Olympus E-PL1 - Manual (Page 51)

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Other shooting options and advanced settings
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Recording multiple exposures in a single image
(multiple exposure)
A multiple exposure is created by overlaying a series of shots to create a single
image. The image is saved with the record mode set at the time the image is saved.
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Select [MULTIPLE EXPOSURE] in shooting menu X (P. 106).
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Adjust settings.
FRAME
AUTO GAIN
OVERLAY
OFF
OFF
OFF
MULTIPLE EXPOSURE
BACK SET
FRAME Select [2F].
AUTO GAIN
When set to [ON], the brightness of each
frame is set to 1/2 and the images are overlaid.
When set to [OFF], the images are overlaid
with the original brightness of each frame.
OVERLAY
When set to [ON], a RAW image recorded
on a card can be overlaid with multiple
exposures and stored as a separate image.
The number of pictures taken is one.
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Take pictures.
When multiple exposure is set, i is displayed on
the LCD monitor. i is displayed in green when
shooting starts.
Press
D to delete the last shot.
The previous shot is superimposed on the view
through the lens as a guide to framing the next shot.
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250 250 F5.6
ISO
AUTO
L N
P 38 38
% Tips
To overlay 3 or more frames: To overlay 3 or more frames, save the image as a
RAW fi le and use [OVERLAY] to repeat the multiple exposure shooting.
For more information on overlaying RAW images:
g “Image overlay” (P. 64)
# Caution
When multiple exposure is set, [SLEEP] is set to [OFF] automatically.
RAW images taken with another camera cannot be used for the overlay image.
When [OVERLAY] is set to [ON], the images displayed when a RAW image is
selected are developed with the settings at the time of shooting.
To set the shooting functions, cancel multiple exposure shooting fi rst. Some
functions cannot be set.
Multiple exposure is cancelled automatically from the fi rst picture in the following
situations.
The camera is turned off/The q button is pressed/The MENU button is pressed/
The shooting mode is set to a mode other than P, A, S, M/The battery power
runs out/The USB cable, AV cable and/or HDMI mini-cable is inserted/You switch
between the monitor and electronic view fi nder
The information for the fi rst frame during multiple exposure shooting is displayed as
the shooting information.
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