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mrafalek
Joined: 09 Dec 2006
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Location: Marin County, California
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Tue Dec 19, 2006 1:33 am |
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Hello.
Do you guys set the camera to black and white mode or just shoot in color and change photos to B&W in photoshop?
I have Nikon D80 does this camera has good system of B&W mode or should I use photoshop becouse that way I get better qality picture?
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Nikon D80
Nikon 18-135mm 1:3,5-5.6
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hijinks
Joined: 01 Nov 2006
Posts: 79
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Tue Dec 19, 2006 7:03 pm |
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Shoot in color and the convert to B&W that way you might get a shot that you were not expecting that you want to be in color. |
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fischerfotographik
Joined: 19 Dec 2006
Posts: 18
Location: Portland, OR
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Tue Dec 19, 2006 8:33 pm |
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Definitely convert to B&W in Post-Processing. That way, you never have that "Maaan, I shoulda captured this in color..." feeling. |
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mdd
Joined: 27 Apr 2005
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Location: Rochester, NY
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Tue Dec 19, 2006 9:40 pm |
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Agreed...
1. You always have the initial shot in color...
2. Your control and quality are almost always better when converting from color to b&w... |
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fadi
Joined: 01 Nov 2003
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Location: Luxembourg
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Thu Jan 04, 2007 3:08 pm |
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Photoshop of course :) |
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gryphonslair99
Joined: 04 Dec 2006
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Sat Jan 06, 2007 11:27 pm |
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Shoot RAW and don't worry about it. Change the picture style to monochrome and process to your tastes from there. Keep the origional RAW photo as is for later use. |
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jjrm1
Joined: 20 Apr 2005
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Location: Outside Boston Ma
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Fri Jan 12, 2007 9:04 am |
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Does the Nikon have that option?
I do understand why it is better to shoot in color, I was just wondering.
I have the Nikon D70 and didn't see this in my manual. |
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LeeRatters
Joined: 20 Apr 2006
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Fri Jan 12, 2007 2:19 pm |
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I do the same, shoot in colour, convert in PS. |
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walter23
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Fri Jan 12, 2007 3:49 pm |
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| mrafalek wrote: |
Hello.
Do you guys set the camera to black and white mode or just shoot in color and change photos to B&W in photoshop? |
The answer is both. Sometimes I'll take a shot and decide later it works better in B&W. If I'm planning it to be a B&W photo I set my camera to B&W but shoot in RAW mode so that the colour information is retained (I can convert to colour if I want, or more importantly use the colour information for a better conversion later) but the preview is shown in B&W which helps with assessing where the tones sit a bit better. I'm not sure if Nikon does this but with canon you can add virtual filters (green, red, orange, and yellow, I think), which is also helpful. Again if I shoot raw this affects the preview and the default conversion settings but I can still convert to colour or use a different virtual filter. |
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Colin N.
Joined: 21 Dec 2006
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Location: Halifax, Nova Scotia
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Sat Jan 13, 2007 7:46 pm |
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Does the Nikon have that option?
I do understand why it is better to shoot in color, I was just wondering.
I have the Nikon D70 and didn't see this in my manual. |
The D70 and 70s do not have this option.
I only found out a little bit ago. |
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Brian11
Joined: 02 Sep 2005
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Fischerfotographik’s comment is close to perfect. I have same regrets before. |
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