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Gym help

Alan Kerr <al.k...@xtra.co.nz>

Are you taking them under tungsten light? You will need a warming filter
  if that is the case to compensate for the light or get some film
designed for shooting under tungsten lights.

Alan

Mark Best wrote:
> 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.