Mod your 430EX II

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Just modded mine:
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Here's how I did it
 
Apparantly it's fairly straightforward to do on the YN-460 - maybe I should get you to mod some :thinking:
 
I like your thinking

if you're serious flash I know a lot of starving engineering students
 
Flash In The Pan said:
Apparantly it's fairly straightforward to do on the YN-460 - maybe I should get you to mod some :thinking:
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Ive already modded mine a while back with a 2.5mm jack, now I reopened it and changed it to a 3.5mm and broke the clip.. just applied some araldite and waiting for it to harden... I'll show you pics later..

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Here it is FITP
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its actually a 462 and not 460... they should be identical.
 
Mr THX said:
Write up is decent enough but you don't say why you've modded your flash :thinking: or what the benefits are??
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Thanks.
I now use RF-602 triggers. I don't trust the yuongnuo triggers' hotshoe really, and don't want to break them either. That's why I modded my flash and use 3.5mm jack.
Add to that the joy of DIY... right now I'm thinking of changing the sync port of my 580 ex II with a 3.5mm port :bang:...
 
Apart from the joys of DIY, this does seem to me like an unnecessary mod.

What is wrong with the RF-602's hot shoe connection? You have done nothing more than by-pass it with a cable connection, and in doing so disabled the Yongnuo's wake-up facility.

And if, for whatever reason, you want a cable sync connection, why not use a hot shoe co-ax adapter for a fiver?

:thinking:
 
HoppyUK said:
Apart from the joys of DIY, this does seem to me like an unnecessary mod.

What is wrong with the RF-602's hot shoe connection? You have done nothing more than by-pass it with a cable connection, and in doing so disabled the Yongnuo's wake-up facility.

And if, for whatever reason, you want a cable sync connection, why not use a hot shoe co-ax adapter for a fiver?

:thinking:
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I fitted a 580ex with a 3.5mm socket about a year ago for the single reason that when i used it with a hot shoe coax adapter, and an umbrella light stand bracket it added another inch to an already off centre flashgun
 
Good work, but seems a bit pointless to me. I find the RF-602's really secure on my flash, and as above, if you've lost the ability to use the wake up function I fail to see any real benefit.

No doubting you have some great DIY skills though.
 
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