SL2 Double Exposure?

[TheNateBlack]

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Does the Leica SL2 have the ability to do double exposures in camera?

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[knisely]

No, do it in post. 

Tom

[aksclix]

Sadly.. it has an image overlay option but no way to merge them in camera AFAIK.. I couldn’t understand why there’s an image overlay option if there is no double exposure

[beewee]

On 3/2/2022 at 2:13 PM, aksclix said:

I couldn’t understand why there’s an image overlay option if there is no double exposure

It’s so you can take a photo of the exact same scene over and over again. For example, if you want photograph an iconic location at different times of year or seasons, the image overlay will help you frame the scene repeatable each time you revisit the location.

Another application is if you do product photography and you want to make sure everything being photographed is scaled accordingly relative to each other, you can place a ruler or something on the edge of the frame and repeatable match the same angle and size.

Edited March 4, 2022 by beewee

[aksclix]

8 minutes ago, beewee said:

It’s so you can take a photo of the exact same scene over and over again. For example, if you want photograph an iconic location at different times of year or seasons, the image overlay will help you frame the scene repeatable each time you revisit the location.

Another application is if you do product photography and you want to make sure everything being photographed is scaled accordingly relative to each other, you can place a ruler or something on the edge of the frame and repeatable match the same angle and size.

Makes sense.. just saw the other thread where the release notes of the firmware update explained it.