radwellsnap
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Hi there i have a cannon eos 400 d is it possiable to take black and white photos with this camera if so how do you do this many thanks
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AndyB
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yes it is but I don't have one so I can't tell you how. However the user manual will tell you what you need to know. It's that paper thing with writing and pictures on it that came with the camera 
Seriously though you are better to shoot in colour and then remove the colour when you process if you prefer them in BW
Seriously though you are better to shoot in colour and then remove the colour when you process if you prefer them in BW
As Andy says, there'll be a way of doing it in-camera by selecting to shoot in B&W, but you are far better off shooting in colour and converting the image to B&W in a suitable processing Program such as Photoshop - that will give you far more control over the outcome of the final image and also gives you the option to go back to colour at a later date should you wish...
If you look on the shelves of WH Smith, most of the Photo mags recently have been running 'workshop' sections on this very subject - it's far easier to sit with an open magazine next to the PC than flicking back and forth between web-pages...well it is for me anyway...:nuts:
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+1 convert after then you always have the choice of colour as well
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i found the black and white lever in the camera
but wont chance it as the colour one could be better and a good base for farting around with b>w filtrations in picassa
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If you shoot in RAW, with the black and white picture style selected (press the button which looks like rectangles around an imaginary circle), you can still convert back to colour later, but the image in the camera (and at first stage of processing) will appear black and white
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If you're just getting started shooting BnW stuff, it can be helpful to shoot in RAW + Jpeg mode, using the BnW picture style. That way, you get a quick preview on the camera of a BnW shot, but the RAW file has all the colour data, which you can process in Photoshop do all sorts of different effects with.