[Frameworks] Eiki projector problems

[Jeff Kreines]

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
jeff at kinetta.com
kinetta.com

> On Dec 13, 2023, at 1:17 PM, Fred Camper <f at fredcamper.com> 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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