Can you do multiple exposures with the 5D Mark II?

<p>Hi there, I recently purchased the new 5D Mark camera and was wondering if you can do multiple exposure with this camera?<br>

Many thanks<br>

Heidi</p>

<p>hi, do you mean aeb(automatic exposure bracketing) of course you can. Read manual about AEB.</p>

<p>I could be wrong but I doubt there is any DSLR that let's you do multiple exposures like a film camera. I reckon it would be a pretty silly feature since you can easily layer images in any image processing software like Photoshop. There is no reason I can think of to do this in camera if you are shooting digital.</p>

<p>None of the Canon DSLRs do double exposures, BUT I think that the Pentax DSLRs (or one of the other manufacturers) do offer that functionality.</p>

<p>I'd second:</p>

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<p>I reckon it would be a pretty silly feature since you can easily layer images in any image processing software like Photoshop. There is no reason I can think of to do this in camera if you are shooting digital.</p>

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<p>Taking a purposeful double exposure only makes sense if you embrace a sort of randomness as seredipity in the double exposure.</p>

<p>Otherwise, even in film days it made more sense for control to "sandwich" and recopy than make the double exposure in the same frame.</p>

Hmmm... I don't think you can do that on the 5D2. There's Photoshop and layers :)

<p>I liked doing double-exposures in film. Like this one: http://www.photo.net/pvt/portrait/ :)

<p>"I could be wrong but I doubt there is any DSLR that let's you do multiple exposures like a film camera."<br>

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Actually you can do double exposure with any Digital camera, but there is a trick to it. It must be done in complete darkness and the shutter must be left open using the bulb function. Once that is set up, you can use flash to illumnate a subject, move the subject around and use flash to illuminate it again. When you close the shutter. Two different images will be recorded on the sensor.<br>

Currently, Olympus offers 3 cameras that can do double exposure. There is also a Nikon DX not sure which one, that can do it also but I heard it is a PIA. </p>

<p>I thought the Nikon D200 and up let you do this in-camera.</p>

<p>[[i could be wrong but I doubt there is any DSLR that let's you do multiple exposures like a film camera]]</p>

<p>There are a number DSLRs that allow in-camera multiple exposures. Pentax, Fuji, Nikon all have had (or currently have) models with this feature.</p>

 

<p>FWIW, the new Olympus E-P1 has that feature. You can always use PS or the quasi-lightning capture technique Harry described.</p>

<p>Although it is possible with workarounds or some models, why would you ever want to when it is so easy and so perfectly accurate to do it in a digital editing program? </p>

<p>Thanks so much. I know it can be done in photoshop, but I am a bit old fashioned in that regard, as I prefer to do everything within the camera, instead of sitting endless hours in front of the computer :) I guess I also enjoy the randomness of double exposure on film compared to photoshop. But give me a while with the camera and you might not get me off the computer anymore.....</p>

<p>Go to tonysweet.com for amazing multi photos. He shoots upwards of 9 exposures on one frame. ( Nikon D200 I think?) Much easier than PS as you'd have to blend each one to get the right exposure. </p>

<p>I have a 5d mark II and I'm a little disappointed that Canon doesn't allow this feature. For those of you who wonder why you would want this feature check out this video by Joe McNally</p>

<p>http://nikonusa.com/Learn-And-Explore/Photography-Techniques/fy1hs59w/1/Repeating-Flash.html</p>

<p>Hello All ...<br>

Actually, this would be a feature that I would love to have in my Digital SLR. And while PhotoShop may represent an acceptable alternative, taking the function out of the camera is a serious drawback. I bought a Canon 5D Mark II, which does not include this feature. But the Canon 5D Mark III does. Check out the following link for more information:</p>

<p>http://learn.usa.canon.com/resources/articles/2011/1dx_multiple_exposures_article.shtml<br>

Very cool feature. Very useful. And maybe they'll provide a firmware update that introduces this feature in the Mark II.<br>

More to come ...<br>

Stephen</p>