Heya,
Quick question regarding the RoveLight, as I'm new to this light and awaiting my replacement to ship from Adorama:
If I were to use it in the bright Florida sun, worse time of day, and stop down ambient light and then overpower the sun with the Rovelight at close range, I'm trying to figure out what would be ideal in terms of it's power output behavior compared to stopping down the ambient light. I know the RoveLight's HSS is accomplished with long duration, rather than bursts. So my question becomes:
Is it going to have significantly more power if shot at full power in normal mode (not HSS) and ND filters are used to stop down ambient light (in conjunction with aperture stopping down a little; don't want to shoot at F16, want to stick around F2.8~F4 outside)? Or is it going to be essentially the same, if shot in HSS at full power, at a moderate shutter speed? Or, would it actually be better to go both ways, and combine ND filter and HSS to meet in the middle? Basically looking to find the best way to drop ambient light, and over power the sun with the RoveLight and how best to do it with full power at close range from a large modifier.
Thanks!
Very best,