YONGNUO YN-14EX Macro Ring Flash Light for Canon EOS DSLR Camera

Like, good product , but the battery life is short

accurate description, timely delivery

product fine and delivery ok

I love this flash. I read some of the reviews about the plastic adapter rings breaking. Well, I think Yongnuo listened; the adapter rings are no longer plastic. They are metal. I use Yongnuo as my standard flash, so I knew I wouldn't have any issues with this macro ring flash. And at a fraction of the cost of the Canon version! Using this on Canon 5D III with Sigma 150mm EX DG APO 2.8 macro.

The build quality is good and the flash works perfectly with EOS M1 too.

This is a nice macro flash at a good price point. I'll be curious as to how it holds up over time.

amazing flash at super price. Shot a few pictures. Wonderful results. Made excellent purchase.

Works flawlessly, and the variable side by side flash tubes allow for better control of contrast in your images.

Great deal on a ring flash. Used a lot without a hitch. Very inexpensive compared to OEM ring flash. Highly recommended.

You won't do any better for the price. I am really satisfied with it. Used with Canon 5d2 and Canon 100mm F2.8 USM Macro

Good flash, battery door is fragile

Very happy with the purchase. Be cautious of the reflection in eyeballs. Wish it came with defusers to soften up the light a bit though.

It's not a canon, but I like it!

I bought this for my daughter as an Xmas present. I had to take a peek! This thing is AWESOME. Very high quality. Would highly recommend.

really like this for the money

Does what it's supposed to do

great ring flash, better feel than Sigma....

This is a great ring flash, the build quality is good, works great, offers variety of lighting options, really made a difference in my macro shots. used it to photograph rocky shore species (barnacles, limpets, crabs, anemones, etc.) and I can see the difference between the shots before and after I have started using this. I have a few disappointments with the build/design of this flash though that I have listed below in cons, which is why I gave 4 stars. Pros: various power settings makes it easy to shoot macros in different focus distance and lighting conditions. The two lights on either side and the ability to turn off one makes it really easy to light macros when there is natural light coming from one side. The build quality is good, with well built cable attachment and secures well on hot shoe. Cons: Battery door is asking to break off, you really really need to be careful opening/closing the door, the batteries fully push the door off while you try to close the door. This is a poor design and could be easily fixed if the manufacturer had used a mechanism to secure the batteries to the body before the door is closed rather than using the door to secure the batteries. The ring mounts on lens using filter thread: there are two critically important flaws in this design: 1. once you mount the flash metal ring you cant close lens cap. Every time you need to unscrew the metal mount from the filter thread and screw it back again (not easy as you have to align it really exactly to be able to screw it). It could be much easier if the flash could be mounted using some type of push mechanism with soft/elastic ends that holds on the lens head. 2. You can only mount the flash on lenses that the ring has the metal ring available (52mm, 58mm, 67mm, 72mm), so for example if you use an extension mounted Canon 50mm f/1.8 lens (which has 49mm filter thread) for macro use, you wont be able to use this flash (unless you use a filter adaptor). Summary This is a good quality flash with affordable price, but has a few design drawbacks which could be easily fixed. I like it and I am happy I bought it, which is why I gave 4 stars, but I also thought to include constructive critics that could potentially help the design to be improved if the manufacturer takes feedback from the customers. UPDATE: Ok, after less than 2 months that I had bought this flash, what I was expecting happened last week: all of a sudden for no reason I noticed the battery door is open while I was shooting macros, tried to close it but realized it does not stay closed, checked then realized that the little plastic nub that was holding the door is broken and fell off while I was inspecting.. There had been no shock to the flash or anything, this just came off! I suppose the pressure from the batteries just breaks the door after a while. What a poor design for otherwise an excellent flash!! So long story short, I wasn't going to throw it away as I am not making money from photography and I have a decent hand in DIY, so I got to work with my limited tools in my apartment. After pondering how I can hold the door in place, I came up with a plan to screw the end of the door to the body (result in 1st image). Before making the screw hole I had to make sure that there is no electronics behind the plastic inside the body, so I had to open the 4 screws that hold the base of the flash to the body (2nd image). Then looked inside and made sure that there is no wires or electronics on that area. I used my iron soldering gun to make a hole in the side of the battery door then screwed a screw in it while the plastic was soft. Next, I was going to make a hole in the door, but I realized that the door has two layers, one plastic which is on top, and there is a metal layer which sits on the batteries and clips to the plastic top cover. After trial and error, I worked out how to take the plastic cover off the metal layer (there are holding nubs in the metal layer that I had to break them off to make separating the plastic cover easier next time). The metal layer was covering the screw hole that I had just made, so I had to break off the edge of the metal cover by pliers (not easy, the metal layer is decently thick, but I made it at the end). Once I removed enough of the edge, the screw could go through the plastic hole and, once tight, held the metal cover tightly while the batteries in place. Now the challenge was to put back the plastic cover. I figured out there are small nubs on the plastic door that hold on the metal cover, sliding on it. However, the challenge was that the plastic door had to be placed before the metal cover was secured in place by my DIY screw, which wasn't practical with my DIY adjustment as I had to tighten the metal cover while the plastic cover was off. So I had to adjust the plastic holding rails of the plastic door by screw driver so the plastic door slides to the metal while the metal is already screwed in place (sounds complex but really easy). With this adjustment in the plastic door, once the metal cover is secured (as in image 1), I can easily slide the plastic cover in place and the flash looks as original! Now if Youghoo had done its job properly I didn't have to go through this with my primitive tools, but what I can do. And I didn't take any stars off for the hassle that I went through, the original 4 stars are still shining.

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Works great for a lot less than a canon ring light

This got rid of a lot of shadows for us.