Originally posted by geekette I imagine I'll do fine without high speed sync. I'm not going to have someone jump in mid air indoors. I just want to be able to do portraits, stills, etc.. Besides doesn't the flash of light itself freeze time despite the shutter speed? (sorry i am so amateur lol)
You're on the right track IMO. I've only done HSS with my Metz twice in the last 4 years, and that was to test the flash.
One can still do fill flash indoors or outdoors with these flashes. you meter the background in Tv mode, set those parameters in Manual exposure mode, and set a power setting on the Yongnuo flash for the distance the jumper or foreground object is from you. inverse square rule and all that. (heck, just try something and adjust)
As you suggested, the flash speed often freezes the subject - at full power, the link says that the Yongnuo speed is 1/320s at full power, 1/1300s at 1/2 power, and it just gets faster after that.
There is a poster on PF who's done some very dramatic foreground fill flashes, Rio Rico, in manual i believe - have to confirm that. I did this foreground fill in manual:
(although this subject wasn't jumping as high as the subjects Rio uses
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The second photo is also fill flash IMO, although some called it painting
. Heck its all fun. I bought my Yongnuo 560 yesterday with shipping for $68 from a US distributor via Amazon. For that price, i can get 3 flashes for the price of 1 Metz 50 and have change left over. Kicking myself because i didn't buy 2. (these 2 photos done in Manual with Metz flash-don't have the Yongnuo yet)
BTW, Yongnuo won't do preflash TTL for any camera mfr.