topic Re: multiple exposure settings on 6D in EOS DSLR & Mirrorless Cameras

multiple exposure settings on 6D

moneyflylane — Tue, 11 Jun 2013 18:29:58 GMT

I like to use multiple shot drive settings when using the 6D's multiple expiosure picture style. eg: shots of a horse juimping a gate. But it seems only single shot drive works, is this correct?

Re: multiple exposure settings on 6D

Skirball — Tue, 11 Jun 2013 21:30:48 GMT

Are you talking about bracketing (taking multiple shots at different exposures), or just shooting a bunch of shots consecutively?

Bracketing is done through the menu. It's been combined into the exposure meter menu, so you can select the number of bracketed shots, offset, and spacing. Continuous mode is just selected from the drive button on the top.

Re: multiple exposure settings on 6D

moneyflylane — Tue, 11 Jun 2013 23:37:35 GMT

No not Bracjeting or HDR.

In "P" mode etc on the 6D, in the Menu (#4 Camera), where you can select "Multiple Exposures" ie: multiple shots to the same frame(photo), you set how may shots you will take on the same frame/photo. But each shot seems to require you to squeeze the shutter button each time.... I'd like to use continous drive mode so I can get a shot of motion, all on just one frame.

Re: multiple exposure settings on 6D

ScottyP — Wed, 12 Jun 2013 00:08:35 GMT

Hi, Moneyflylane.

You are looking for CONTINUOUS SHOOTING. You can set the camera dial to SCN mode and then choose Sports Mode, which is the little guy running, in the SCN mode, and Continuous Shooting is the default. Or you can shoot in TV and press "Q" for the QUICK MENU, and toggle down to the shooting modes and there select continuous shooting. Either way, continuous shooting is the little symbol of a stack of photos, as opposed to single shot mode which is the symbol of just one photo.

Does that get you there?

Re: multiple exposure settings on 6D

moneyflylane — Wed, 12 Jun 2013 15:10:41 GMT

Hi Scott,

Thanks for the time, but that is not it. Even with continous shotting mode set and showing in the LCD, when "Multiple Exposures" is enabled on the 6D, using a setting of 4 shots (exposures) as an example you do not get continous shooting for those 4 exposures, you must still hit the shutter release 4 times.

This may be a function canon has not programed in.

Re: multiple exposure settings on 6D

sidkneee — Wed, 12 Jun 2013 17:05:26 GMT

You don't have to hit the shutter for each exposure but when you hold down the shutter release, the camera says it's busy and there is about a one second delay while the processor overlays one exposure over the other.

Re: multiple exposure settings on 6D

Skirball — Wed, 12 Jun 2013 17:51:21 GMT

By the looks of this:

http://kbsupport.cusa.canon.com/system/selfservice.controller?CONFIGURATION=1011&PARTITION_ID=1&secureFlag=false&TIMEZONE_OFFSET=&CMD=VIEW_ARTICLE&ARTICLE_ID=55910

It says that "During continuous shooting, the continuous shooting speed will decrease greatly." I would interpret that as it is able to shoot in continuous mode.

Re: multiple exposure settings on 6D

sidkneee — Wed, 12 Jun 2013 18:13:32 GMT

I've seen a little jump in speed when using live view shooting and manual focusing..

Re: multiple exposure settings on 6D

moneyflylane — Wed, 12 Jun 2013 18:11:26 GMT

you are correct, just keeping the button down for at least a second does work afterall as you mentioned, it's just so slow....I expected it to be faster cycling, With such a delay it will not likely be very useful for capturing much motion on one photo.

Thnaks for all the help!

Re: multiple exposure settings on 6D

Skirball — Wed, 12 Jun 2013 20:23:55 GMT

I'm curious as to how you would use this feature? It seems like you lose so much flexibilty compared to doing it in post (individual layer control, positioning, opacity, blending modes, ability to shoot RAW, etc). Is the ability to do it in camera that important? I'm not being dismissive, I'm genuinely curious how people see this feature useful.

Re: multiple exposure settings on 6D

moneyflylane — Wed, 12 Jun 2013 21:19:06 GMT

Hi, You can still shoot in RAW with this and certainly the post process you mentioned is far more flexible but it's fun to try this and see when it's useful. It now appears that for my example; a horse and rider jumping, fairly high speed things like that, the in camera process will not be applicable, the process you suggested would give me the results I am looking for.

Re: multiple exposure settings on 6D

glongstaff — Sun, 05 Jan 2014 02:36:10 GMT

multiple exposure settings is used to overlay 2 or more photos to be combined as one image in the camera as opposed to be done in photoshop or other photographic manipulation software......

It is not used for what you are looking to do...that is continous shooting mode, and there isn't any function for the shutter to be released by the camera ...you have to do this for every shot! (just hold down the button!)

Re: multiple exposure settings on 6D

TCampbell — Sun, 05 Jan 2014 04:13:32 GMT

You used the example of the horse jumping -- somewhat suggesting that you're just trying to get rapid shooting of action photography.

"Multiple Exposures" is intended for special effects... in film photography we could take "double exposures" (or more than double)... by taking a photo and then cocking the shutter to shoot again WITHOUT advancing the film.

The "multiple exposure" mode is a digital version of this in tha the camera will actually merge the images into a single image. You would have to press the shutter button each time because typically you want to shoot different things. E.g. you could shoot a wine glass, then shoot a person and the combined images might look like the person is a reflection on the glass -- and you can imagine that you would not shoot these in rapid succession because you'd want to change the shot for image part of the image.

If you're trying to photograph action shots with rapid shooting... that's completely different. If that's what you want, it's "continuous" shooting mode.

Re: multiple exposure settings on 6D

amfoto1 — Sun, 05 Jan 2014 17:21:39 GMT

This is a multiple exposure image...

Not done "in camera", though. The wolf was photographed on film (later scanned into a digital image) with an Elan 7E, 28-135mm lens and 550EX flash, and the moon was shot digitally with a 10D, 500/4 IS lens and 2X teleconverter. The two images were combined in Photoshop.

The series below was shot with a 7D on continuous high speed drive, which is 8 frames per second, with 70-200mm lens, using AI Servo focus (and Back Button Focusing)...

So, what are you trying to do?

The 6D's high speed drive only gives 4.5 frames per second, so you shouldn't expect to get 3 or 4 shots of a horse and rider going over a jump (which takes less than 1 second). I rarely get 4 usable frames, even with the 8 fps of the 7D.

And, frankly, you still might see much better results by learning to carefully time a single shot for the peak moment of the action.... rather than using a high frame rate "spray and pray" technique (as it's called by some folks).

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