Yongnuo trigger interchangeability

[WanderingEYE]

I have 2 x Yongnuo RF603 II FLASH triggers.
Mine are made for Canon but I only use them to trigger flash on manual (I don't use the dedicated TTL capabilities)
In fact I use them on a Nikon camera to fire different branded falshguns and strobes off camera.

Someone is selling 2 more of these triggers cheap but his are for Nikon. He can post them.

Is it safe to assume that the Canon triggers will fire the Nikon ones so long as they are on the same frequency (each unit doubles as transmitter/receiver) and vice versa?

Just to make it clear, when I say "trigger" I mean "fire the flash" and not transmit any data to control flash intensity.

 

[fotowbert]

I have 2 x Yongnuo RF603 II FLASH triggers.
Mine are made for Canon but I only use them to trigger flash on manual (I don't use the dedicated TTL capabilities)
In fact I use them on a Nikon camera to fire different branded falshguns and strobes off camera.

Someone is selling 2 more of these triggers cheap but his are for Nikon. He can post them.

Is it safe to assume that the Canon triggers will fire the Nikon ones so long as they are on the same frequency (each unit doubles as transmitter/receiver) and vice versa?

Just to make it clear, when I say "trigger" I mean "fire the flash" and not transmit any data to control flash intensity.

When set to the same channel the Canon and Nikon variants of the YN RF-603 Mark II flash transceivers should respond to each others signal to fire the flash. You can mix them together.

These flash transceivers only support the most basic variation of manual flash, the fire flash sync signal. They don't even do remote control of manual flash power. For that you need a YN 560-TX transmitter and a radio enabled YN speedlight.

The reason for the Canon/Nikon distinction and extra pins in the Canon or Nikon pattern is for flash wake up upon half-press of the shutter button when the trigger in the hot-shoe matches the brand of camera. This is the only operational difference between the Canon and Nikon versions of the YN RF-603 Mark II units.

FYI the original YN RF-603 triggers need to be in their native hot-shoe in order to transmit. Otherwise their receiver mode was always active.

• John