shooting in black&white

AmandaJL · 01-25-2008, 10:00 AM

On the K110D is there a way to change the camera to black and white before you take the picture so that it's being taken in black in white? I've searched and searched but have only found a way to change it after.
Thanks,
Amanda

Gooshin · 01-25-2008, 10:05 AM

no, there is no way to do an instant b/w

but why would you want that anyway...

AmandaJL · 01-25-2008, 11:05 AM

Oh. I don't usually want to, I just had an assignment for photography class at school where we had to shoot black and white. That's all, thanks

Duck Dodgers · 01-25-2008, 11:10 AM

The advantage of converting to B&W "after the fact" is that you can choose your effects. Say, if you wanted to replicate the effect of shooting with a red filter on B&W film to increase the contrast of the blue sky (darkens it a lot). Or maybe the effect you wanted was like a yellow filter (doesn't darken the sky as much). Most post-processing apps allow this kind of flexibility, as does the in-camera B&W conversions.

Gooshin · 01-25-2008, 11:15 AM

Originally posted by AmandaJL

Oh. I don't usually want to, I just had an assignment for photography class at school where we had to shoot black and white. That's all, thanks

black and white FILM?

otherwise i think you will find shooting in color RAW much more beneficial for B/W conversions using something like Lightroom or CS3 than leaving that task up to a crappy processor inside the camera

PentaxPoke · 01-25-2008, 11:48 AM

There are two other recent threads on this exact topic. Take a quick look or search.

01-25-2008, 10:00 AM	#1
AmandaJL Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 35	shooting in black&white On the K110D is there a way to change the camera to black and white before you take the picture so that it's being taken in black in white? I've searched and searched but have only found a way to change it after. Thanks, Amanda

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01-25-2008, 10:05 AM	#2
Gooshin Veteran Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Toronto, the one in Canada. Posts: 5,610	no, there is no way to do an instant b/w but why would you want that anyway...

01-25-2008, 11:05 AM	#3
AmandaJL Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 35 Original Poster	Oh. I don't usually want to, I just had an assignment for photography class at school where we had to shoot black and white. That's all, thanks

01-25-2008, 11:10 AM	#4
Duck Dodgers Veteran Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: in the 24½th Century! Photos: Gallery Posts: 439	The advantage of converting to B&W "after the fact" is that you can choose your effects. Say, if you wanted to replicate the effect of shooting with a red filter on B&W film to increase the contrast of the blue sky (darkens it a lot). Or maybe the effect you wanted was like a yellow filter (doesn't darken the sky as much). Most post-processing apps allow this kind of flexibility, as does the in-camera B&W conversions.

01-25-2008, 11:15 AM	#5
Gooshin Veteran Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Toronto, the one in Canada. Posts: 5,610	Originally posted by AmandaJL Oh. I don't usually want to, I just had an assignment for photography class at school where we had to shoot black and white. That's all, thanks black and white FILM? otherwise i think you will find shooting in color RAW much more beneficial for B/W conversions using something like Lightroom or CS3 than leaving that task up to a crappy processor inside the camera

01-25-2008, 11:48 AM	#6
PentaxPoke Veteran Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Oklahoma Posts: 1,411	There are two other recent threads on this exact topic. Take a quick look or search.