B&W - in-camera - PP - or both?

I will be shooting a black Labrador Retriever. While I intend to print color prints, I realize that B&W may produce some very striking prints. So, I have a number of choices. If I am not mistaken, I can shoot in RAW plus JPEG and choose the B&W in-camera settings. If I do this, I will have the same RAW shot I would have if I chose any other in-camera parameters, so I could process the RAW into color JPEGS or TIFFS and the B&W JPEGS could be processed as well. Or, I could simply do all of the B&W shots in post processing using the RAW or JPEGS.

I realize that converting a color shot into B&W is not as simple as taking it into an editor and desaturating it; it requires a fair amount of tweaking for optimum results. Is that a better option than using the XT's in-camera settings?

Please see my post several in the future. I cannot PP the B&W as they show in color.

Bob J

I'm glad you got the answer. I know that RAW will show up as color. Only the in-camera processeed JPEG will be in B&W.

I dont see why you need to shoot the additional JPG. Shoot the RAW and process it twice one in colour and one in B&W. You will have far more control over the end results than relying on the limited processing of your camera.

Take a look at this thread. I used the same RAW file for both the colour and the B&W but used very diffent PP workflows.

https://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthre​ad.php?t=96170

I think your photo was quite good, in both B&W and Color. I'd rather not shoot in just RAW, as it requires considerable work on each photo; most will have varying lighting and exposure values. I really want to present a series of JPEGS to the dog's owner and simply work on the ones she chooses and/or need the work.

If I shot is RAW plus color JPEG, which would be the better of the two to convert to B&W, the RAW or color JPEG?

Never shoot B&W in camera then you cannot use the color. Always convert later.

Do B&W is photoshop, because then you can do things like this.