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JonathanSQ
16th of July 2005 (Sat), 11:06
To my understanding I can use the XT to shoot in B&W right?
I went to the camera icon #2 menu -> Parameters ->
went through them til it said "B&W" -> hit SELECT then
took a picture (JPEG) - it was colour :? Am I doing something wrong?

I plan to try again (maybe I did it wrong 1st time?) later today.
Also would not having a CF card in it effect this? Right now til
my CF card gets here I am hooked up to the PC while taking test shots.

EDIT: Never mind, seems to work now... maybe I didn't have
the "EOS Capture" tool turned on or something :lol: Oh well.
2112
16th of July 2005 (Sat), 15:26
You should ALWAYS shoot in color and then convert to grayscale with Photoshop or other editor. This way, if you dont like the way the shot looks in b&w, you can always go back to color. If you shhot b&w, you are stuck with it and can't colorize it.
JayKitty
16th of July 2005 (Sat), 15:51
hmmm....

i read that the digital filters on 20D's and digi Rebs are better to use than to do it in photoshop. just take a few using the B&W digital filter and take a few in color.
nitsch
16th of July 2005 (Sat), 16:00
hmmm....

i read that the digital filters on 20D's and digi Rebs are better to use than to do it in photoshop. just take a few using the B&W digital filter and take a few in color.

IMHO always convert in PS. There are many different ways of converting to B&W using PS and you may want to use different methods for different shots depending on the look you are after for the finished image. If you convert to B&W in camera you are severely limiting yourself before you've even started.
JonathanSQ
16th of July 2005 (Sat), 16:13
Actually I noticed when I took a few RAW+JPEG photos the RAWs were
color but the JPEGs were all B&W or B&W w/ filter/toning effect, etc.
The manual says RAW photos can be converted back to color....
nitsch
16th of July 2005 (Sat), 16:21
Good point Jonathan - If you are shooting in RAW + JPEG you can have the best of both worlds (at the expense of CF card space of course!). I had assumed you were shooting JPEG for some reason.
Hellashot
16th of July 2005 (Sat), 16:37
You should ALWAYS shoot in color and then convert to grayscale with Photoshop or other editor. This way, if you dont like the way the shot looks in b&w, you can always go back to color. If you shhot b&w, you are stuck with it and can't colorize it.

I agree. You should only use in-camera adjustments/conversion unless you don't own a computer and only want to print directly from your card.
JonathanSQ
16th of July 2005 (Sat), 17:34
Good point Jonathan - If you are shooting in RAW + JPEG you can have the best of both worlds (at the expense of CF card space of course!). I had assumed you were shooting JPEG for some reason.

I did state I was shooting JPEG in the first post actually :)
I've been trying different file settings and JPEG was what I
happened to be using at the time.