Black n White ??

[adam1093]

Is it better to take a pic in black n white mode on the camera
or does it make no difference if that pic was took in color n converted in say CS2?

cheers

[jfrancho]

Very Long post, but lots to learn: http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=87784

[saravrose]

if you allow the camera to decide the conversion you won't have nearly the room to work then if you take it in color and convert it postprocessing..

[coreypolis]

I've found adobe lightrrom and pscs2 -> channel mixer methods to be the best.

[D. Craig Flory]

I'll tell you what I tell my clients. If I create in black and white I can't ever go color. But if I create the images in color I can do Color, B&W, Sepia-Tone, Spot Color, Monochromatic clor (i.e .. all tones of red etc.) and more. So it's all about possibilities.

[islandphoto]

I used to think that it came out better straight from the camera but now I never use the black and white setting at all. I can't imagine not having the choice of color for an image that I really loved. It's so simple to do in photoshop - file > desaturate (2 seconds)

[coreypolis]

I used to think that it came out better straight from the camera but now I never use the black and white setting at all. I can't imagine not having the choice of color for an image that I really loved. It's so simple to do in photoshop - file > desaturate (2 seconds)
true, but theres much better ways :)

another quick way is picasa2, filtered B&W. it really does do a good job of looking like B&W film with a colored filter effect.