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has anyone used the multiple exposure mode on the 1dx or any other camera..

had a play and everyhting is ghost like..is it only really good for plain background..

anyone used it in a sports enviroment type shot?
 
I use it on my D800 mate (HDR Mode) youre right, its relativly useless if you have moving subjects, i tend to use it for interior stand photos either under floodlights or in bright sun

Couple of examples

http://gcsports.zenfolio.com/p939253055/h5639e080#h5639e080

The insides of the stand in these 2 were very very dark, under the roof was almost pitch black but the HDR mode brought it out of darkness

http://gcsports.zenfolio.com/p172646888/h557bf15e#h557bf15e

http://gcsports.zenfolio.com/p172646888/h557bf15e#h557bf152
 
Gary thats different exposures.. not multiple exposures.. still need to try that as well :)
 
gary.,. your using multiple exposure that give you different exposure for each picture and you can blend the HDR ..Which BTW you did a splendid job wiht the example you posted:)

multiplee xposure on the 1dx and 5d3 and i dunno what else.. lets you take multiple pics all same exposure and blend together.... lets say a runner.. you would then end up with one pic showing the runner running across it.. in up to 9 steps..or can be set to whatever
 
KIPAX said:
gary.,. your using multiple exposure that give you different exposure for each picture and you can blend the HDR ..Which BTW you did a splendid job wiht the example you posted:)

multiplee xposure on the 1dx and 5d3 and i dunno what else.. lets you take multiple pics all same exposure and blend together.... lets say a runner.. you would then end up with one pic showing the runner running across it.. in up to 9 steps..or can be set to whatever
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I think it's just up to 9 exposures
 
D90 does this....

A better way to explain, is it's like an old film camera when you forgot to wind on the film after taking a shot.

Can't say I've found it useful though.
 
MWHCVT said:
I think it's just up to 9 exposures
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I know..thats what i put.. up to 9 .. the whatever meaning you dont need 9.. can be 3 or 5 ,, i think HDR likes 3 yes?
 
many moons ago i setup my camera on tripod.. got my 2 youngest sons to sit/stand in various positions around the citchen.. then spent the afternoon blending them all together so it looked like loads of them.. it worked great.. brillaint in fact..

this multi exposure seems to be the same thing but blends them in itself.. however all the frames are ghost like... no matter what i set.. so it doesnt work :(

i was thinking a sports shot of someone moving fast with a plain sky in background...
 
Just putting this out as a suggestion really but would it work if you used flash in strobe mode, freezing the action at each point?
As I said a suggestion rather than a definitive answer, may not be possible or even allowed in the environment you work in kipax.
 
KIPAX said:
gary.,. your using multiple exposure that give you different exposure for each picture and you can blend the HDR ..Which BTW you did a splendid job wiht the example you posted:)

multiplee xposure on the 1dx and 5d3 and i dunno what else.. lets you take multiple pics all same exposure and blend together.... lets say a runner.. you would then end up with one pic showing the runner running across it.. in up to 9 steps..or can be set to whatever
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Got you now :thumbs:
 
I think Gary thought you meant 'bracketing'. :)
 
KIPAX said:
many moons ago i setup my camera on tripod.. got my 2 youngest sons to sit/stand in various positions around the citchen.. then spent the afternoon blending them all together so it looked like loads of them.. it worked great.. brillaint in fact..

this multi exposure seems to be the same thing but blends them in itself.. however all the frames are ghost like... no matter what i set.. so it doesnt work :(

i was thinking a sports shot of someone moving fast with a plain sky in background...
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I don't think it's the same thing...... That is multiplicity shots, camera can't do that, it needs an intelligent person who is aware of the content of the image to decide which part to include which part to mask.

Double (or multiple) exposure is where you shoot someone's side profile then shoot a tree bark to get that tree bark textured face look.

To achieve multiplicity shot using multiple exposure, the subject that is moving will have to be many EV brighter than the scene. eg. 4 exposures in single frame, then the background will get 4 stops more light than the subject, so the subject has to be 4 stops brighter to not appear ghostly.

Easiest way: Why not just shoot in burst and then do the multiplicity combine in post?
 
There seems to be some confusion between continuous shooting mode and auto bracketing mode here?. :)
 
Tony, I experimented with what I think you are describing. I set up my flash to flash a set number of times in, say, 1 sec. Then set the camera to 1sec exposure and fired away.
multiflash.jpg

Needs a dark background. Not sure if it would work 'in the field' though.
 
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I tried it with a 5D3 and chap doing 'keepsie uppie'. Worked ok but needed more experimentation.

Never kept the pic but I see the potential. I am sure I saw some photos during the Olympics of it used at the gymnastics & they were awesome.
 
Haven't tried myself, but I saw a guy do it next to me at the Olympics - when I covered Judo. The images looked stunning - but I did notice that he did look for the black background for his images..
Not really what you were after, but I am sure it is worth looking into!
 
as i thought.. plain background best then..

been to a football match tonight.. completely forgot to try it out on players runnign wiht ball... tsk
 
I think you need film todo proper multiple exposure, but film is cheap :-)
you could try bulb mode, nd filters and lens cap
take first shot, put leps cap on, prep second shot, remove cap to take second shot, all while holding shutter open with bulb mode
you could use a black box instead of a cap

if you was serious, make your own shutter todo the above method
ull need a tripod for a decent shot
 
John I would say they are pretty good.
 
When the dx was in pre production I saw a few images working from a golf photographer.

I keep meaning to use it in the field but i just keep focusing on something else right now
 
I had a little play on my 5D3 but also ended up with ghosts. One day I will try and learn how to use it properly. I wanted to capture kitesurfers jumping, like they show in magazines, but I suspect that's done in photoshop.
 
Bebop said:
I had a little play on my 5D3 but also ended up with ghosts. One day I will try and learn how to use it properly. I wanted to capture kitesurfers jumping, like they show in magazines, but I suspect that's done in photoshop.
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same here but different sport and i think your right..just thought i would ask in case it was me doing somehtign wrong.. guess the feature isnt exactly what I thought it was :(
 
It'll also depend on what sport you cover..
And the ones from sports where there is quick/sudden burst of movement will produce the most striking images.
But guess shootin these is a bit like shooting with a remote camera - you need the luck on your side as well to get everything work for you.
 
Thanks Rob, ya can see the 3 sets of wickets, still need to play.
golf, a place kick in rugby

What do people mean by ghosting?
 
I tried a kind of multiple exposure a number of years ago (by photoshopping images together as I didn't have a camera capable of doing multiple exposures!)

http://stillsport.zenfolio.com/p249238046/hb5c5a6b

I was quite impressed by my first effort. I think that being a bit more side on would have helped as you would see he travel over the bar, however, anyone who has ever shot gymnastics will understand how many things can be in the way - especially coaches and TV camera booms!!
 
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