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From: Marc 182 <marc182spaml...@globalcrossing.net>
Newsgroups: alt.photography,rec.photo.help,rec.photo.technique,rec.photo.technique.people
Subject: Re: Gym help
Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2004 20:34:04 -0700
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In article <400da...@news.splitrock.net>, starthin...@starthinker.com 
says...
> Can anyone give me advice on taking photographs in a gym without them coming
> out orange?  I have a Canon AE-1 Program and I'd like to use an 80-200 zoom.
> I've tried using 400 or 800 in program mode but the camera chooses
> super-slow shutter speeds which causes the action to be all blurry.  Trying
> to set shutter speed myself results in orange-tinted pictures.  I haven't
> tried my flash because it just doesn't seem enough for such a large space,
> not to mention I don't want to blind the atheletes, but should I try?  Any
> suggestions?  I'm using Kodak film, tried shutter speeds from 30 to 1000,
> and I've been letting the camera pick the f-stop.

Is your flash on-camera, or a separate unit? On-camera is useless for a 
large open space, but a separate unit, especially if it has a zoom head, 
can give just enough boost to help. Don't worry about blinding the 
atheletes, all kinds of people are going to be blasting away with their 
point-n-shoot cameras. Select about 1/45th shutter speed and second 
curtain sync, if available.  You get a nice blur trailing the moving 
figure and a sharp final image.

Or go B&W and rate it really high, 1600 or so.

Marc