Can't do Multiple Exposure with Panasonic Lumix G85: My friend has G85. When trying to select 'Multiple Exposure' in menu it is grayed out. 1. She is in P mode. 2 Raw + jpeg. We tried...

steveg48

My friend has G85. When trying to select 'Multiple Exposure' in menu it is grayed out.
1. She is in P mode.
2 Raw + jpeg. We tried jpeg only but did not solve problem
3 At bottom of manual p 198 it says
Not available in these cases:•This function is not available in the following cases:–When using [Time Lapse Shot]–When using [Stop Motion Animation]

Neither of these seem to be selected.

Please advise. TIA

Tomfl101 Loc: Mount Airy, MD

With older Nikon cameras like D300 you had to do multiple exposures in RAW. Could that be the issueWith your Fuji?

steveg48

Tomfl101 wrote:

With older Nikon cameras like D300 you had to do multiple exposures in RAW. Could that be the issueWith your Fuji?

It's a Panasonic, not Fuji.

We tried raw plus jpeg, and jpeg by itself, but have not tried raw by itself.

Tomfl101 Loc: Mount Airy, MD

steveg48 wrote:

It's a Panasonic, not Fuji.

We tried raw plus jpeg, and jpeg by itself, but have not tried raw by itself.

Oops-that’s what I get for responding to posts before coffee. Hope it works.

Hip Coyote

I suspect the camera will not bracket in P mode because it will be adjusting aperture and shutter speed from shot to shot. Too many variables. Is it supposed to alter the aperture or the shutter Speed? Try it in A or S priority and it should work.

steveg48

RWebb76 wrote:

I suspect the camera will not bracket in P mode because it will be adjusting aperture and shutter speed from shot to shot. Too many variables. Is it supposed to alter the aperture or the shutter Speed? Try it in A or S priority and it should work.

No.This is multiple exposure-not bracketing. Manual says it will work in P mode.

bsprague Loc: Lacey, WA, USA

I commonly forget to set the shutter on my Panasonic camera. I prefer electronic shutter most of the time. Some stuff only works on mechanical shutter. It's a mirrorless thing for DSLR shooters reading this.

olemikey Loc: 6 mile creek, Spacecoast Florida

steveg48 wrote:

My friend has G85. When trying to select 'Multiple Exposure' in menu it is grayed out.
1. She is in P mode.
2 Raw + jpeg. We tried jpeg only but did not solve problem
3 At bottom of manual p 198 it says
Not available in these cases:•This function is not available in the following cases:–When using [Time Lapse Shot]–When using [Stop Motion Animation]

Neither of these seem to be selected.

Please advise. TIA

I bet Bill "burkphoto" will set you straight when he gets to this one! He is a very knowledgeable Panasonic guy!

burkphoto Loc: High Point, NC

steveg48 wrote:

My friend has G85. When trying to select 'Multiple Exposure' in menu it is grayed out.
1. She is in P mode.
2 Raw + jpeg. We tried jpeg only but did not solve problem
3 At bottom of manual p 198 it says
Not available in these cases:•This function is not available in the following cases:–When using [Time Lapse Shot]–When using [Stop Motion Animation]

Neither of these seem to be selected.

Please advise. TIA

Take it out of Program Mode (and don't use iA or iA+ modes, either). Oh, and Bill Sprague is right, use the mechanical shutter!

steveg48

Thanks Bill,
We will try doing what you said. Manual does say it should work in P mode. But will try in A with mechanical shutter. Will get back to you in a few days as friend is out of town.
Steve

nadelewitz Loc: Ithaca NY

I don't have a G85, but a quick web search revealed this process to enable multiple exposures.

https://www.dpreview.com/forums/thread/4016029

steveg48

nadelewitz wrote:

I don't have a G85, but a quick web search revealed this process to enable multiple exposures.

https://www.dpreview.com/forums/thread/4016029

Thank you for the response.

I have seen this article but it is not relevant. It describes the process after multi-exposure is selected.
Our problem is that we can’t select multi-exposure because it is grayed out.

hassighedgehog Loc: Corona, CA

the earliest part of that thread says the instructions on page 198 of the advanced users guide. However his problem was:

I have found the answer to my problem with the Multi Exp function. I had OVERLAY = ON. With this flag set, the camera apparently assumes I want to combine/merge images I've already taken, not the new images I want to take. The wording in the User Guide is a bit misleading. It says with OVERLAY set to ON you [can] apply Multi Exp to existing images. However, the correct terminology is not "can", but rather seems to be "must".
In other words the OVERLAY should not be on as it would appear that the instructions indicate.
I have similar problems with the manuals for my ZS60.

nadelewitz Loc: Ithaca NY

Sounds like a camera from Hell.

Gene51 Loc: Yonkers, NY, now in LSD (LowerSlowerDelaware)

steveg48 wrote:

My friend has G85. When trying to select 'Multiple Exposure' in menu it is grayed out.
1. She is in P mode.
2 Raw + jpeg. We tried jpeg only but did not solve problem
3 At bottom of manual p 198 it says
Not available in these cases:•This function is not available in the following cases:–When using [Time Lapse Shot]–When using [Stop Motion Animation]

Neither of these seem to be selected.

Please advise. TIA

I found this doing a google search:

"I have found the answer to my problem with the Multi Exp function. I had OVERLAY = ON. With this flag set, the camera apparently assumes I want to combine/merge images I've already taken, not the new images I want to take. The wording in the User Guide is a bit misleading. It says with OVERLAY set to ON you [can] apply Multi Exp to existing images. However, the correct terminology is not "can", but rather seems to be "must"."