Re: Black & White

Swansea Jack <myname@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

If I'm looking to take b&w photos is it better to use b&w mode or take
them in colour and use a paint shop / photoshop to 'remove' the
colour?

If you want to learn quickly or are new, use the camera B/W mode.
Instant feedback, develop your B/W eye.

If you want to learn about other B/W conversion options (usually
later on): Colour and lots of trying with your image editor until
you learn to find settings you like.

Best of both worlds: shoot RAW + JPEG in B/W mode --- the RAW
contains the colours and allows you to post-process as you like.
Unfortunately most cheap cameras don't support that.

-Wolfgang
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