Labs used to make color prints timed for either 3200K incandescent lamps or 
5600-6000K xenon lamps.  If you project a xenon print with an incandescent 
lamp, it will appear pink — and vice versa with a 3200K print on a xenon 
projector.

You could use a filter over the lens but you’d lose a good deal of light.  But 
this may be the cause of your problem.


Jeff Kreines
Kinetta
[email protected]
kinetta.com

> On Dec 13, 2023, at 1:17 PM, Fred Camper <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> Wanting to be sure I had a good 16mm film projector, eight or nine years ago 
> I purchased a new Eiki from Dwight Cody, who has a good rep. It worked fine, 
> except that the image was too warm, orange-pink. His advice was to try a new 
> bulb. That did not help. In some despair over what to do, I just stopped 
> using it.
> 
> Then, last night, at one of the schools I teach at, a projectionist/archivist 
> brought a school Eiki to show some films to my class. The light was pink. 
> Actually, it had been pink for a screening in an earlier semester, and I had 
> tried to ignoreit, happy to have the services of a good projectionist. 
> Yesterday during class, the bulb blew. She changed it. Still pink, Perhaps a 
> little pinker.
> 
> I favor film, but compared to this light in some ways digital would be 
> better, especially for certain kinds of black and white films.
> 
> Has anyone had this experience before? Any ideas for a fix? This little 
> problem, combined with some massive ones in the world today 
> (https://www.fredcamper.com/Rants/231210World.html), suggests a long walk off 
> a short pier, but I am not yet ready for that…
> 
> Fred Camper
> Chicago
> 
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