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Nikon MD-3 Instruction Manual page 18

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DOU BLE,/ MU ITIPLE EXPOSU RES
Y ou h a ve a c ho ic e o f t wo o pe ra ti ona l modes fo r m ak ing
dou b le o r m ul t ip le ex p o sure s wi th y our motori zed F 2,
eit he r "S" o r " C. " T h e " S" s etti ng i s re comm end ed for
pho t o g r a phi c s it ua t io ns wh ere a d el ibe ra te co mp osi tion
is a i me d f o r ; th e " C" s e t t i ng i s more sui tabl e for s pec ia l
eff e cts su ch as m u lt ip le i m ages of a mov i ng s ubj ec t on a
sing le fr a m e.
Using "S" setting
First , se t t h e m od e s e le c t or to "S." and reme mb er th e
num b e r sh o wn in t h e f r a m e co unter o f the mo to r driv e.
(A) F o r d o ub le e x po s ur es :
1 . P u s h t h e r e w i n d s l i d e u p a s f a r a s i t w i l l g o ; t h i s w i l l
di se n g a ge t h e f ilm t r an sp ort me cha ni sm . T he n rel ea se
t h e s l i d e .
2. Ma ke t h e f ir s t ex p o s ur e b y trig geri ng th e rel eas e butto n
o n th e m ot or dr iv e . W he n y ou li ft you r fi ng er off th e
b u t t o n , th e s hu t t er will be re coc ke d by th e motor
d r i v e b u t t h e f i l m w i l l n o t b e a d v a n c e d .
3. Tr ig g e r t h e s hu t t er f or t h e s ec ond ex pos ure. R el eas i ng
yo u r f i n ger f r o m t h e t r i gge r butto n wi l l res ul t i n the
fi l m a d vanc i ng no r m a ll y and the s hu tter reco ck in g
ready for the next ordinary exposure.
4. Reset the frame counter of the motor drive to read
o ne fr a m e l es s t ha n t he n u mber sh ow n be fore mak i ng
th e d o u b le ex p o s ur e .
(B ) For m ul t i pl e ex pos ur es :
1 . P u s h t h e r e w i n d s l i d e u p a n d h o l d i t u p f o r t h e d u r a -
t i on of t he mul t i p l e ex pos ur e s es si on.
2. Mak e th e numb er of ex pos ur es y ou r equi r e, and
re l eas e t he r ew i nd s l i de.
3 . A f t er c ompl et i ng t he l ast ex pos ur e, m ak e tw o bl an k
ex pos ur es wi th t he l ens c ov er ed wi th a l ens c ap. Th ese
bl ank ex pos ur es ar e t o r es et t he f i l m t r ans por t m ec ha-
ni s m and' to adv anc e t he f i l m r eady f or th e ne xt or di -
nar y ex pos ur e or s et of mul ti pl e ex pos ur es .
4. Then, reset the frame counter of the motor drive to
r ead one fr am e l es s t han t he num ber sh own bef or e
m a k i n g t h e m u l t i p l e e x p o s u r e s .

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