![]() ![]() ![]() In this session, the subject arrived very late so the hour I had became only 10 minutes. Now I'm a total convert! I did a full session using TTL and man was it incredibly easy. Well, let's fast forward to me receiving my new TTL XPLOR and trying it out at a session. I wanted to know what power I was using and wanted to have total control. Believe it or not, I had not even used TTL once before getting the XPLOR and I was thinking the same thing. Some of you may be thinking "but I like to know exactly what power my strobe is putting out." and I totally understand that. Want a nice summary of TTL? It's basically auto mode for your strobe. Let's talk about TTL briefly before I go further. Realistically, I'd guess it to have been at 80%. We shot for about 3 hours and I left with the battery reading at full power (three bars). I actually never do studio work but the same week I received my XPLOR I did a studio session and the light worked great. ![]() I shoot nothing but on location so this light fits perfectly into my needs. This is too perfect for anyone who plans to use shoot on location. This battery lasts over 450 full powered shots. If you didn't know this already, the XPLOR arrives with a battery conveniently placed in the head of the strobe. When you go back to or below the max sync speed HSS is disabled. For those with steady hands, worry not.Īnother great feature of that R2 transmitter I mentioned is that whenever you go above your camera's maximum sync speed, the XPLOR and R2 automatically kick in HSS so you don't have to worry about enabling that yourself and focus more on shooting. I can't do this with the rovelight since HSS is capped at 1/16th on the lowest end. There have been situations where I just needed the smallest hint of light and 1/64th would be perfect but I want to shoot at 1/350th for example. This is something I really fell in love with because I have shaky hands and sometimes want to use a high shutter speed but at a low output. With the XPLOR 600 you can use HSS all throughout the power range it offers from 1/256th to full power. There's just a bit more room to what you can do with the XPLOR. I was shooting with that setup for a year and loved every minute. If you have the Rovelight and Yn622 transceivers at the moment, you still have a great setup, don't get discouraged. As much as I love those transceivers, if I don't have to worry about charging the batteries or simply not even worrying about them at all I'll take that option. This isn't such a huge issue, but I've always considered less to be more. Also, if you needed to change the power and wanted to do so conveniently you'd need to place the Rovelight's trigger on top of the Yn622 like in the photo below Nothing! The Rovelight was pretty much wireless when you didn't need HSS, but when you did that required the use of a pair of HSS triggers such as the Yongnuo Yn622c II transceivers (or Yn622N for Nikon) and a mini pc sync cord. With the new R2 transmitter you can use HSS and even TTL with the XPLOR and nothing else. I'll be separating the topics with big bold headlines followed by unnecessary exclamation points such as. Both are amazing strobes that I love, however, I want to talk about why I will be using the XPLOR from now on and a little about how it differs from the Rovelight. Previously, I was using the Flashpoint Rovelight 600B (that B stands for Bowens). So as most of you know I've been going crazy over this new strobe called the XPLOR 600 TTL by Flashpoint. Go to the bottom to see the Nikon/Sony links. *In this post I'll be linking Canon versions of the items. ![]()
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