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do you use the black & white function on camera or..

... just change it from colour to black and white on the computer?
 
Use it on the camera, then I can see how it looks in b+w before going home and realising it doesnt work in b+w

No harm in shooting a colour while on location though, with the d200 it has several presets you can set up, making it easy to switch between b+w or colour.
 
Not a chance in..................

I have a series of actions in PS3 for B&W conversions. No way would I trust the camera to get B&W right.

It's one serious limitation of digital, they just don't do black and white like film does. If I could get away with it I'd still use MF film! In fact for my own fun that's exactly what I do! lol.
 
I used to shoot a lot of B&W with film so I just visualise what the image looks like. I shoot in RAW and convert in PSE.
 
sometimes i shoot in b/w, sometimes i'll shoot the same shot in both b/w and colour mostly i convert on computer
 
Bit of both.. Sometimes Ill convert to B&W on the computer if the photo shouts for it.. but for some things in the studio we go to B&W on the camera.

Regards, James
 
I used to shoot mainly mono stuff in my film days, and I find it fairly easy to visualise the tones, so I shoot mainly in colour but with a view to converting some later.
 
Never used it, alway convert out of camera if I need to.
 
Always on computer. IMHO decent digital B&W needs careful pp to get right.

I wonder what the Digi Leica M8 is like at shooting in B&W, by all rights every photo should look like you've shot it from the side of a Huey flying into battle :D
 
fabs said:
If I am shooting with B&W in mind, I will set the camera to B&W so that I get an Idea of the finished product when I look at the LCD. But I shoot in RAW so I still get the choice of B&W or Colour when I process them.
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^^^ This sounds like the best way to me ;)

Richard.
 
computer for me also
 
Another vote for the pc;)
 
I don't like the camera's BW setting so I don't use it -- if I need a quick visualisation (which happens occasionally) I can convert individual images in camera without damaging the original. Mostly I know what it will look like in BW anyway although occasionally I'm surprised and an image is better in colour.
 
I've only ever had a go with B&W once, did it in camera and regretted it afterwards.

Definitely if you have CS3 or CS4, use that to convert from colour...
 
My camera has a b & w setting?!! :eek: :suspect:
 
HoppyUK said:
^^^ This sounds like the best way to me ;)

Richard.
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Best of both worlds! :D

gingerjon said:
I don't like the camera's BW setting so I don't use it -- if I need a quick visualisation (which happens occasionally) I can convert individual images in camera without damaging the original. Mostly I know what it will look like in BW anyway although occasionally I'm surprised and an image is better in colour.
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How do you convert individual images in camera?
 
The idea of a quick look at what an image looks like in B&W is a good idea.

Ive never used any of my camera preset picture styles. Are any of them worth bothering with?

Theres one where you can create your own style (sharpness, contrast, saturation and tone) What are your thoughts on that? Waste of time?
 
AliB said:
Not a chance in..................

I have a series of actions in PS3 for B&W conversions. No way would I trust the camera to get B&W right.
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You don't because if you shoot RAW the b&w style gets reset in Lightroom or PS. Its simply so you can see the shot on the display in b&w. Still have to do the processing at home.
 
BeHappy said:
The idea of a quick look at what an image looks like in B&W is a good idea.

Ive never used any of my camera preset picture styles. Are any of them worth bothering with?

Theres one where you can create your own style (sharpness, contrast, saturation and tone) What are your thoughts on that? Waste of time?
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Again, if you shoot RAW then using these settings can give you an idea of what you want to achieve, but I wouldn't do it shooting jpg, what you see on the little screen on the back of your camera might not look so great when you look at it on your computer screen. One way of experimenting would be to shoot RAW + JPG, then if you don't like what the in camera settings have done, you've always got the RAW file to fall back on.
 
fabs said:
Again, if you shoot RAW then using these settings can give you an idea of what you want to achieve, but I wouldn't do it shooting jpg, what you see on the little screen on the back of your camera might not look so great when you look at it on your computer screen. One way of experimenting would be to shoot RAW + JPG, then if you don't like what the in camera settings have done, you've always got the RAW file to fall back on.
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As I thought. Theyre a waste of time really :thumbs:
 
Usually computer. That gives me chance to do it my way. I'm a fan of using only (or mostly) the red channel, but I can't do that in camera without filters.

When I do infrared stuff I normally use B&W mode because it's once in a blue moon I want it to be in colour, and most of the time computer conversions end up a tad noisy. No idea why...
 
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