Helo all,
A week from this weekend (April 22-23), I'm going to be shooting a friend of mine's daughter that's graduating LSU. I want to take some good shots of her on campus, etc.
In addition to natural light shots, I really would like some flash. I have a couple of 600EX-RT's...but I just don't have modifiers much for them and their output, I don't think, is going to be really strong enough, at least alone...to overpower ambient light for some shots.
I've been researching and looking into battery powered strobes...and this, the ORLIT RoveLight RT 610 HSS TTL Monolight looks like it might be a "bang for the buck" good light....
I'm looking at it here:
https://www.amazon.com/ORLIT-RoveLight-RT-Monolight-Bowens/dp/B06W5DZQLL
And at Adorama:
https://www.adorama.com/orlfrl610rtc.html#source=productOptions
It appears to also work with/control my existing canon 600EX-RTs too, so they apparently can be used in conjunction with each other.
This unit seems to be the poor man's "B1"....so far, from reviews I've seen it seems to fit the bill.
I'm curious if any of my fellow CR friends here have had experience with this unit and could give me their thoughts, recommendations either for this or a comparable unit...?
This says it takes a bowen's mount, could anyone recommend a good, but reasonably priced modifier(s) to get with this, especially for shooting outdoors and likely using a VCA (Voice Controlled Assistant)....I'm hoping her Dad will come with me to help hold lights, etc....
Anyway, this looks like something I could really use and take my first step into the strobe world. I like that it has a modeling light.
How does this compare to something like the Flashpoint XPLOR 600 / GODOX AD600 HSS TTL units?
Looking at: https://www.amazon.com/Flashpoint-Battery-Powered-Monolight-Built-2-4GHz/dp/B01F21CM20
Price is compareable, and I really do like the idea of the ability to take the bulb off the head and hand hold it corded....again would be nice for having it hand held by an assistant:
https://www.amazon.com/Flashpoint-Portable-Extension-FlashHead-XPLOR/dp/B01IX26RKI/
I'm still researching, but I'd like to decide and buy to try to get the unit here to me early enough to play with it a bit before I try to take it out on my shoot in a week and a half....
Any thoughts and suggestions GREATLY appreciated!!
Cayenne
A week from this weekend (April 22-23), I'm going to be shooting a friend of mine's daughter that's graduating LSU. I want to take some good shots of her on campus, etc.
In addition to natural light shots, I really would like some flash. I have a couple of 600EX-RT's...but I just don't have modifiers much for them and their output, I don't think, is going to be really strong enough, at least alone...to overpower ambient light for some shots.
I've been researching and looking into battery powered strobes...and this, the ORLIT RoveLight RT 610 HSS TTL Monolight looks like it might be a "bang for the buck" good light....
I'm looking at it here:
https://www.amazon.com/ORLIT-RoveLight-RT-Monolight-Bowens/dp/B06W5DZQLL
And at Adorama:
https://www.adorama.com/orlfrl610rtc.html#source=productOptions
It appears to also work with/control my existing canon 600EX-RTs too, so they apparently can be used in conjunction with each other.
This unit seems to be the poor man's "B1"....so far, from reviews I've seen it seems to fit the bill.
I'm curious if any of my fellow CR friends here have had experience with this unit and could give me their thoughts, recommendations either for this or a comparable unit...?
This says it takes a bowen's mount, could anyone recommend a good, but reasonably priced modifier(s) to get with this, especially for shooting outdoors and likely using a VCA (Voice Controlled Assistant)....I'm hoping her Dad will come with me to help hold lights, etc....
Anyway, this looks like something I could really use and take my first step into the strobe world. I like that it has a modeling light.
How does this compare to something like the Flashpoint XPLOR 600 / GODOX AD600 HSS TTL units?
Looking at: https://www.amazon.com/Flashpoint-Battery-Powered-Monolight-Built-2-4GHz/dp/B01F21CM20
Price is compareable, and I really do like the idea of the ability to take the bulb off the head and hand hold it corded....again would be nice for having it hand held by an assistant:
https://www.amazon.com/Flashpoint-Portable-Extension-FlashHead-XPLOR/dp/B01IX26RKI/
I'm still researching, but I'd like to decide and buy to try to get the unit here to me early enough to play with it a bit before I try to take it out on my shoot in a week and a half....
Any thoughts and suggestions GREATLY appreciated!!
Cayenne