They come out red because your flesh acts like a filter, the camera microprocessor compensates and dials up the lower light frequencies, which happens to be red. Use a piece of white paper - a paper napkin or even a few layers of toilet paper. Do not cover part of the strobe light reflector with something opaque as that will shade one side of the object of interest and the photo will come out with (for example) the right side illuminated, and the left side dark..
One trick I've successfully used is to back off a few feet and then zoom back in so the framing is the same as when you were close with no zoom. The camera flash has to cover more square footage (since the camera is further back) and the amount of light that lands on the object of interest is reduced. After the Canon digital camera I had was stolen I replaced it with another and specifically looked for one with at least 3X mechanical zoom. The one I now have has a 4x mechanical zoom and I've been very happy with it. Last night I took some photos of a Teletek mobile repeater (anyone have any info on them?) and the light source in some was a the camera flash, in others a street light, in others was a LED flashlight, and in the last set was a fluorescent light under a restaurant canopy. I'm amazed at how well they turned out considering the circumstances. Mike WA6ILQ At 06:03 AM 09/05/08, you wrote: >I've tried that and they come out red. > >Robert > >-----Original Message----- >From: [email protected] >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of George Henry >Sent: Thursday, September 04, 2008 11:26 PM >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: TPN1132A Wireup help and questions > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "KD4PBC" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: <[email protected]> >Sent: Thursday, September 04, 2008 9:36 AM >Subject: RE: [Repeater-Builder] Re: TPN1132A Wireup help and questions > > > >[snip] > > Pictures did not come out as the flash washed them out. I am going there > > again today hopefully in daylight and will try again. > > > > > > > > Robert > > >You can always try covering half of the flash "lens" with your finger to >reduce the flash output for close-ups... > > >George, KA3HSW / WQGJ413 > > >------------------------------------ > > > >Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > >------------------------------------ > > > >Yahoo! Groups Links > > >
