Pentax LX LX Manual - Page 31

MULTIPLE EXPOSURES Your Pentax LX allows you to make multiple exposures quickly and easily. After taking the first exposure, simply press the film rewind/multiple exposure button at the base of the camera to disengage the film transport mechanism and exposure counter. Advance the rapid wind lever to cock the shutter, adjust the exposure as required and press the shutter release to take the second exposure. Press the rewind/multiple exposure button once again for each additional exposure on the same frame. The random access feature of the LX camera's twoway exposure counter enables you to produce multiple exposures on any frame as long as the film has not been wound off the take-up spool. As an example, let's say after reaching frame 15 you decide to double expose the image on frame 10. To do so, 1. Push the film rewind/multiple exposure button. 2. Lift the film rewind crank and wind the film back until the 9 index appears in the exposure counter window. 3. Cover the lens with the lens cap, advance the rapid wind lever, set the shutter dial to a manual speed to avoid long exposures and press the shutter release button. 4. Advance the rapid wind lever until the "10" appears in the exposure counter window and make the second exposure. If you wish to make double exposures on the remaining frames, or again on the same frame, you must press the film rewind/multiple exposure button once again for each additional exposure. To return to the original frame without exposing the images already on film, cover the lens with the lens cap and advance the rapid wind lever until the 15 index appears in the exposure counter window. You will return to the original position on the frame within a 0.2mm tolerance. 29*