Olympus E-PL1, EPL1BLK Recording multiple exposures in a single image (multiple exposure), FRAME, OVERLAY, AUTO GAIN, settings advanced, and options shooting, Select [2F]

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.

1 Select [MULTIPLE EXPOSURE] in shooting menu X(P. 106).

2 Adjust settings.
2 Adjust settings.			MULTIPLE EXPOSURE
			FRAME	OFF
FRAME	Select [2F].		FRAME	OFF
			AUTO GAIN	OFF


	When set to [ON], the brightness of each		OVERLAY	OFF
			OVERLAY	OFF

AUTO GAIN	frame is set to 1/2 and the images are overlaid.
AUTO GAIN	When set to [OFF], the images are overlaid
	When set to [OFF], the images are overlaid	BACK		SET
	with the original brightness of each frame.	BACK		SET
	with the original brightness of each frame.

When set to [ON], a RAW image recorded

OVERLAY on a card can be overlaid with multiple exposures and stored as a separate image.

The number of pictures taken is one.

Other

3 Take pictures.

•When multiple exposure is set, iis displayed on the LCD monitor. iis 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.

%Tips

ISO

AUTO

	L N
P 250 F5.6	38

and options shooting

•To overlay 3 or more frames: To overlay 3 or more frames, save the image as a RAW ﬁle 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 ﬁrst. Some functions cannot be set.

•Multiple exposure is cancelled automatically from the ﬁrst picture in the following situations.

The camera is turned off/The qbutton 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 ﬁnder

•The information for the ﬁrst frame during multiple exposure shooting is displayed as the shooting information.

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