Query: Double Exposure Mode?

I'm reading 'The Hot Shoe Diaries' by Joe McNally.

He shoots 'the dark side of the force', mentioning that some of his cameras have a 'double exposure mode'. Neither my 50D, nor my 7D, have this mode (at least not mentioned anywhere in the user-manual). Do any Canon bodies have this capability?

I realize that you could accomplish the effect in PP, but an 'in-camera' feature would also be nice. Not that I would use it all that often - just wondering if any of the Canons can do this.

Edit: I certainly knew how to accomplish this on 35mm film bodies.

Just use Photoshop to combine the frames.

If it is really dark you can also keep the shutter open (B) and use your flashgun multiple times.

The only option is to combine images in PP.

No DSLR can do actual multiple exposure on a single frame. It's impossible.... aside from Hennie's idea or a long exposure with multiple pops of flash and/or some light painting with flash or something like that... which isn't really multiple exposure.

But there are DSLR cameras which will bring the images together inside the camera, so they seem to allow double exposure. From the user's point of view, it's as if they did.

That's a Nikon feature. With canon, you're on your own, not that I consider it a particular limitation.

I had that concern when I made the jump to digital and it was a waste of energy. SHooting double-exposures was always a tricky thing. It was far too easy to screw up and over-expose one thing, or get something just slightly off. With a digital sensor you can't do that at all because the sensor would have to "hold" the previously exposed state while being charged up for a second exposure. So the only way to do it is with software. The question is - do you want the camera to have complete control over this, or do you want to control it? Personally I much prefer doing it myself because i can get it exactly how I want it instead of what some algorithm decides is appropriate. Plus, once you combine them in the camera, you can't "undo" it.

Thanks to all for comments. As I said in my original post, I'm not sure that I would use it all that much even if available - more curious than anything else as to whether the feature was available on any Canon body and, if so, how well it worked.

kfreels - your hiatus and mine are closely matched (along with the overwhelmed part!)

I can see how it might be more fun and challenging to do double exposures in-camera, but in terms of control and final image it must be better to do it in Photoshop. It's of course not the same thing, it would take away some of the charm that comes from randomness and difficulty to control the results.

You could also hold the shutter open(like bulb mode)and use a black card in front of the lens(tightly)and use it as the shutter.This might take some trial and error but....

These shots were done using double, even quadruple exposure using my 60D using exactly this method ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^:

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kfreels wrote in post #11916723
I had that concern when I made the jump to digital and it was a waste of energy. SHooting double-exposures was always a tricky thing. It was far too easy to screw up and over-expose one thing, or get something just slightly off. With a digital sensor you can't do that at all because the sensor would have to "hold" the previously exposed state while being charged up for a second exposure. So the only way to do it is with software. The question is - do you want the camera to have complete control over this, or do you want to control it? Personally I much prefer doing it myself because i can get it exactly how I want it instead of what some algorithm decides is appropriate. Plus, once you combine them in the camera, you can't "undo" it.

^^^ Couldn't agree more!
In-camera double exposure is just a relict from not so good ol' times..