How to shoot B&W

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Tired as I may and I realise I am being thick but how do I shoot B&W wiht a nikon d50?

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sam
 
shoot in colour and use GIMP or photoshop to make it B&W.

You can do it in camera but i've always thought it best to do it in PP as it gives you more control :)
 
One tip I found usefull was to shoot raw+ large jpeg, set your camera to shoot B+W (not sure where it is in a nikon) this way you have the best of both worlds.
You have full colour raw, which will give a better B+W conversion in photoshop or whatever, and you have the added advantage of "seeing" the images in B+W on the back of the camera (from the jpegs) so you can see whats working and whats not working.
As a long time B+W film shooter it's not always easy to tell looking at a colour scene what looks good in B+W, it comes from experience really.
 
Grab a film camera, buy some ilford Hp5+, take appropriate number of exposures and then send off for developing, simple! ;) I always find the B&W from film so much better than converted from digital.
 
I would just shoot in colour (Raw) and convert in post processing. You never know you may prefer the colour version?

If you haven't done so yet i would advise that you download view NX2 from Nikon. It is free. It is a decent basic software that will allow you to convert to B&W, adjust contrast and lighten/darken shadows. Amongst other things.
 
swanseamale47 said:
One tip I found usefull was to shoot raw+ large jpeg, set your camera to shoot B+W (not sure where it is in a nikon) this way you have the best of both worlds.
You have full colour raw, which will give a better B+W conversion in photoshop or whatever, and you have the added advantage of "seeing" the images in B+W on the back of the camera (from the jpegs) so you can see whats working and whats not working.
As a long time B+W film shooter it's not always easy to tell looking at a colour scene what looks good in B+W, it comes from experience really.
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You shouldn't need to set to raw+jpeg. If you just shoot raw and B&W, they will show in B&W on the back of the camera. Unless, of course, you want to decide later to keep the camera converted jpeg.
 
samsnikon said:
Tired as I may and I realise I am being thick but how do I shoot B&W wiht a nikon d50?

thanks

sam
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i dont think you can with a d50,,,,,so its shoot colour then convert ,,,or as someone has already said do it properly with ilford hp5
 
swanseamale47 said:
As a long time B+W film shooter it's not always easy to tell looking at a colour scene what looks good in B+W, it comes from experience really.
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I tend to convert images to black and white that I feel are "colour busy". By stripping the colour the image immediately looks less crowded and allows the eye to focus on the actual subject, instead of just getting lost in a wash of colour. If I am shooting anything more than two or three people, I'll almost always default to b&w, as different clothes can be distracting to the eyes.
 
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