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From: smh@mhuxl.UUCP (henning)
Newsgroups: net.rec.photo
Subject: Re: Blue tinted flash
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Date: Sat, 11-Jan-86 15:20:02 EST
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From the keys of Steve Henning, AT&T Bell Labs, Reading, PA mhuxl!smh

> When I take pictures using a electronic flash, I get a color shift,
> gray suits come out blue, and white shirts look blue.

It sounds like you are using an old or inexpensive flash with Ektachrome
film.  That is a bad combination.  Old flashes and some new inexpensive
flashes are not color corrected for daylight film.  They need a warming
filter (yellow) on the flash or the lens.  The effect is not as noticeable
with Kodachrome film, but it is still there.  A color corrected flash used
with Kodachrome film works very well with hardly any color shift.