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 > > -- > Frameworks mailing list > [email protected] > https://mail.film-gallery.org/mailman/listinfo/frameworks_film-gallery.org
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