Rumors about multi exposure on Q3 43 ?

[Soundscape]

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Hi everyone. 

I just bought a Q3 43 yesterday and I'm desperately searching the multi-exposure feature. I guess it's still not there. Is it possible that it will be available with a new firmware ?

I heard it was available on the Q3. Why not on the Q3 43 ? Or am I wrong ? If so I coudn't find it...

Thanks in advance for your answers 🙏

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[SrMi]

1 hour ago, Soundscape said:

Hi everyone. 

I just bought a Q3 43 yesterday and I'm desperately searching the multi-exposure feature. I guess it's still not there. Is it possible that it will be available with a new firmware ?

I heard it was available on the Q3. Why not on the Q3 43 ? Or am I wrong ? If so I coudn't find it...

Thanks in advance for your answers 🙏

Multi-exposure is not available on Q or any other Leica cameras (M, SL).

 

[Soundscape]

26 minutes ago, SrMi said:

Multi-exposure is not available on Q or any other Leica cameras (M, SL).

 

Too bad! Thanks for your reply though

[PeterHatt]

Do you mean exposure bracketing 

[Mikep996]

Seems a shame that most any of the classic 35mm film SLRs can perform a multi exposure if you want it to but a digital Leica cannot!    (don't know about other digital cameras).  Of course you can create it in post if you want to futz with it...

Edited April 28 by Mikep996

[Tarekith]

Multi exposure would definitely be a lot of fun with the Q43!

[Elliot Harper]

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I just don't understand why you mean by multiple exposure?

Multiple shots? it has it.

Exposure bracketing? it has it.

You want something like SL has such as pixel shift, which they call it multiple shot?

Or you mean by focus shift?

[Mikep996]

In the film days it was typically called a "double exposure" - using the same "frame" of film to shoot a second or third exposure.  On some film cameras it was not difficult to do it accidentally and was a "mistake" - failing to advance the film and then cocking the shutter/taking another pic.   Most (all?) film SLRS had a lockout that prevented the shutter from being cocked without advancing the film but you could override it by pressing the film rewind release button and then cocking the shutter. Some folks liked/used the effect.  I did it quite often in the film days.  I would think software could make a digital camera do the same thing as an option though probably there is not enough demand for the capability to justify it since you could combine pics the same way in post - just takes a lot longer!

Edited April 28 by Mikep996

[SrMi]

Unfortunately, most cameras no longer support multiple exposure with RAW as the output format. Some older models, such as those from Panasonic, Canon, and Nikon, still have it.

P.S.: Multiple exposure is a technique where several distinct shots are merged into a single one. While that can be done in post-production, I believe doing it in-camera is a more effective creative process, and the image is in raw format. 

[Simone_DF]

On 4/28/2025 at 4:47 PM, Mikep996 said:

 I would think software could make a digital camera do the same thing as an option though probably there is not enough demand for the capability to justify it since you could combine pics the same way in post - just takes a lot longer!

Actually multi-exposure is a feature available for all brands except Leica. Fuji, Nikon, Ricoh, Sony all have at least 1 model with the multi-exposure feature. 
The big advantage of doing it in camera is that you can see an overlay of your first image on screen, and that helps with composition when taking the second picture 

[Mr Perceptive]

56 minutes ago, Simone_DF said:

Actually multi-exposure is a feature available for all brands except Leica. Fuji, Nikon, Ricoh, Sony all have at least 1 model with the multi-exposure feature. 
The big advantage of doing it in camera is that you can see an overlay of your first image on screen, and that helps with composition when taking the second picture 

Fuji have multi-exposure on all X-series cameras, and the later ones have different modes available, Additive, Average, Comparative Light and Comparative Dark, the final image is a JPG but the individual frames can be saved as RAWs - its clever but probably a bit of a party trick

[SrMi]

3 hours ago, Mr Perceptive said:

Fuji have multi-exposure on all X-series cameras, and the later ones have different modes available, Additive, Average, Comparative Light and Comparative Dark, the final image is a JPG but the individual frames can be saved as RAWs - its clever but probably a bit of a party trick

Not being able to create raw out of miltiple exposure in recent cameras is a big handicap and makes it in my book practically useless. Multiple exposure is not a party trick but a tool that had been used by serious art photographers since the film days. I have been using it with my G9, and D850. Multiple exposure can also be used for frame averaging to simulate ND filters and to reduce noise.

 

[jaapv]

6K or 8K would be acceptable.

[SrMi]

1 hour ago, jaapv said:

6K or 8K would be acceptable.

It is still not raw, i.e., the post-processing options are limited.

[M Street Photographer]

I, too, regret that multiple exposures aren't possible with the Q. My 21-year-old Digilux 3 can do that. It would actually be possible to add that in a software update. I also prefer composing multiple exposures with this camera. It's also possible that Leica says that combining multiple photos is also possible with software, but I would miss the on-site composition. Leica puts a lot of effort into the looks in the app, so it would be worth adding a multiple exposure in the camera.

Edited April 30 by M Street Photographer