Making multiple exposures, K. making multiple exposures -38, Basic operation – Canon EF User Manual

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BASIC OPERATION

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Making Multiple Exposures

Exposing the same frame of film with two or more

images is an exciting technique used by many

photographers to create dream-like scenes, abstract

designs, motion studies, or humorous pictures. Your

imagination is the only limiting factor in this creative

process, because Canon has made multiple exposure

photography so easy to perform with the EF camera.
A multiple exposure button is located in the center

of, the ON/OFF switch. After making your first

exposure, hold in this button with your left thumb

while operating the winding lever in the normal way.

The movement of the film transport sprocket is

stopped, while the winding lever recocks the shutter.

Now you are ready for your next shot which will be

in perfect registration directly on top of the first

shot. This process may be repeated any number of

times, and the frame counter is stopped until the

film is actually advanced to the next frame.

The multiple exposure button need not be de­

pressed during the entire winding operation, but

only needs to be held in at the beginning of the

stroke.

In multiple exposure photography, exposures on

the same frame of film are additive. In the AE mode

of operation, the Canon EF automatically deter­

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