chasarbo Loc: Memphis Tn

Hi, my name is Charlie! I used to take wedding photos years ago with a Bronica sq. I just bought a Canon t6i and was wondering if there was a way to do multiple exposures. I am afraid there is not a way to do it. I called myself researching before I bought this camera but I never thought about multiple exposures. If anyone can help me out with this I would appreciate it.
Thanks.

Charles 46277 Loc: Fulton County, KY

Call 1-800-OK-Canon for your model. I have T4i and there are several ways to do it but some of mine are obscure (such as attaching it to the back of a view camera with shutter). Today people merge one photo over another in PhotoShop or the Canon software.

robertjerl Loc: Corona, California

Read the manual or google it, it is in the menus of Canon DSLRs, just where I am not sure, I don't do multiples in camera, I do it with software in PP.

Architect1776 Loc: In my mind

I agree with this, With the good programs it is possible to get better multiples in most situations in the computer.

Armadillo Loc: Ventura, CA

Hello Charlie,

As far as I know we cannot take a traditional double exposure with a digital camera. In the days of 35mm film SLR cameras we could release the film supply, lock the film travel, and cock the shutter once for the second exposure. Digital does not have this function. There are ways to cheat with a dark room and long single exposures, but not the way of the old Olympus OM-T4 camera.

You can set up to take "Bracketed Exposures" (for HDR merge), or you can set up for "Continuous Shooting" (shutter trips and captures exposures continuously until the image buffer overflows).

It is far easier to capture two carefully set-up scenes and capture each as separate exposures, and then merge them in Post Processing.
This also enables you to use a "Green Screen" behind a subject and later merge a mountain scene in place of the green.

Michael G

Architect1776 Loc: In my mind

Several Canon cameras have multiple exposure capabilities in camera for example the 5D MIV and MIII have this feature.

Armadillo Loc: Ventura, CA

Perhaps some others do have this ability, the post referenced the Canon T6i, and I cannot find the "Double Exposure" button on my t6i.

Michael G

Architect1776 Loc: In my mind

I believe your camera does not have that feature. Nor does my Canon 7D.
My response was to the respondent that digital cameras as a whole do not have this feature.

amfoto1 Loc: San Jose, Calif. USA

Nor is it a necessary or very desirable feature on a digital camera.

Digitially, it's much better to do your multiple exposures in post-processing, where you will have far more control over the results than you ever did with film.

For example, below is a composite of two images... one of which (the moon) was shot digitally with 1000mm worth of lens (35mm/full frame equiv. 1600mm), while the other (the wolf) was shot on film with a 28-135mm and a flash, then later scanned into a digital image. Finally, the two were combined into this single image in Photoshop.



It would have been impossible to take the above image with multi-exposures on film, or even with digital in-camera multi-exposure, for that matter.

Wolf: Canon Elan 7E and EF 28-135mm lens. Handheld, Canon 550EX flash.
Moon: Canon EOS 10D, EF 500mm f/4L IS USM lens and EF 2X Extender. Tripod, no flash.

Some digital cameras do offer in-camera High Dynamic Range (HDR) and multi-exposure.... but I gotta say I'm pretty sure I'd never use them. I'd make two or more separate images, then combine them later in post-processing.

Architect1776 Loc: In my mind

This photo is easy with PP. But I saw a ski jumper in 30 multiple shots on the same frame with an 1DX MII that no PP could even try to match for perfection. So multiple exposures in a digital camera can be the only way to get the image. So stay with your PP multiples and let the pros do both.

chasarbo Loc: Memphis Tn

Thank everyone for their replies. I need to get a program like photoshop and learn how to use it.

chasarbo Loc: Memphis Tn

Thanks for your answer. I am older and it takes me a while to find out things but I am learning.

hassighedgehog Loc: Corona, CA

Several Pentax cameras will do multiple exposure. My K-x did and I think the current k-50 will. As was mentioned, they are usually better in Photoshop, Elements or some other program that does layers.

JohnSwanda Loc: San Francisco

There are some digital cameras which do have a feature to do multiple exposures in camera - my Nikon 7100 for one. A quick check on Google says that the Canon t6i does not have that feature. I wouldn't be interested in doing it in camera anyway, since doing in post processing gives you so many options.