Multiple Exposure - Nikon D300 User Manual

Multiple Exposure

(User's Manual: D300S page 184; D300 page 186)
Multiple exposure
one exposure on a single frame, or picture. Most of us will
only do double exposures, which is two exposures on one
frame.
Multiple exposure
carefully for each exposure segment so that in the final
picture, all the combined exposures equal one normal
exposure. In other words, if you are going to do a non-masked
double exposure, your background will need two exposures at
half the normal exposure value to equal one normal exposure.
The D300(S) allows us to figure our own exposure settings
and do them manually, and it gives us
with exposure calculations.
There are really only three steps to setting up a
exposure session. However, there are six
screens we'll use to do these three steps. The steps are as
follows:
▪ Select the
Shooting Menu
▪ Set Auto gain
want to control exposure.
▪ Take the picture.
As mentioned, there are six
in setting up the
is the process whereby you take more than
requires you to figure the exposure values
Number of shots
screens.
to either On
Shooting Menu
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Auto gain
Shooting Menu
you want to take from the
or Off according to how you
screens involved
system (see
to help us
Multiple
Figure 3-55).