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I'm returning the YN468-II today and picking up a SB-700. I am going brick-and-mortar retail this time, so I'm taking my camera to the store to try first, and if it works, they'll have a sale.
I just did the little video in auto for demonstration. It does the same thing in all modes. No flash light comes through the lens. I can even set the shutter speed for a full second and still just get a black screen because the flash fires before the shutter opens.
Edit: Derrel, I did try your setting recommendations exactly, and same result as the video. Flash fires, but results in a black screen. Same setting with the built-in flash works just fine.
I'm returning the YN468-II today and picking up a SB-700. I am going brick-and-mortar retail this time, so I'm taking my camera to the store to try first, and if it works, they'll have a sale.
I think this course of action, buying the "real flash" from the "actual manufacturer" is a good course of action. I have several Nikon flash units from different eras...one is around 30 years old...I used it last year for an event because it has TWO flash windows: a "main" flash that can be tilted and swiveled and bounced, and a smaller "eye sparkle" secondary flash window, that points straight ahead. Nikon SB-16 is the model #. It still works, even though it was made when Ronald Reagan was in his first term as President...
I bought a Nikon SB 800 a few years back, when it was the top flash. It has served me FLAWLESSLY. The thing is, Nikon flash units tend to "just work". They designed the cameras, the flashes, and the camera/flash communication protocols. Your problem is not the first instance I've read about of a buyer having difficulty getting what should be a simple operation to be performed successfully. I know a LOT of people like Yongy flash units. They want to save money. I get that, totally. But I also want a flash unit that just WORKS RIGHT, without endless B.S. problems. I've been buying Nikon speedlights since the early 1980's because they are well-made, offer 100% integration with Nikon products, and are not MIC crap that may, or may not, work right, without hassles.
I have that flash and granted I shoot canon, the flash works flawlessly. Read your CAMERA manual. You have to have certain settings on you camera to work with the flash.
Have you tried to fire the flash with the speedlight and camera both in manual mode?
I edited this because I had typed "TTL" mode instead of manual.
I can't watch the video again right now because I'm on my phone, but I'm pretty sure I watched you scroll through the M setting on your flash. I think your flash has TTL, M, S1, and S2 modes.
I shot the video with the flash in TTL and M.
I shot the video with the flash in TTL and M.
Put the camera and flash both into manual mode then see what happens.