Black and White photo's

Prize78

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Hi all.

I was just wondering.....when doing B&W photo's, is it best to set the camera to mono, or take the shot as normal colour and then convert to B&W in PP afterwards? Or is there no real difference? Maybe the 'colour first then convert' allows for more effects in PP?? I always think portraits or 'people' shots suit B&W very well.
 
Never shoot in B&W in camera. All the camera does is strip the colour.
In PP you actually edit the tone curves and contrast to give a much better B&W effect.

Also, if you one day decide you want a colour version, providing you have a saved RAW or colour JPG file you can.
 
If you set the camera to raw but set the picture style to B&W you will be able to do whatever you want with the raw file in post-processing, but you will get a B&W image on the display to get a general idea how it looks in Canon's idea of B&W at the time of shooting.
 
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Thanks for the replies folks. Yeah, I shoot RAW+jpg as it stands. I have Lightroom 3 and Elements 9 as editing software, but am very much the beginner with those! I've several tutorials I need to be working through....it's on my 'to do' list.
 
NinetyEight said:
If you set the camera to raw but set the picture style to B&W you will be able to do whatever you want with the raw file in post-processing, but you will get a B&W image on the display to get a general idea how it looks in Canon's idea of B&W at the time of shooting.
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Yes, this ^^^

By setting the JPEG to mono, there is a lot of adjustment available in-camera so you can get a pretty good idea of the final result on the LCD - filter effects etc. Aids working.

Then of course the Raw is untouched full colour and you can do anything you like with that in post production.
 
Prize78 said:
Is that a plug in or a program in its own right??
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its a plug in and not cheap, I got the full color and B&W suit for Lightroom 3 and I paid 300 bucks.................but its great.
They have a 15 day free trial that is worth looking at and the software comes from Nik software.
If you mention my name they will give it to you for 380 bucks:):):)
 
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