Digital BW, The Print

"Dennis Elliott" <dennise@...> writes:

> I have lately gotten into Black and White Pics. It is amazing how
> just switching a mundane color pic to B&W can give that pic a
> completely different personality. It doesn't work with every picture
> but some of them just look better in B&W.
> 
> My question is, does the B&W function on the camera (I use an
> Olympus 3030z) give you the same picture as you would get if you
> used your Camedia or other editing software to change the color pic
> to B&W?

I don't know, either for your 3030z or for my Epson 850z.  My guess is
that it does essentially the same thing.  

But in theory, treating the output from the RGBG-masked CCD
differently in the in-camera software could produce a B&W picture with
more real resolution (not more pixels) than generating color, and then
throwing the color away.  I haven't been able to find any evidence
that any consumer camera actually does this.
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