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I love the satisfaction that I get when I create something place in the finder and take another exposure. The two
genuinely strange with my camera without the use of exposures should blend into each other for a strange, mirrored
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film, I can take multiple exposures on the same frame. with any camera.
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DEOHWRJHWPXOWLĥH[SRVXUHVZLWKWKHIROORZLQJWHFKQLTXHVKRRW You can get unpredictable results when the film is unloaded
your first shot, then, using the film rewind crank, make sure after shooting and reloaded into another camera. I choose to
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sprocket that advances the film should be loose, keeping the the film with some of its header still sticking out of the film
film still. canister. This is achieved by rewinding the film very slowly.
If your camera has automatic exposure, the film speed is set When the film is felt to slacken off, it becomes disconnected
to double the normal value to obtain the correct exposure. If from the takeup spool. Open the back and take out the film. It
the camera is manual, you should underexpose each image by is now ready to be loaded into a different camera, be it yours or
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on the same frame. I normally opt for a fairly plain background interesting images; I hope that they will do the same for you,
texture for my first exposure and an interesting subject for the too.
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