Yongnuos in S2 Mode

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Hello,

I need the help of any Yongnuo YN560-II or YN560-III owners please.
I've got one of each of the above, from two separate suppliers, and neither of them will work in S2 mode.

The 560-III is a replacement for a previous version that I sent back with the same problem. So I'm now looking at 3 separate units that don't work in S2 mode.
On both units that I have currently, S1 mode is fine, so the slave cell is working, but S2 is failing on all 3 independent samples.

This is especially annoying as I'd tested on a borrowed version a few months back and S2 mode was fine.
I'm testing with a Lumia 1020 (Xenon flash that always pre-fires) and a crappy Casio compact with Red-eye reduction enabled (because that's what S2 is supposed to work with)

Can anyone who has a YN560-II or YN560-III stick it in S2 mode and test that A: I'm not going nuts and B: I have just been unlucky 3 times in a row!

Thanks
 
Yep, small world indeed. And still no answers to this one :confused:
Can you give S2 mode a go and see if your YN model ignores any pre-flashes?
 
I have a YN560 II and from what I remember, S2 is supposed to work with ETTL pre flashes so that the Yongnuo flash only fires on the second flash of the ETTL (which is in fact 2 flashes fired rapidly, first one to meter and second is the real deal).
Maybe the red eye reduction flashes are too far apart to trigger the Yongnuo flashes in S2?
 
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