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For the Anon who wanted a “tutorial” on how i do my MX photographs, well, here ya go. I’m kinda tired and i’m woozy so just make do with this okay? :)

This just covers shooting multi-exposure photographs on a Nikon FM10 SLR, ‘cause that’s what i use for my MX takes. I’m well aware of the “tricking the advance lever technique” by pushing the sprocket release pin while advancing the film, but that’s not really accurate and i don’t really do that, cause the FM10 has a lever dedicated for MX so why should i? :))

1. Load film on your Nikon FM10 SLR (Slide films with their outrageous color shifts and contrasts work best for MX photographs, but any film would do)

2. Shoot your first frame of the MX photo, nothing fancy, just shoot like you normally shoot

3. After shooting the first frame, push the small MX lever of the FM10 and hold it in the “pushed position” (cause it recoils if you don’t) while you advance the film with the advance lever (yes, it really involves a lot of awkward finger action, trust me)

4. Having done number 3 successfully, you’ll notice that the film counter did not move to the next number so you’re good and set to shoot the second frame of the MX photograph

5. Shoot that second frame like you normally shoot 

6. There you have it, you now have an MX photograph in that roll of film (you can actually repeat steps 3 onward to “stack” more exposures, but i only recommend at most three stacks ‘cause by MX-ing and MX-ing, you’re exposing the same film frame again and again, risking overexposure

Notes:

- If you want to have a “dominant” frame and a “ghost” frame in the photograph, correctly expose the frame you want dominant and underexpose the intended “ghost” frame (tidbit: i always shoot the dominant frame first)

- If you want to have equally blended frames in a photograph then correctly expose both of ‘em

- Try to find subjects that really contrast each other in terms of lighting and color for a good blend, else, it’ll just look like a fugly piece of shite

- When i do parallel MX photographs, i just shoot the first frame normally, then turn the camera upside down, and shoot the second frame, then tadaaah, parallel MX! 

P.S. Thank you very much to Kimi Juan of kimikarma.tumblr.com for informing me about the existence of the FM10’s MX lever. Srsly, i had this SLR for like 4 years now and just realized you can do MXs with it like last year or something. :))

So there. :)

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