Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/01/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]This is how you do multiple exposures with M-cameras. It is easier to do than it is to explain. 1) First, after shooting your first exposure, and without touching the little rewind lever on the front of the camera, turn the rewind crank (M4-M6) or rewind knob (M3-M2) to take up any slack inside the film cassette. 2) Next, with one finger flip the little rewind lever to the rewind position and hold it there without letting go. 3) With your other hand, hold the rewind crank/knob in place so that it will not rotate as it normally does when you advance film to the next frame. 4) Now operate the advance lever as if winding on to the next frame. You will hear a slightly odd sound when you do this. Rest assured you are not damaging the camera. You have simply disengaged the actually film adavance mechanism while still recocking the shutter so you can fire again. 5) Take your second exposure on the same frame as the first. You can repeat this as many times as you like to do as amny multiples on one frame as you wish. I suggest practicing a bit first with an unloaded camera and then loaded with some film you don't really care about. All the finger gymnastics of holding the rewind lever down and the rewind crank/know immobile are so the film does not shift when you recock the shutter. It takes really just a bit of practice to do it right. Be aware that the frame counter may advance so your total frame count will not be 36/37 when you reach the end of the roll. Good luck!