Steimann.li Photography -> Minolta Chip Card -> Multi Exposure (ME)
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(700si, 9xi, 7xi, 5xi, 8000i only)

This card provides three different method to take multi exposures.
  • Normal: normal multi exposures without any corrections.
  • Fade-in: The last exposure receives the normal exposure. All preceding exposures are underexposed with a exposure adjusment step of (0.3, 0.5 or 1.0 EV) cumulated.
    Example (With an exposure-adjustment step of 0.5EV):
    Exposure 1st 2nd 3rd 4th (last)
    Change from normal exposure -1.5 EV -1.0 EV -0.5 EV ±0.0 EV
  • Fade-out: The first exposure receives the normal exposure. All subsquent exposures will be underexposed. The underexposure will be increased by a exposure adjustment step of (0.3, 0.5 or 1.0 EV).
    Example (With an exposure-adjustment step of 0.5EV):
    Exposure 1st 2nd 3rd 4th (last)
    Change from normal exposure ±0.0 EV -0.1 EV -1.0 EV -1.5 EV

Using the card

  1. Press the "Card Ajd." button to start the programming.
  2. Use the front dial to choose one of the following mode:
    ME-N normal
    ME-I Fade-in
    ME-O Fade-out
  3. Press the "Card" button and choose the exposure adjustment step (0.3, 0.5 or 1.0 EV), if applicable.
  4. Press the "Card" button and choose the amount of exposures (2 - 9).
  5. Press the "Card Adj." button to store the settings.
  6. M1 will appear in the filmcounter, when you press the shutter halfway down. After the shutter is released, the number of the next exposure in the sequence will be shown.
Note:
  • If you do not perform any operations for 20 seconds, any changes you have made will be stored in the card and the camera will return to operation mode.
  • You can turn the camera off in the middle of a sequence without interrupting the sequence.
  • To end a sequence premature, press the "Card" button. The film will be advanced to the next frame.
Copyright © 2003 by Leonhard Pang