Digital BW, The Print

Thanks Clayton and Roger,

Steve

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Roger Howard 
<rogerhoward@m...> wrote:
> 
> On Nov 7, 2004, at 11:29 AM, Stephen Kobrin wrote:
> 
> >
> >
> > If I am ultimately going to convert a digital image (saved in Raw
> > Mode) to B&W is there any point in worrying about getting the 
white
> > balance exactly right or does it suffice to leave it on automatic?
> 
> If you're asking about setting WB (color temp) in the RAW 
processing 
> software, yes it will affect the B&W result - the quickest was to 
see 
> this is to set your RAW image to the lowest saturation (-100 in 
Adobe 
> Camera RAW) and then tweak the WB setting - you'll see the B&W mix 
will 
> change.
> 
> If you're asking whether it matters to do a proper WB in your 
camera, 
> if you're shooting RAW for B&W results, then the answer is no, 
since 
> you can always tweak the WB/temperature during processing.