Creating B/W photos
Jan 1, 2020 15:44:37 #
Jan 1, 2020 16:08:53 #
Linda From Maine wrote:
"Developer" being the photographer or the software manufacturer?
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Sorry, software developer, (not film/image developer).
Jan 1, 2020 16:50:15 #
rmalarz wrote:
Setting your camera to black and white produces a black and white jpg image. At least that is the case with Nikon. Setting the camera to capture a RAW image provides a lot more data from which to work.
--Bob
--Bob
Set the camera (picture control-Nikon) to black and white but the Image Quality to RAW. You still capture ALL of the image data including color. The image review on the camera will show a monochrome image.
Jan 1, 2020 16:54:34 #
BillFeffer wrote:
Set the camera (picture control-Nikon) to black and white but the Image Quality to RAW. You still capture ALL of the image data including color. The image review on the camera will show a monochrome image.
Works well if the camera will save RAW.
My one camera does not, so If I set it to B&W that's all I get on that camera.
Jan 1, 2020 17:04:22 #
tfgone wrote:
When making a Black and White photo, is it better to set Camera to B/W or shoot in color and convert in pp
If camera is mirrorless, then save raw files and B&W JPEGs. Setting the camera to B&W lets you pre-visualize the scene in the EVF. Then you can process the raw file to color or B&W, and have total control over how much of each color gets converted.
This method is conceptually like applying a colored filter AFTER processing a B&W negative, if you could do such!
You still have a monochrome JPEG for reference.
Jan 1, 2020 17:46:58 #
tfgone wrote:
When making a Black and White photo, is it better to set Camera to B/W or shoot in color and convert in pp
I shoot color and convert. Minimal post processing, and they loo great. One amazing thing about digital cameras is how well they duplicate the tonality of B&W film images.
Jan 1, 2020 18:15:48 #
I soot in color and convert in PP. If you shoot in B&W there is no going back.
Don
Don
Jan 2, 2020 02:13:00 #
Thank you for the question and thank everyone for the splendid information in answering the question.
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Happy New Year everyone!
Jan 2, 2020 02:58:39 #
Jan 2, 2020 10:34:43 #
Tomcat5133
Loc: Gladwyne PA
In January 2019 I posted this revelation for me about micro contrast.
"I started reading about Micro-Contrast last night by accident. I have had frustration
wondering why my cheaper Lieca I got for my birthday took such stunning pictures.
I was looking at my b&w shots from a little in 2003. I like Zeiss lens.
Reading MICRO-CONTRAST, THE BIGGEST OPTICAL LUXURY OF THE WORLD last night
made me feel real stupid. My creative eye could see the difference. But I was in the dark.
This online article defined the asset:
Micro-contrast is the ability of the lens to communicate the richness and vibrancy of the inter-tonal shifts between the brighter to darker part of a very same color onto the sensor. A lens with great micro-contrast has much richer colours and tone transitions compared to a weaker one. It's one of the attributes that people refer to the 3d-pop. It has absolutely NOTHING to do with resolution (measurable sharpness)."
If I were shooting for b&w I would want a lens and possibly a camera to match for b&w work.
I researched monochrome dedicated camera's 7K? I am not a fan of shooting color and converting.
I wanted to see the visual and the Lieca had a monochrome setting. I only shot b&w with this camera
the LEICA DIGILUX 2. It was a bargain Leica about 1k at the time 2003.
"I started reading about Micro-Contrast last night by accident. I have had frustration
wondering why my cheaper Lieca I got for my birthday took such stunning pictures.
I was looking at my b&w shots from a little in 2003. I like Zeiss lens.
Reading MICRO-CONTRAST, THE BIGGEST OPTICAL LUXURY OF THE WORLD last night
made me feel real stupid. My creative eye could see the difference. But I was in the dark.
This online article defined the asset:
Micro-contrast is the ability of the lens to communicate the richness and vibrancy of the inter-tonal shifts between the brighter to darker part of a very same color onto the sensor. A lens with great micro-contrast has much richer colours and tone transitions compared to a weaker one. It's one of the attributes that people refer to the 3d-pop. It has absolutely NOTHING to do with resolution (measurable sharpness)."
If I were shooting for b&w I would want a lens and possibly a camera to match for b&w work.
I researched monochrome dedicated camera's 7K? I am not a fan of shooting color and converting.
I wanted to see the visual and the Lieca had a monochrome setting. I only shot b&w with this camera
the LEICA DIGILUX 2. It was a bargain Leica about 1k at the time 2003.
Jan 2, 2020 12:09:26 #
ralf
Loc: NJ
I always shoot raw (color) and convert in PP. Way more control over exposure and which colors will convert to what shades of gray.
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