto Focus Fixed Prime Lens, for Micro Four Thirds Cameras, Compatible with Olympus Panasonic". YONGNUO official site.

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