RE: Flash Colour Temperature (was Re: [OM] baby's coming - OM-1 f lash recommendations)

[Wayne Harridge]

Yvan wrote:

> 
> As far as I know "aging" of xenon tubes isn't visible in the final
> pictures. Color temperature of xenon tubes is constant 
> regardless aging
> within +/- 50°K.
> 

That's good to know.

How about the flash duration, e.g. auto flashes give a duration between
about 1/50,000 and 1/1,000 sec ?

Wayne Harridge
Ivanhoe, Victoria, Australia
http://www.geocities.com/Paris/Louvre/6152/ 

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