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Re: [Digital BW] Hello and Questions

2007-10-20 by Jim Goshorn

On Oct 19, 2007, at 10:54 PM, Linda McCarthy wrote:

> I understand there are two methods of shooting B&W with my camera- a
> Nikon D80; either by selecting the B&W option in the optimize image
> menu before shooting, or by converting already-shot color photos using
> the monochrome function in the retouch menu.  Have any of you
> experienced one as being the better choice over the other?

Always choose to do the conversion yourself because doing it through  
the camera uses the manufacturer's method and doing it yourself  
offers you multiple ways of converting.

Jim

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